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So many questions! Daniel Cooper's resin putty technique for something different but will it work? And will the silicone putty inlays I made in video #178 actually work? Will Eco Pour, Epoxy Resin and PU Resin all work together in the same make? And lets do a Christmas make to test that last one
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[@daniel..cooper]

😂😂 that made me chuckle, thanks Tracey 😂😂 Did you solve the wood problem? If you never try these things, you never know! I know you will find a way! Love the trees too, well done 👏 😊

[@miniscenesgb]

Thanks Daniel! I'm not in trouble then lol. Thanks for always inspiring us

[@lisaburnham7151]

Such a cute tray. I love the dark night sky against the white eco pour snow. The paint pens were another great idea. 😍

[@miniscenesgb]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@virginiarichards6872]

This is such an awesome trinket tray. SO CUTE! For your snowflake mold, lay your snowflake on the table and press your mold stuff on top. It won’t be deep that way, but you should be able to remove the wooden snowflake that way. Just love you ad Daniel both for your “let’s go for it!” attitude.

[@miniscenesgb]

Thanks for the tip! I shall try that

[@daparkerwoman]

Loved the outcome here. I love the snow and sky combo.

[@miniscenesgb]

Thanks, cute isn't it :)

[@user-ks7gf3pz7t]

The tray is adorable.

[@miniscenesgb]

Thanks

[@WendigovanStudio]

Tracey, that trinket tray is flipping adorable. I need to make something like this myself now lol. Maybe if you add some mould release to the shapes before you add it to the resin putty, might make it release a bit easier. Or give the snowflakes/shapes a coating with UV resin or varnish 1st so they aren't pouruos any longer, then add mould release and see if that works. The wooden shapes will probably always stick if not sealed as the resin will absorb into the wood. Great video and deffo not a fail. Just another lesson learned, for you and all of us. All the best, Diane x

[@miniscenesgb]

Yeh I was also wondering if dunking them in silicone and letting it dry first might do it. Glad you like t :)

[@MarcysArtsyFartsyCreations]

There are no fails in life Tracey, there are only steps in learning 😊 that Tray is bootiful ❤️

[@miniscenesgb]

Thanks so much 😊

[@liadubruyn5285]

That is beautiful. Love the Blue colour...❤

[@miniscenesgb]

Thanks, I was pleased to get the color I wanted

[@irenerhynes6732]

Yes he is. I call him the Prof. I love watching his experiments.

[@miniscenesgb]

Dan, Dan the Science Man :) I hope my video amuses him :)

[@CreatingwithWinglessAngel]

Daniel Cooper is a Genius yes 👏

[@miniscenesgb]

Yes, totally :)

[@ellishansen8115]

Very beautiful dish! Interesting idea with the corn starch.

[@miniscenesgb]

Thank you so much. Yeh I’ll have to play with the corn starch idea more

[@southernladyartisticcreations]

Yes I think Daniel Cooper is a genius 😃

[@miniscenesgb]

Never in doubt :)

[@selene4621]

OMG that tray is just adorable i love it !!! . looks soo 3d could soo many things with this kind of look !!

[@miniscenesgb]

Thank you! 😊

[@MargotMakesIt]

Tracey this is Brilliant! Love it!

[@miniscenesgb]

Thanks, I think Daniel will find it comical too :)

[@sallymccornack122]

I love this tray. Wasn’t sure how it would work out but, it, is……….boooooootiful lol😊

[@miniscenesgb]

Thank you! 😊

[@rebeccamoerno8356]

It came out beautiful. I love it. ❤❤❤

[@miniscenesgb]

Thank you! 😊

[@CraftingGT1971]

The wayward glitter looks like the northern lights Tracey ❤

[@miniscenesgb]

I guess it kinda does 😊

[@resinartists]

Lovely video, Ms Tracey 😍💜,Love the trinklet tray too much❤❤,cute mini inlays😍😍😍

[@miniscenesgb]

