Resin Butterfly Ornament

Do it yourself Resin Butterfly Ornament
A while back I ordered these beautiful wood butterflies from an online site and have been waiting on a chance to use them. When I had an opportunity to use Amazing Casting Products - including their Amazing Casting Resin - I knew what I had been waiting for!

I started by hot gluing my decorations in the bottom of a Maya Road large bottle cap embellishment. When that was done it was time to mix my resin.




The resin kit comes with everything you need and full instructions. You will mix equal amounts from the two bottles together for the total amount of resin that you need. Then stir together until it is clear.


I like to mark my lines on the sides of the cups so I don't over pour. The lines are marked on there for you, but I just like big, well defined lines!


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Spooky Halloween Mini Album - Halloween Popcorn Box Party

Halloween Popcorn Box Party
It's Halloween so it's time for a few new tricks and treats and the Halloween Popcorn Box Party is serving up both! There are 75 wonderful designers who received product from the fabulous sponsors to play with and I came up with a fun Halloween Mini Album. 

The sponsors for this party are amazing - Adornit, World Market, Kunin Group, Udderly Smooth, Tombow USA, Expressionary, Ellison/Sizzix, Expo International, Oriental Trading. Be sure to check them all out!

This mini album will get a lot of handling by a toddler, so it needs to be durable and stand up to a lot of wear. The Deflecto Sign Tags are perfect for making pages in a mini album! They can be punched with all the binding machines on the market, decorated anyway you like, and they hold up to an amazing amount of wear. I made a template for my page size and cut the sign tags using a craft knife and a metal ruler.


The Sign Tags can also be cut with the large steel rule type dies. I wanted this amazing frame on the cover, but since it sticks out there is no way it would survive made from paper. The Sign Tags are not only durable, they are flexible as well. Pretty much toddler proof.

See that little spider on the front - Oriental Trading. Cuteness overload. The pumpkin is Kunin felt, the fence is matboard, both are die cut with vintage Sizzix dies.

 I love these little Trick and Treat trinkets. Guess where they came from?? Oriental Trading! Yep. They are a few years old, but I think we all know that I am a hoarder.

Who doesn't like pompom trim??? I think we should drape the whole world in pompom trim - it would make everything better! My papers are from Doodlebug Designs the are vintage designs.


The inner pages were decorated with patterned paper and a variety of embellishments.The pumpkin is a Laura Kelly die cut from Sizzix. The little black cat - did you know that you can cut Kunin Felt with thin dies?? Yep, you can. (die from LittleB).



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