Earlier I showed you the beads I made from The Blue Bottle Tree’s tutorials (Rustic Beads and Organic Beads). Today I want to show you how these tutorials sparked me to go around putting purple goo all over my house!
Again, I can’t show you the exact details from someone else’s tutorial, but making your own silicone molds isn’t a big secret so check it out! I got the two-part putty from Michael’s in the clay section and have been going NUTS with it ever since!
My first few – concrete wall, bit of driftwood, and some manmade textures on the bench:
Turns out that with the right mold, you can make pretty convincing driftwood! Oh and a sand dollar… hang on..
The sand dollar is the neatest!Original on the left, mold in the center, my baked version on the right. It’s a little dirtier than I intended and I should have poked the hole all the way through, but still… that’s some seriously fine detail. 
The tiny driftwood piece worked so well I did a bigger one; but I am not sure I care for the final results. I haven’t done much with it yet. Below you can see how the silicone molding putty works. You literally just smush the two parts together, shove it into some texture, and walk away for a bit. Come back, peel it off, and BAM! Original texture. Oh man. So good.
All those little bits of wood totally came right out – the silicone is completely non-stick. This was a very fragile piece of wood so I just tossed it after I got the texture.
I started digging through my beachcombed box and found an oyster shell and moonsnail shell too:
Look at the HUGE pile of texture sheets I got out of maybe 1/3 of the package, just by poking around the studio and the basement! I CAN’T WAIT until spring so I can do leaves and organic bits. I’m happy to my face :)
You have really inspired me. I must have a go at doing this.