Thank you! 🤗

[@michelle_resinrebel]

Hi Tracey great video, love your tray 😍, love how the eco pour looks in it, and the stray chameleon powder looks a little like the northern lights, thanks for sharing ❤❤❤ xxx

[@miniscenesgb]

Thanks Michelle

[@SkitchBean_aka_Christine_E]

Tracey, thie tray is really beautiful. I am going to have to try it. That blue you made is exceptional. ❤❤❤ Thanks for sharing your experiment with Daniel Cooper's putty. And thanks for mixing as you did. I wondered if we had to be as precise as Daniel. It drives me nuts that i try to be precise with my measurements but always end up with more in one part than the other. That helps to make my own paste but still...❤❤❤

[@miniscenesgb]

You're welcome. I love that Daniel gives the exact details - we need that. But it's also good to then play about too isn't it. And I just don't do numbers :) Dyscalculia is a real thing.

[@lesleyhenshaw2878]

Gorgeous, very pretty trinket tray thank you for trying out the cornstarch. Fun experiment xx❤

[@miniscenesgb]

Thanks so much 😊

[@AishusCraftyKidsClub]

Thumbs up 5. Brilliant

[@miniscenesgb]

Thanks :)

[@Jellybean_Craftz]

Im not big on Christmas but “THAT” I like; winter effect ❤❤❤

[@miniscenesgb]

Thanks Hope!

[@ErinCraftingChaos]

Love the snow scene tray! Going to look for stuff to replicate it. The glitter pattern on the back looks like a spooky ghost face! And Daniel Cooper is a certified genius.

[@miniscenesgb]

if you want to replicate it, the links gor everything is in the description for you :)

[@ErinCraftingChaos]

I was think about it and (if Daniel said it in his video ignore me I am still catching up on videos from when I went on vacation) although the wood snowflakes didn’t work, I wonder if you could create an inlay master mold by stamping a scrapbooking stamp into the resin mixture?? I might grab a stamp later and experiment!

[@miniscenesgb]

@@ErinCraftingChaos that’s got to be worth a try. I’ll be surprised if it doesn’t work 😊 great idea

[@fuzznickers]

You covered a lot of bases with this video but it was full of useful information, thank you!

[@miniscenesgb]

Glad it was helpful! Yeh I'd got so many questions in my head that I wanted to get out ;)

[@fuzznickers]

@miniscenesgb I'm glad you did, it will help me when I try it 😁😉

[@lauriebevins8517]

I buy my cornstarch at the grocery store or bulk store in Canada, it's very inexpensive. Great for cooking with, too, as a thickener for gravy, etc. Love Daniel Cooper's videos, too! Thanks for sharing!❤

[@miniscenesgb]

I found it eventually in a supermarket. I don't do cooking so I had to ask where it was lol. And yes, Daniel is a total star :)

[@belindagalle97]

❤. Thank you 😊

[@miniscenesgb]

You're welcome 😊

[@marcellabarratt8778]

Love this tray .🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@miniscenesgb]

Glad you like it

[@soniacintronjohnson]

Love this!

[@miniscenesgb]

Thanks :)

[@tracyharper2121]

Loving this! Xxx

[@miniscenesgb]

Thanks

[@kheventplanner]

So cute!🎉

[@miniscenesgb]

Thanks

[@CHCrafters]

Great video! I am a mold person, your trick with the cornstarch is going to be my new thing. Thanks for that! I also love you snowy tree night sky scene. The s Floaty bits look like blowing around snow. It is gorgeous!

[@miniscenesgb]

Thanks, the cornstarch thing is Daniel Cooper's invention though I can't take credit for that. I'm going to have fun experimenting with it. Glad you like the little tray :)

[@tonipatterson8594]

Love this ❤

[@miniscenesgb]

Thanks

[@creativephoenix1411]

Nice work! One suggestion... If you just press the snowflakes in and take them out right away (after al it's like putty!) you will be able to use them again or achieve, what you can't, if you're left them in...

