CRUSADE No. 20 ~ Casting Call

We have less time this month since I want to keep the due date at the first of the month, but it's an easy challenge, and you should have all the supplies you need to complete this one at home.  The most important thing to remember when making a paper cast is to wait it out and let it dry properly.  The newly formed paper image should easily lift out of the mold when dry.

If you don't have a blender you can try the alternative which is to simply lay squares of toilet paper or Kleenex (facial tissue) across your mold or rubber stamp and blot with a wet paint brush, lightly tapping to press paper into the depths of the surface.  Layer one square on at a time, wetting and tapping in between layers.  I prefer to use pulp made from the blender because then I have more options with color, and I like the raggedy edges you get from pressing pulp into a mold.

Casting on rubber is easy - and you don't necessarily need a release agent.  Try it without.  Lightly brushing baby powder on the clean rubber surface may help when easing the dried cast from the stamp.

   

 

If you've already been making paper casts then you are one step ahead.  If you haven't done it yet I promise you will enjoy it.  Make some casts, then take some photos or scans, blog about it (or load to your flickr or photohosting site), link to here, and come back and leave a comment.  I'll post the links as they come in, newest at top.  (Archived Crusades are in alphabetical order by first name.)

Anyone can play so join us!  You are always welcome to join a previous crusade, just label accordingly and your link will be added under the current link list to be eligible for the Top Hat drawing.  Need more info?  Follow the link to What's a Street Team or go HERE.  As you visit the team players be sure to leave your words of encouragement!!  Need a button?  Take this:

CRUSADE No. 20 ~ Casting Call DUE DATE:  June 1st

Comments

[Fiona]

LOve the sound of this one. It's something I've had in my mind to try for at some point. Count me in!

[Flo]

oh cool - I've been waiting for this one to turn up as a crusade, as I've seen some of the cool stuff you've done with paper casting in the past

I have plenty of loo roll - with 3 boys in the house and endless streams of teenage friends passing through, I have to buy it by the truckload :)

and I have lots of stamps, and moulds too. so what am I waiting for?? :)

[Judy N]

Hey Michelle,
Can't wait to try this one. Like Flo, I remember seeing your casting pieces in your artwork and loving them.

I have had all the supplies I need to do this but have never made the time to actually try it. This will be fun! We are leaving for the weekend in just a few minutes but I think I should be able to find time Sunday or Monday.

As always, great instructions and examples!

Hope your return trip home went well and sister is better.

Until later,
Judy

[mcdc3s]

Oh for the Love of God!

I've been checking back and back...
and would have never guessed this sort of project.

There shall be no rest for the weary.
Off I go to gather my goods.

;)

[Marie]

Ohhhhhh...fabulous - something new to try ! I like this !

[Julie]

Wonderful challenge Michelle...I need to get back on track since I never got round to doing last months...life just got in the way :lol:

Definately will have a go at this one now that things have calmed down a little.

[Chris]

I have done a little of this and it's great fun! I have a ton of things going on this month, but I'm going to work on this around the edges. HAA! around the edges!! get it? And see how it goes. It's fun to combine projects, too, and I know this will work out on one of the other three projects due at month end, so this will be fabulous! Thanks for all this information. I look forward to checking in more this month to see everyone's work.

[Cath S]

Phew! Finally got Crusade 19 done and posted here http://www.cathrs.blogspot.com
Really enjoyed the stencil making once I got to it, I think it's something I'll use quite a bit. Thanks Michelle :-)

[Maralena]

OH MY! I loved doing this. The results were great. Now I am going to look for more castables.

http://mcdc3s.blogspot.com/2008/05/crusade-20-casting-call.html

And I used the "quickie" method. Can't wait to see what happens when I go full speed ahead.
Thanks Michelle for another cool challenge.
xx

[Clare]

so this is my first time playing and not just looking - really enjoyed this! will be doing some more of these later today, here's my first attempts.
http://thedecoratedpage.blogspot.com/2008/05/gpp-street-team-crusade-20-casting.html

[Susan]

This was a fun challenge. Check out my results at my blog.

