If the Crown Fits!

I've had the honor of becoming friends with Tiffany Windsor and her sister Heidi Borcher & getting to know a TERRIFIC new product they've just come out with: Cool2Cast. This is a quick setting fiber plaster like material that is specifically used for creating jewelry & home dec accents. After pouring a whole package of the material into molds of all kinds, I finally got around to actually CREATING a piece of jewelry from it! Here's a video on Cool2Cast coloring.

• Mix Coo2Cast as directed
• Pour into molds
• Allow to dry, pop out, allow to dry further
• Sand back edges with sanding block
• Stain with alcohol ink & stamp with images (using StazOn permanent ink)
• Spray with polyurethane to seal
• Using Smooch metallics: Sugarberry, Gold Lame, and Sassy Pink, accent crown
• Use Beacon Adhesives, Quick Grip to adhere bail & felt to back
• Braided cord through bail, attach closure findings
• WEAR & ENJOY!

While at an all day ART event in Memphis, one of the vendors there was Artistic Outpost! It was nice getting to see Robyn & Shelly again and of course I just HAD to buy several rubber stamp plates! As I looked over all the stamp plates they had, it was hard choosing 3 at least! As I look at any stamps these days, a lot of "thought" goes into it. I have to justified in my mind at least 3-5 ways in which to make these stamps WORK for ME after they are bought. The plates I ended up with were: The Oz Collage, The Wonderland Collage, and The Neverland.

Can you see a story building here? At least three I'll say! These images are awesome and the uses are plentiful. Here is the first use of a phrase used in Alice in Wonderland.....from Artistic Outposts' "The Wonderland" die plate.