[@miniscenesgb]

It might work if I make the putty a bit firmer first. There's been a few suggestions so I will try again

[@adalavin8648]

That tray is so cute! I'll have to try something similar. I wonder if you spray the snow flakes with mold release before you put them in that they will come out easier. Just a thought. So many new things to try and so little time to try them! 😂

[@miniscenesgb]

Possibly. There’s been so many suggestions that when I get a bigger bag of cornflower I might make a whole video of me trying them all 😊

[@DianasCraftyCastle]

Your tray is beautiful, Tracey! Thanks for showing your technique. As for the mica not sticking on two trees, I’ve had that happen to me as well. Dunno why, but it occasionally does that. I’m going to try to use Daniel’s cornstarch technique in my idea for Claire’s Christmas collaboration video. It involves a lot of steps, so we’ll see. Again, your tray is gorgeous! 😁👏🏻❤️

[@miniscenesgb]

Thanks Diana. Yeh the cornstarch technique is amazing and seems to work with any sort of resin, just curing speed varies. It's a fun one. Looking forward to seeing what you do with it for Claire's collab

[@Ali-H3444]

I wonder why the green mica didn't transfer on just those two trees? Very strange. That's a cool way to get the snow. I like that. 😊

[@miniscenesgb]

Good question! I'm guessing I fouled up and missed them - user error lol

[@CoddiwomplewithGloria]

Cornstarch is the major ingredient in baby powder now that talc is no longer used. The advantage of using corn starch is it sucks up a phenomenal amount of moisture. Try it yourself if it gets really warm. The winter scene came out very well. I would love to see more of your mini scenes. I make extra for my dragons, and would love to make some that look like caves.

[@miniscenesgb]

I will be doing more dioramas when I have time, not done any in a while. A dragon cave is a great idea.

[@angelfromhellshawna]

This turned out very CUTE!! I LOVE it!! 💜😍💜 Just one lil tip though...if you're making a snow scene, and your lil dots are supposed to be snow...they should be all over the sky, because it doesn't just snow in lil spots. 😅 Maybe at least just make it uniform all over the sky?? Just a suggestion dear. I really like how this turned out. Yes, Daniel is a genius with all his experiments with resin...and it's so fun to watch everyone experiment with it as well!! I wonder if your snowflakes would have worked if you would have pulled the actual snowflakes off while the "resin putty" was still soft?? It would have still left the impression to harden up then. Would that work maybe?? Thank you for letting us watch you have fun experimenting!! 😊

[@miniscenesgb]

They were meant to be stars but as I said people can interpret as they want if they prefer snow 😊 yes I've had a lot of suggestions about the putty, I'll do a video trying them all out once I have restocked on cornstarch

[@juliegayson7947]

I really like it❤ thank you

[@miniscenesgb]

Thanks, I'm glad :)

[@dalemaclaren7576]

Love the tray Tracey. I wonder if you just press the snow flakes in the putty and pick them out right away if it would work?

[@miniscenesgb]

Maybe - I need to keep experimenting don't i :)

[@kheventplanner]

I was going to suggest dipping your snowflakes into the cornstarch too before pushing them in. That might help them to release perhaps?

[@miniscenesgb]

Good idea. There's been a few suggestions so I might make a video trying them out soon

[@ameyburden8961]

Wow I love it

[@miniscenesgb]

Thanks :)

[@Coyo-Tea]

Yes Professor Cooper is a genius or a nutty Professor either one works for him. 😂 I also think you are a genius too though. I love modging as a technical term. The tray came out fabulously ❤

[@miniscenesgb]

Thanks Coyo, and yes, Daniel gives us so many brilliant and crazy ideas, I'm so glad he is on KZbin. Now I'm just waiting for his reaction lol

[@snoopygirl40]

Loved this idea, we all know DC is a genius 💡💡 but you are springboarding from that which so creative and is a little bit of a different kind of genius too 😊. The tray is so cute and is so adorable ❤❤❤. This has me springboarding (hate jargan but it perfectly describes the process) in other ideas,so thanks Tracey🙏🙏🙏 It was so useful have you try this idea and show the process. I'm planning to do it later this week. Do you think if the snowflake was coated in first it would come out???Something to investigate🤔🤔 I enjoyed the video😊 many thanks🎉.

