Hi all. Postponing this week#s live to next Tuesday as I'm being Mum taxi for a hospital check up. Sorry for the late notice

Hope you all have a great day at The NEC Tracey and Sheri I'm painting Santa, if it was January, I'd be painting a gnome 🤣🤣🤣

Christmas makes have a habit of looking beautifully simple in our heads… right up until the resin decides it has other ideas! 😂 So, this week’s little challenge is to make one small test piece before committing to the “proper” project. You could test: ✨ A new Christmas colour combination ❄️ Glitter, mica or another special effect 🖼️ An image, paper or other inclusion 🫧 A mould that might trap bubbles ⏱️ The cure time for a thicker or layered pour It doesn’t need to be perfect or even useful. The whole point is to find out what works while you’re only using a small amount of resin. If you have the Printable Resin Project & Cure Log, use it to note what you tried, how much colourant you added and how long it took to cure. Your future self will be very grateful — particularly when you can’t remember whether it was “two drops” or “a bit of a squirt”! Then bring your result, question or resin mystery to our next Craft Hub live on Tuesday 10 November at 7pm UK time. What Christmas idea will you test first? Pop it in the comments so we can swap ideas and help one another before the festive crafting rush really begins. CRAFT ♥ LEARN ♥ CONNECT ♥ BELONG

I’ve been playing with glow-in-the-dark pigment for my latest beginner resin project, and it reminded me how much one special-effect colourant can completely change a very simple make. So, if you could choose just one effect to experiment with next, which would it be? 🌙 Glow in the dark 🦎 Chameleon or colour-shift ✨ Interference or iridescent ☀️ UV- or heat-reactive 🤍 Metallic or pearl And what would you make with it? With Christmas projects starting to creep onto our craft tables, even a simple shape, keyring or decoration can feel completely different with the right colour effect. If you’re not sure which colourants work best in resin, have a look at the Quick Guide to Resin Colourants in the course resources. Your Project & Cure Log is also handy for recording how much you used, because “I’ll definitely remember” is usually the first step towards never remembering at all! 😂 Pop your chosen effect and project idea in the comments. Your answers might even give me a few ideas for future demonstrations. CRAFT ♥ LEARN ♥ CONNECT ♥ BELONG

Hi painters, or those specifically who paint on resin. I made this resin clock and it was supposed to have an autumn theme with red, orange and yellow but has come out too dark so I thought I would try and rescue it by painting some details. What type of paint should I use? Is acrylic OK? (Neat or watered down?) I have acrylic pens as well as paint. Also should/can I paint a background? If so what colour and should I seal (I have gloss spray sealer) (there isn't enough lip to do a coloured resin layer). Here's pics with a black background, white and held up against light. Thank you in advance 🙂