Monday, September 16, 2013

Cool2Cast Butterfly in ICE Resin Bezel Necklace

Hello blogging friends!  I hope you all had a wonderful weekend.  I am so excited to share a new product with you today!!  I am sure many of you in the crafting community know the amazingly talented Tiffany Windsor.  She is the founder of the Cool2Craft Network featuring the popular on-line Cool2Craft TV show.  A couple of months back Tiffany launched a brand new product called Cool2Cast™.  Cool2Cast™ is a light wieght casting medium with a porcelian like finish.  It is great for mixed media art, jewelry making and embellishing.  It is very easy to work with--mix with water, shake and pour.  It only takes about an hour and you can pop your Cool2Cast™ pieces out of the silicone molds.  On your finished pieces you can ink it, paint it and stamp it.  The posibilities are endless with Cool2Cast™!


Here is a close up of a necklace I designed.  Check out the beautiful butterfly--it was made with Cool2Cast™ and a silicone mold.  


Before I tell you the details for the necklace check out all of the pieces that I made using Cool2Cast™.  I had so much fun making these and I have several projects in the works!




Do you see the butterfly I used for the necklace?


You can click on all of the pictures to enlarge them.


Okay, on to the necklace.

After I popped the butterfly out of the silicone mold I painted it.  Now what I used to paint it might surprise you a little but I have actually used this product for years on jewelry pieces--it's finger nail polish.  Are you surprised?  Years ago I used to make clay jewelry and I couldn't find the kind of paints I wanted to use so I thought why not try nail polish.  It gives the look of enamel, it's easy to use and comes in a large variety of colors.  I used NYC 151 Skyline Blue, Sinful Colors 947 Mint Apple nail polish to paint the base of the butterfly.  Then I used black acrylic paint for all of the details. For a finishing touch I applied Pure Ice Dazzle Me 1005 nail polish over the entire piece.  Then I applied Mod Podge over the entire piece to seal it.  I used one of the MB1-002S Susan Lenart Kazmer for Spellbinders® Media Mixáge™ Squares One Bezel from Spellbinders® and sprinkled  Silver Crushed Glass Glitter and Oceanic Crushed Glass Glitter in the bottom of the bezel.  Then I added Silver Filigree Embellishement #683S-S from ButterBeeScraps'.  I cut the filigree piece in half and placed one piece at the top and the other at the bottom of the bezel.  Then I poured some ICE Resin into the bezel, placed the butterfly on top and added more ICE Resin.  


To finish the necklace I attached it to a chain, added some Peacock Seam Binding from Really Reasonable Ribbon and beads from Blue Moon Beads a division of DCWV.



So what do you think?  Would you try Cool2Cast™?  It is so fun and easy to use and I would love to hear your thoughts.  Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Hugs & Smiles,
Heidi

Supplies
Cool2Craft:  Cool2Cast™ by Tiffany Windsor
Silicone Molds:  Wilton, Martha Stewart, Mod Molds and other
Spellbinders®:   MB1-002S Susan Lenart Kazmer for Spellbinders® Media Mixáge™ Squares One Bezel
ButterBeeScraps':   Silver Filigree Embellishement #683S-S
Really Reasonable Ribbon:  Peacock Seam Binding
Stampendous:  Silver Crushed Glass Glitter, Oceanic Crushed Glass Glitter
Nail Polish:  NYC 151 Skyline Blue, Sinful Colors 947 Mint Apple, Pure Ice Dazzle Me 1005
Plaid®:  Mod Podge, Black Acrylic Paint
ICE Resin:  1 oz. Syringe Singles
Beadalon:  Round Nose Pliers, Flush Cutters
Beadsmith®:  Pliers-1 Step Looper
Beads:  Blue Moon Beads a division of DCWV
Large Black Acrylic Bead
Chain, Jump Rings, Headpins, Clasp
Paintbrush

5 comments:

  1. Hey that's pretty cool...and WOW! on that necklace of yours. I'm sure it needs a home...I have space for it in Chicago...wink, wink! LOL!! Great inspiration, Heidi <3

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  2. Heidi - this project is AWESOME! I love the use of nail polish! And thanks for the tip of sealing with ModPodge!

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  3. The necklace is beautiful! Would love to try CoolCast!

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  4. This is really beautiful, Heidi! I love the bling!

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