[@miniscenesgb]

Glad you liked this one. Yes I was wondering about dipping them in silicone forst and allowing that to cure. Viewers have come up with a load more suggestions too, so I might do a whole video trying all the ideas out. Just need more corn starch lol

[@bobswihart]

I agree about Daniel. It is funny, I watched your inlays video right before watching Daniel's cornstarch video. I even put in his comments about your inlays and proposed maybe this would work for your inlay. I was hoping you would think the same. I am so glad you tried it, darn they stuck though. Maybe silicone oil sprayer on the wood piece would work, but I don't know. Love the snow tray.

[@miniscenesgb]

Cool, thanks! There's been a few suggestions so I think I'll do a video trying them all soon

[@bobswihart]

Can't wait to see what you find that will work@@miniscenesgb

[@dawsie]

Place the resin snowflake mould into hot water this should soften up the wood enough to pull them out.

[@miniscenesgb]

That's a good idea, I'll try that

[@paulaskuse559]

Tray is lovely. Could you wet the wood bits now the have broken bits and make it soft enough to pull out? 😊

[@miniscenesgb]

It's worth a try. There's been a few suggestions in comments so I might do a whole video trying them all soon

[@paulaskuse559]

@@miniscenesgb nothing to loose 😆

[@Sharauni]

With the Dan experiment, could you maybe soak them for a while in hot water? Since the inlays are wood I would think soaking them to make them soft would work, using a needle perhaps to break out the wood? And the tray is beautiful!

[@miniscenesgb]

Yes, good idea, a few people have suggested that, and other ideas so I can feel a follow up video coming on :) Glad you like the tray too

[@julieparker6038]

Gawgus tray ❤

[@miniscenesgb]

Thanks :) Glad you like it

[@soniacintronjohnson]

I have tried with 100 % silicone in tube you use with caulking but it has to be 100% and cornstarch it's been out there for a while. I used for clay molds but gonna see if it works to make inlays. 🤷‍♀️

[@miniscenesgb]

Yeh the rest is easy - it's making it so you can then make silicone inlays that's the tricky bit :)

[@deanaduffey1260]

Wow that was gorgeous. Looks like snow drifting in the wind. Were you able to get the snowflakes out after the video?

[@miniscenesgb]

No , but a whole load of people have posted suggestions on the comments so there might be a whole video on that very topic soon :)

[@levmania]

That tray is gorgeous. you did add colour but for some reason the resin took it with it when it went over the inlay. Did you happen to make it on halloween? Definitely a horror face on the back in glitter. I wonder if you could press the wooden shapes into the putty and remove them, sort of like a stamp?

[@miniscenesgb]

There's been a load of suggestions in comments for the snowflakes, i'll add yours to the list as I think I'll make a video trying all the ideas. Yeh I thought I was the only one seeing the horror face lol. And yeh I think you're right about the colour

[@lauramature7388]

Too cute

[@miniscenesgb]

Glad you like them 😊

[@TwistedAnomalyArts]

Hi Tracey 😊 The tray turned out very nice. Love that blue color. The glitter on the back looks like a weird screaming face 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Don't chuck those snowflake pieces yet, soak them in water and the wood should end up getting soft enough to come out. It might take a little bit but soaking should work. Since it looks like it's made from particalboard/composite board not real wood. Anywho if you try it and it worked let me know 😊

[@miniscenesgb]

There's been a load of suggestions and that's a popular one :) I m ight do a whole video just trying all of the suggestions, could be interesting. I wondered if anyone else would see the screaming face too, thought it was just me! lol.

