Petri Dish Resin Hearts

This is the easiest project for someone who is just starting to dabble in resin.  The results are beautiful and you can use them for everything from paperweights to suncatchers.  I have a bunch hanging in my kitchen window and a few strewn across my coffee table.  The fun part of this project is that you won't know what they'll look like until you take them out of the molds.  Go bold with color and experiment with different glitters for some terrific results.  I promise you'll be pleasantly surprised!  Try something new, my sweet friends, and always Make Your Mark!

Catching the sun...

Pools of color

Just keep dripping the Marabu inks until you're satisfied

Everything I used for this project:

Famowood Glaze Coat Resin: https://amzn.to/30GJc4P Marabu Alcohol Inks: https://bit.ly/3dcKlrR Silicone Molds: https://amzn.to/2Au94tt & https://amzn.to/2YDN4nH MY AMAZON STORE: https://www.amazon.com/shop/markmontano

Watch how to make these Petri Dish Hearts here OR watch the video on my 

                                     YouTube channel here:  https://youtu.be/SoIfrRvWO38 

                                                                I HEART YOU!

Tin Valentines - Upcycled Cardboard DIY

This project hearkens back to grade school when we would glue yarn to cardboard and then glue tinfoil on top.  Damn I loved that craft!  My sweet mom has an entire closet filled with kids art projects that she considers the most valuable of her possessions...I'm sure there are still a few tinfoil/yarn masterpieces in there to this day!  But, I digress.  These are and updated version made with my new (and totally awesome) Surebonder detail glue gun and aluminum tape which is used for duct work.  You can grab the tape for a song at any hardware store and most 99c stores!  Here's a link to my awesome new glue gun!  Bring back the kids crafts for Valentine's Day and don't forget to 

Make Your Mark!

I really need a Valentine's Day Christmas tree for these!

A little bit Lisa Frank, right?!

Watch how to make them here!

The best part is sniffing the permanent markers!

Happy Valentine's Day, possums!

Lacy Paper Hearts - Upcycled Magazines!

My first craft as a kid was quilling...I liked it, but I got bored quickly and moved on.  Many years later I started playing with magazine paper because there was always so much of it.  These hearts look like they might be made of quilling paper, but in fact, it's rolled up magazine pages.  Yup, the gossip rags I devour weekly are now beautiful Valentines!  Take them apart and you'll find out that Jen might be back with Brad and Scarlett was spotted with another man.  This upcycling project is a great way to help save the planet and show someone how much you love them!  

Happy Valentine's Day!

 Sprinkled with glitter and gems!

Light blue ribbon makes everything look fancy! 

 Watch how to make them here!

Spread the LOVE!

Vintage Valentine Wreath with Upcycled Lids

When I was a kid I loved Valentine's Day.  I loved that every kid in the class gave a Valentine's Day card to every other kid in the class and for some reason, it brought us all together...at least for a day.  My favorite art projects were the boxes we would make to gather them all up.  Shoe boxes covered in hearts and glitter and whatever else we could glue on.  Some looked like characters, others looked like Cinderella's shoe boxes and others looked like they were being stabbed to death with a brush and tempera paint!  Still, they all got filled with suckers and cards and Hershey's kisses.  These Valentine's remind me of those days.  Use your memories for inspiration, my sweet friends, and always Make Your Mark!

Cowboys, cowgirls, bunnies and kittens!
Link to images HERE

 So very sweet!

Watch how to make this wreath here!

Link to images HERE

Happy Valentine's Day!