[maralena]

http://mcdc3s.blogspot.com/2008/05/crusade-20-more-casting-results.html

Tried a full sheet. :)

[Julie Prichard]

Obsessed with making a mold...I have an update on my progress for this crusade: Play-doh doesn't work. It hardens when left in the air to dry, but cracks pretty badly. Back to the drawing board. :)

[jodi barone]

Just today I nearly signed up for a class to learn how to make molds. So glad I waited! I am $100.00 richer and get to learn from an incredibly amazing teacher. One day I hope to hop into a class of yours in person. Until then, thanks so much for sharing your processes online!
jodi

[Krissie]

Here's one I made a while ago - I loved this prompt! I am planning to make more I liked doing so much!

http://bowerwood.blogspot.com/2008/03/paper-casting.html

[Kimbo]

The casts are cast ! Had fun with this one ! Thanks, as always, Michelle, for the fun and the inspiration !
Cheers to the Crusade !
Kim

http://queen-of-arts.blogspot.com/2008/05/gpp-street-team-crusade-20-casting-call.html

[Valerie Cramer]

FUN challenge I am HOOKED!! Here's my stuff......http://pandorasbox818.blogspot.com/2008/05/gpp-street-team-casting-call.html

[JeriAnn]

I haven't quite cast my mind (ahem!) to the newest Crusade, but here are some last bits of stencil making. http://commutersjournal.blogspot.com
I finally made the stencil I wanted to try most and if you scroll down, you will see the brave marching monks inspired by eb's April posting. Paper casting to come soon. I have tons of scraps from making tissue paper flowers for the ladies' rooms during the bar mitzvah. Can't wait to try them in paper casting.

[Nicki]

Michelle - another great crusade. I still have to get back to 18 & 19 as life got in the way. Off to do some more casting but there is already some on my blog. - Nicki

[Marilyn]

What a fun challenge, O Fearless Leader! And I think it will solve a little creative dilemma I'm in, so that's a bonus. I'm loving it and will do more. Thank you! Marilyn

http://www.mydapperdog.com/blog/2008/05/casting-call.html

[susan w]

May is speeding by, the end of the school year and all that. Here are some casts I've done in the past but nothing new yet. Some are using toilet paper and some are "cheating" with paper clay...

[Valerie Cramer]

Noticed my name hasn't appeared on the sidebar list yet....here's my link again in case i got missed =) http://pandorasbox818.blogspot.com/2008/05/gpp-street-team-casting-call.html

[Winterwood]

Hi Michelle - here it is posted in on the blog. This was fun to do! here is my effort and result with paper casting.

http://bowerwood.blogspot.com/2008/05/gpp-street-team-casting-call-challenge.html

[Rosie]

I had such fun with this and learnt a lot in the process (as always!). I think the whole family were shocked at how clean I stayed *grins* Thanks for widening my horizons again! Hugs for you Sis too - hope she's improving...

http://alteredartandstuff.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/casting-call/

[Kimbo]

First I made the casts. Now I used a cast in my art journal. Thanks again, Michelle, for the yummy new technique.
Cheers,
Kim
http://queen-of-arts.blogspot.com/2008/05/lost-wings-found-feathers.html

[Rosie]

Couldn't resist using one of my casts straight away - maybe the CJ's owner will have a go!! I shall probably run out of casts by the end of the week and have to start over... deep joy!!

http://alteredartandstuff.wordpress.com/2008/05/19/mixed-media-maps/

[jane]

Casts, schmasts! I want to know where you got those incredible arch Christmas tree ornaments! Please? What a breathtaking -- and useful -- item! Absolutely gorgeous!

[Flo]

This ISN'T my entry, so don't be giving me credit for it :) I'm still working on mine....

But I thought I'd share this :
http://skulladay.blogspot.com/2008/05/353-molded-paper-skull.html

Skull-A-Day is one of my favourite blogs in the whole world :) And I was so excited when I logged on to find that their latest skull is a paper cast :)

[Julie Prichard]

Here's my story :)

http://lostluggage.typepad.com/the_land_of_lost_luggage/2008/05/gpp-street-team-crusade-20--casting-call.html

Thanks, Michelle!

[hedwig]

Hi Michelle
again I had a lot of fun joining this crusade!! (Even going to by a new blender for the kitchen and keep the old one for projects LOL). Here is my contribution http://belle2create.wordpress.com/2008/05/23/casting-paper/
Hugs,
Hedwig

[Cora]

Here is my first entry.
http://paperflowers1.blogspot.com/2008/05/so-i-thought-i-would-try-gpp-street.html

[Kim H]

Here is mine:

http://runningonink.blogspot.com/2008/05/casting.html

Thanks for the fun, Michelle!