[@TwistedAnomalyArts]

@@miniscenesgb I didn't know others had suggested soaking, sorry to be a repeater. I didn't read any other replies before I typed anything. Yep I definitely saw the face, maybe because we just went through Halloween 🎃😂 I don't know put it's for sure there lol. Glad you saw it as well.

[@miniscenesgb]

@@TwistedAnomalyArts no worries, no one reads all the other comments. It's a great suggestion :)

[@hkburrows]

Could you make the impression, and take the stars out before the putty dries? Great video.

[@miniscenesgb]

Possibly, there's been a few suggestions so I think I'll do a video trying them all soon 😊

[@hkburrows]

@@miniscenesgb Looking forward to it

[@hkburrows]

@@miniscenesgb You could practice with playdough first lol

[@miniscenesgb]

that's how I make many moulds already :)

[@capatainnemo]

How do you get away with eyeballing your resin / hardener? If I'm slightly off with my measurements my resin doesn't cure?

[@miniscenesgb]

experience - and I do have extreme spatial awareness. I don't recommend others do that :)

[@LisaBale62]

🥰

[@miniscenesgb]

Glad you like :)

[@RebeccaWright-lo6vw]

Do you think if you slightly oil the wooden snowflakes before pushing them in ? Idk just asking.

[@miniscenesgb]

It's worth a try. There's been so many great suggestions, I think I'll do a video trying them all :)

[@angelfromhellshawna]

You don't need a mask to just use cornstarch...ya cook with it. With the resin, yes...but not by itself. Have you not ever cooked with cornstarch?? You use it to thicken things like sauces, soups, and gravy. 😊

[@miniscenesgb]

I don't cook. I didn't even know what it was but there was dust flying in the air from it and I was using epoxy so - respirator on :)

[@frogzone7250]

You know, in the Uk it’s called cornflour… it’s in the baking isle.. custard powder should work as well… the powdered on in the tub, not the instant type!

[@miniscenesgb]

yes I'm in the uk and it is also called cornstarch - just bought a big bag from Tescos and it was called cornstarch on the shelves there. I tried custard powder - it doesn't set :)

[@paulaskuse559]

@frogzone7250 I’m also in the UK. Out of interest cause I like to know these things and I’m nosey. But cornflower and corn starch are actually different as per the copied explanation below: Corn flour is a yellow powder made from finely ground, dried corn, while cornstarch is a fine, white powder made from the starchy part of a corn kernel. Both may go by different names depending on where you live. Corn flour is used similarly to other flours, whereas cornstarch is mainly used as a thickener.

[@miniscenesgb]

I know all this - just didn't know where to find it because I don't cook

[@paulaskuse559]

@@miniscenesgb that wasn’t for you sorry it was for the lady to let her know they are different things. I’m a bit google mad hehehe if I don’t know something for sure or at all I look 🤪 I don’t cook either lol 😆

[@dibdob3]

They are lovely. But how come you don't message the 2 parts ?

[@miniscenesgb]

thanks but I don't know what you mean about "message the 2 parts?" could you clarify please so I can reply to your question :)

[@dibdob3]

@miniscenesgb sorry (silly phone changed it) I meant measure 😅

[@miniscenesgb]

@@dibdob3 I do measure the 2 parts, all by volume for the resin, by consistency for the ecopour, I explain this in all my videos :)

[@dibdob3]

@miniscenesgb I know you explain it, I was just a bit confused last night as I didn't see a jug. It looked like you just eyeballed it, and I was like woah she must be a wizard to get that spot on without using jugs lol

[@miniscenesgb]

there's often a mark on the cup :) or I put the 2 parts in separate jugs side by side and compare. never any numbers or weighing. Some materials that are more forgiving I do just eyeball. It's experience and a weirdly high level spatial awareness that I have