So, here they are -- my finished projects from last night's USTREAM broadcast. THANK YOU to everyone who joined me last night. I really loved creating with you!

I love how the Music Set turned out for "the kid's" birthday. I hope she likes them.

And here's the house collage one I created for me :)

So sweet!! And I love it too! Going to wear it today :)

Here are the other pieces I glazed with resin. Remember they were PaperClay.

I had rolled, stamped and cut the clay earlier and left the pieces to dry for a few days and then pulled them out to play with last night...

I coloured them with lots of different products... here are the results...

AND I love the resin paper "leaf" I made too!! I know you'll see this is a future project. In fact, I know you'll see all of these again soon because they'll make great embellies!!

Have a creative day everyone!

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Loving this Quick and Easy Resin Project!

Carmi has a fun and Fabulous project on the Resin Crafts Blog this week. I'm going to be doing this too! I'm thinking some fun seasonal scenes might be in order *wink*

I have Envirotex Lite Resin (and other Resin Products, Bezels, etc) available in the studio store if you'd like to play along!

Candy Necklace

I really wish I could get a good pic of this for you BUT here it is nevertheless. :)

This is the Candy Necklace that I made for my costume that I wore last week in Toronto. Yes, if's real candy -- Bubble Gun Tape and Jolly Rancher Gummies. that I strung and attached to a chain. To keep it from going bad or getting sugar bits on me all night, I glazed it with some Resin to protect it. Love how it turned out!!

Hope you're having a creative day!

Technique of the Month - Resin!

Okay -- I'm here at the studio today getting ready for tomorrow night's Technique of the Month "Meeting" and I can happily verify that we will be creating Resin Embellies for card making or other paper crafts.

We are doing this as I have been asked many times about resin and, although I am no expert, I am happy to share my knowledge of mixing and the ins and outs of the medium.... perhaps that can be better said as "my trials and errors" LOL

Anyway - if you are interested in a basic crash course on how to mix and use resin -- come on by. This is not something for people who have worked with it before. It's meant as a little kick in the pants class to get you to use and experiment with this stuff .... CAUSE I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT!

If you are interested in joining us tomorrow night at 7pm in the studio -- just let me know AND if you've used it before and would like some more ideas from the experts ... I highly recommend Carmi's blog for EnviroTex Lite - the Resin Craft's Blog

The Art House Studio Carries:

EnviroTex Lite (8 and 16 fluid ounce boxes)

ICE Resin Plungers

Deep Flex Molds

CraftnCast Mold Release

Susan Lenart Klazmer Pewter Bezels

Assorted open stock brass Bezels and jewelry forms.

Resinating ...

Okay -- so I have been dying to play with resin some more and this week I took the opportunity to try something new.

I received my big Envirotex Light order for Mixed Minded and thought that NOW was the perfect time to attempt adding resin to paper and make - oddly enough.... resin paper! hehehe I saw an art journal created with resin papers at CHA and it looked STELLAR!!! But I thought I'd start smaller. *smile*

This month's issue of Cloth Paper Scissors had a how-to article entitled "Story Flowers" that showed you how to create a 3D armature wire flower on which you felt and stitch fabric to create something special. Although I have been in love with fabric lately -- I thought this would be the perfect "home" for some resin papers. So glad I did this! I love how it turned out.

Have you played with resin yet?
The is room in Carmi's resin Mixed Minded Classes if you need a little shove in the resin direction! :) We'd love to have you join us!

Okay, Okay....

I've been told. Yes, it's been a week since my last post. Sooooooooooooooooooooory faithful followers. I have been so busy getting things put back together from ScrapFest. I think I am ready to get back into regular scheduled programming now. YAY!!!! Bring it on! So -- wanna know what's new? I got in the ICE Resin order that I made at CHA along with pewter bezels and a fabulous book by Jen Cushman. Yippee!!!! I know more than a few of you have been waiting for this!

ALSO ON THE RESIN FRONT. My friend Carmi started a new blog on behalf of the people who create Envirotex Light (her resin of choice). I'm sooooooo excited for her! Be sure to follow her RESIN BLOG and even sign up for her fabulous class at Mixed Minded. She is teaching TWO classes to do with Resin at the event and I couldn't be more thrilled! Come and learn from the expert!! Congratulations Carmi!


A novice over here.... I took to making my first pours EVER! I started small and on the cheap (as I am a beginner). I have these very sweet bezels for sale here in the studio (the largest is .85 -- so not a big investment in case I mess up!) I started by simply using a circle punch and punching out a piece of pattern paper and attaching it to the base of my bezel. I did this with ..... wait for it..... my XYRON X!!! Yay Xyron (more to come from them soon *smile*)! So happy it worked!! I then followed Carmi's instructions and poured. I placed an old Making Memories embellie in it. Success!! Then I got more daring... Note the Tim Holtz embellie with - small glass beads from the dollar store. Yep .. getting there in my daring "resinating" *smile* So, I thought. That's cute -- now lets add some more stuff!! Here is a punch out of one of Graphic 45's images (On the Boardwalk Line) then I took out my Viva Decor Lovelies!! Yep -- the glitter is the Viva Decor Glitter Liner and the Pearl is the Viva Decor Pearl Pen. LOVE LOVE LOVE how this turned out and the fact it didn't react with the resin! Yahooooooooooooooooooooooo!

So, armed with this knowledge I created a bezel with dried flowers a la Carmi's tutorial...... and thought okay.... that's a flower inclusion, viva pearl and glitter pens, beads... why not vintage book text. OMG.... LOVE the transparency!!!

So, now I'm a pro, right? HAHAHAHA ...whatever!!! :)

But I am definately full of resin confidence now SO I got out something that reminds me of my dad (and something that was his) and thought I would throw it all together to make a special pendant. Note the confidence.... yes, that is a Pewter Bezel from Susan Lenart Kazmer's ICE Resin line. LOVE!

How'd I do? Not bad for a beginner me thinks! I still have lots to learn and lots of playing to do but WHOA this is FUN!!

Happy Creating all!

We're Going to Resinate... :)

Okay Resin enthusiasts! You asked, you shall receive

I've ordered some new bezels from my favorite findings distributor, we currently have some Envirotex Light in stock in the studio AND.. Yes, take a look what's also coming - ICE RESIN, their fabulous pewter bezels and an absolutely FABULOUS resin for Mixed Media Book by Jen Cushman "Explore, Create Resinate" . Can't wait to resinate!