From the Cauldron came Angel Wings of White

The Ranger Melt Pot
about to go into action!
(with a little help from Cobwebs!)

The Cauldron (aka ‘The Ranger Melt Pot’) came out to play because I had an idea for a handmade card, but wanted a pair of Angel Wings to go onto the card as an embellishment.  I’d got feathered wings, but I felt that they’d give the wrong feeling to the card, so I scouted round to find something different .. that’s when I remembered that I had a pair of silicon moulds of  Angel Wings.  I dug them out and checked them over for any damage (I hadn’t used the moulds in … ohh … I can’t even remember the last time I’d used them!),  and then got out the equipment to make the wings.  Heat mats  (biscuit coloured one and the black one you see in the photo),  Cauldron,  spatula to stir,  mica powders,  and Ultra Thick Embossing Crystals – in clear and white.  Then I set to work.

I always put more than I think I’ll need of the crystals into my melt pot as I’d hate to find that I run out of liquid before I’d filled my moulds,  so I also put on my desk a couple of other silicon moulds so that any left over liquid could be made into other adornments for other cards some other time.

Crystals were popped into my Cauldron and within minutes I was ready to pour out the magic mix.  (After I’d said a magic spell, waved my wand and flew my broom around my craft room three times with my cat perched neatly on the end, naturally).

The Silicon moulds I used for the wings were bought from America but I’m pretty sure you’d be able to now buy something like them here in the UK.  They’re roughly 3 inches in length so ideal for a card adornment.  I brushed the tiniest amount of mica powder into the silicon mould before I poured the liquid, so that the feathers on the wings would be highlighted with the faintest of colour.  (You can just about see the Mica powder in the photograph above).

At this point I get so excited about the stuff I’ve just poured that I totally forgot to take a photograph of the moulds in use – so you’ll have to imagine what those moulds look like filled up with  magic potion   I mean: Ultra Thick Embossing Crystals in their molten state.

It takes literally just a few minutes for the liquid to set – but beware it does stay a little hot/very warm for a few minutes longer, so be careful.  And this (below) is what the Angle Wings look like when I popped them from their moulds . . . .

You can see where the feathers picked up the Mica powder which I’d brushed into the empty mould before I poured in the molten liquid UTEE.  Pretty isn’t it.  You can see from this picture that you really don’t need to use very much Mica Powder at all.  If you compare the photograph of the empty moulds before I poured the UTEE into them, and then see how the set UTEE has picked up that Mica Powder really well.

I was right to get another mould or two out as I did have some extra liquid left over, so I made some flowers with the left over UTEE . . .

I’ll lightly colour up the flowers and centres with a little wax to highlight and pick out the details.  – my favourite wax is Metallic Gilding Wax from Creative Expressions – shown in the photograph above.

BUT … if you do make something with your own Melt Pot, and you have left over molten UTEE then you can simply pour it out onto your heat-resistant mat and let it set for a few minutes (and go cold), and you’ll then be able to pop that blob of set UTEE into a bag and save it till you want to make something in that colour next time.  You see … you never waste anything with the Melt Pot.  You just re-melt anything you’re not happy with or that you have left over, and make something lovely and new next time you’re playing!

Thanks for visiting, and for reading.

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