[inge Bekaert]

Hello Michelle,

I did start a week ago after visiting some other participants, but I wasn't able to make something with my results until this weekend !
So, here's my link:
http://web.mac.com/pinkepinke/pinkepinke/Blog/Artikelen/2008/5/25_crusade_n°_20_%3A_a_different_use_of_toiletpaper....html

greetings
Inge ( from Belgium)

[Valerie Foster]

Thanks for this great tutorial and for the challenge. The paper cast post on my blog isn't something I did recently, but your challenge is timely, because I've been thinking lately about using paper pulp in my art. I think I need to try something new and different to get my creative juices going again and to challenge me to experiment with new ideas, or old ideas I should revisit again. Thanks. Count me in.

[Valerie Foster]

Oops. I didn't type in my blog URL in the last post. I'll do it here.

[Lay Hoon]

Michelle, this is really challenge for me and I really need to be more patient for the end product :)
I have try some in different mold. But it's turn out not satisfy. May be I took them out of the mold before it totally dry.

My try on this challenge
http://mescrap.blogspot.com

Thank you.

[Flo]

I'm done :) and I had FUN

here: http://are-you-flowin.blogspot.com/2008/05/why-is-mum-blendering-bog-roll.html

I made tons of casts and have only used about half of them so far, so I still have lots of playtime left with these....

[tina]

Finally got a chance to try this out. Hmmmmmm. Not as easy as it seems.
http://inspiredbycolor.wordpress.com/2008/05/28/gpp-street-team-7/

[Maj Carita]

Finally the casts have dried... well, most of them. While waiting for the next bits, here is my first post on casting:
http://secondnature.typepad.com/maj_carita/2008/05/paper-casting.html
Thank you for this challenge! I knew about casting sheats of paper, but now you've helped me take one step further!

[Fiona]

Hi

great challenge! Finally got my entry uploaded to my blog.

Fiona

[Cindy]

My paper casts are complete in the nick of time! You can read about my adventure (art or cat toy?) here: http://cskawins.blogspot.com/2008/05/i-am-finally-done-with-this-months.html

Thanks for such a cool challenge, Michelle! I knew I could do more with my blender than make mojitos..

[Ursula C]

Hi Michelle,
Just managed to squeeze a quick entry in for this month, I can't resist playing with you and the team. Here's my link.
http://barefootwanderings.typepad.com/barefoot_wanderings/2008/05/gpp-crusade-no.html
Thanks and happy creating,
Ursula

[Michelle Brown]

This was such a fun crusade - there is nothing like making something cool out of toilet paper!

My paper casting journey and end results can be seen here:
http://aztecmichelle.wordpress.com/2008/05/30/gpp-street-team-crusade-no20/

Michelle Brown
Melbourne Australia

[lucy edson]

Here's my take on the challenge. This is my first time playing but I have been lurking for a while!

http://lucyscraftylife.blogspot.com/2008/05/paper-castings.html

Looks like I barely squeezed in in time!

[susan w]

All right, I soaked a variety of papers: napkin, facial tissue, toilet paper, paper towel, unknown handmade papers and creamed them in the Vita-Mix. Slurry was so-so - I think the mix is not a good idea. The results were 2:5 (success:blah). I am definitely out of practice and I think making polymer clay molds is the way to go for certain kinds of images. Anyway, here are some more casts. Cheers

[Julie]

I'm back after missing last month's challenge and had so much fun with these Michelle. I think there is still a lot to do with this but here's a link to those done so far.

http://julie-justme.blogspot.com/

[Maj Carita]

http://secondnature.typepad.com/maj_carita/2008/05/more-paper-casting.html
http://secondnature.typepad.com/maj_carita/2008/05/paper-casting-ii.html
As I said, you have to know when to stop... I don't seem to be able to stop - help! ;)

[Kristen R]

This was way toooo coool and so much fun thank you my friend!!!!

http://kristenrobinson.typepad.com/kristenrobinson/2008/05/casting-call--.html

XOX
Kristen

[Elizabeth Woodford]

Hi Michelle!
i am sneaking in just under the wire! i had a go with this one using Scott's TP- no blender necessary! Pretty cool!
It is the latest post on my blog!
Thanks again for another great challenge!
hugs!
Elizabeth
http://elizabethcreates.blogspot.com

[Jane B.]

Hi Michelle,

Thank you so much for presenting us with another great challenge this month! Next time somebody asks me, "But what can you DO with rubber stamps, exactly...other than stamp...." I'll know just what to tell them.

Jane B.