Hello! hope you all are enjoying the weekend. I have made these keychains for
Artful Craftings 7th challenge: Heat Embossing, which is now live.
My task was to create a project using a
Melting pot, and so my kit included
Gold UTEE and
Purple Embossing powder.
Wanting to highlight the many different projects in which UTEE can be used, I decided to move forward with keychains!
The most important tool required for this project is a
Melting Pot:
(You need a melting pot because we need to heat the keychain from the bottom -- if we use a heat gun, the powder will fly off)
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| UTEE Clear, UTEE Gold, Embossing Power: Purple, White, Black and a Keychain |
I started by setting the melting pot temperature to UTEE, and placing the keychain in it.
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| Please note that I've placed the keychain over a piece of paper, and not directly in the pot. There are two reasons for doing this: 1. Once hot, I can lift the keychain off the pot easily by holding on to the paper, and 2. It will keep the back of the keychain clean. |
I then sprinkled UTEE, and embossing powders over the keychain and let them melt. Once done, and happy with the results, I removed the keychain from the pot and let if cool off.
IMPORTANT: NEVER touch the hot pan or the heated metal directly, is it extremely hot and can burn your hand!
Using this method, I created 3 keychains, in different designs.
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| Waves Inspired |
Waves Inspired: For this one, I formed lines with purple and white-- once they melted, I took a pin and ran it through horizontally. That created the waves. I then sprinkled some gold UTEE for finishing touches.
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| Galaxy Inspired |
Galaxy Inspired: Started off with Gold UTEE, once it melted, added some purple and pulled it into the gold. Then added some white and set a pearl in it.
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| Gem Inspired |
This was the most complicated. Started with black, then added some purple, once they melted and mixed, added clear UTEE and heated it up again. I then sprayed it with glimmer mist, and heated it up, added more clear UTEE, and some more heat. Then sprinkled gold UTEE and sent a gem in it.
Hope this inspires you to create some fun projects using a Melting Pot.
List of supplies below:
Melting Pot
Embossing Powders:
Purple,
Sea Foam White,
Black
UTEE:
Clear,
Gold
Glimmer Mist:
Thatched Roof Cottage
Key chain
Embellishments
Link to challenge post:
Challenge 7: Heat Embossing
Happy Crafting!
