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I began by punching the holes of my love notes cover with my Bind-it-all. The finished cover will not fit into Bind-it-All that I have so the holes will mold and allow me to cut them with a craft knife later. I then wrote "love notes" on the cover .
To make the yarn easier to manipulate, I applied glue to the enter length of yarn and on the letters. I then lined up the yarn starting with the "l". When I got to the end of the "e", I brought the yard around the perimeter of the 4×2½" cover, making the heart by looping the yarn.
I completed the word "notes" and added glue to areas of the cover that appeared to be lifting. I set the cover aside to dry completely before attempting to mold it.
I conditioned equal parts of Amazing Mold Putty part A and part B. I worked quickly to cover the note pad cover and used my brayer to smooth the back of the mold so if I later wanted to cast the cover with Amazing Clear Cast or Amazing Casting Resin it would make for an even pour. I sat the mold aside to cure.
Once cured I removed the original to inspect my mold. I loved it.
Experiments led me to use the Creative Paperclay Delight. The Delight is super light and makes an incredible impression in the mold. it dries super quick--a process which can be sped up in a warm oven. I made sure to brayer my Delight in the mold to have a smooth back for my cover.
I un-molded my Delight cover in white. Pleased with the results I next added a touch of pink pant to the delight and molded a pink cover as well. Once the molded pieced dried, I trimmed off the edges of the cover and used a craft knife to cut the holes to bind my cover to the base of the book.
When painting the Delight, I used Sakura 3D Crystal lacquer mixed with Alumilite Gold Metallic Powder--which melts so pretty in the lacquer, and Terri Sproul's Mixers in Red Satin to high- light the yarn words. I lightly brushed the gold in a transparent layer on the face of the cover and in a more opaque manner around the edges.
Once dry I stacked the cover, the punched inner pages, and the backing board in the order as it should look once bound.
I then flipped the back board over on the front of the cover and threaded the wires into the cover so that the "u" rested inside the back cover. I crimped my coil in my Bind-it-All to create my Love Notes Notebook. I added Crafty Ribbons Ribbon from the Ladybug bargain bag to the coils.
I hope you enjoyed my Molded Love Notes tutorial! Thank you for looking! Enjoy the rest of the hop! Be sure to leave a comment and become a follower if you are not already. The blog roll below will keep you on track!
very creative use of such a marvellous product. well done
ReplyDeleteWhat a great technique!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic idea!
ReplyDeleteTerrific idea! Just love it.
ReplyDeleteThis is such a great idea! Very cute!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great blog hop. Love the notepads.
ReplyDeleteJody
so creative!!!
ReplyDeleteTotally cool and very clever ! xoxoxox
ReplyDeletevery nicely done!
ReplyDeleteawesome project and good tut!
ReplyDeleteGreat project Leslie! I love the notebook this would be great for a class project!
ReplyDeleteLove this idea!!! Your love notes cover is beautiful! Thanks for the tut!
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