The sweet sentiment behind the making of these hearts is perfect for Valentine’s Day! And this is one of those tutorials that goes to show you can get a lovely visual result with simple techniques and careful choices of colours … Read More ...
Tutorial: Faux Embroidery
Jennifer Bezingue, on behalf of Sculpey.com, presents us with a faux embroidery or filigree pendant. If you haven’t used your extruder to give this type of technique a try, I definitely recommend it!… Read More ...
CraftArtEdu Giveaway
Just a note that you should go enter the drawing at Donna Kato’s CraftArtEdu – every month they give away a year of free classes. Many fabulous clay instructors have lessons posted there!… Read More ...
Tutorial: Everything Chevron
To go with the everything chevron and everything ombre trends Heather, of DragonflyDesigns, offers us the tutorial for these cute earrings. She has a matching necklace tutorial as well.… Read More ...
Gifts of Love
Clayful ways to show your love:
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| Cube Love Heart Necklace by monsterkookies | Love Necklace by ForestDaydream |
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| Stegosaurus Love Sculpture by MadeWithClayAndLove | Love Magnet by walkercrafts |
Polymer Clay Tutorial: Conversation Heart Gift Tags
Adrianne of HappyHourProjects shares her conversation heart project with us. The tweak for these hearts is she’s using them as gift tags. They’d also make great tie on charms for just about anything for your sweetie this Valentines.The tip about … Read More ...
For Your Sweetheart
Tiny clay sweet treats for your sweetheart…
1. Cookie love……., 2. Colorful Cookies!, 3. Valentine’s Day Cookies in American Girl Size, 4. Happy Valentine’s Day cake… Read More ...
Valentine’s Day Boxes in Clay
Meg Newberg has a great tutorial on her blog – make some sweet little boxes for Valentine’s Day. The technique lends itself well to making the little swirly lollies she has in the picture as well and it’s one of … Read More ...
Snow Snow Snow
We’re currently smack in the middle of a blizzard, where I am. I have snow on the brain. Also, everywhere else. I went looking for snowy themed clay projects and found a nifty mixed media one at Sculpey.com (reliable and … Read More ...
Tutorial: Strawberry Heart
Renee offers us a cute take on a heart necklace. The tutorial is in the video towards the bottom of the post.… Read More ...
Hearts in Clay
One of the popular themes in polymer clay are hearts and with Valentine’s Day coming up we’re starting to see a lot of pretty examples showing up:
1. Collage pendants, 2. Nyan Cat Heart Magnet, Valentines Day, 3. … Read More ...
Handmade Gifts
I was a good little crafter this year and handmade or bought other people’s handmade gifts for most folks on my list – at least a little something. A sock monster, toy trucks, beaded necklaces… One thing I haven’t yet … Read More ...
Tutorial: Sculpt a Yellow Lab
I’m not much of a sculptor (yet!) and mostly I’m a cat person but I have a soft spot for labs and especially polymer clay ones. This tutorial makes a cute lab face just begging me to give it a … Read More ...
Happy New Year
A nod to the new year in polymer clay:
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| New Years Eve Mark WingsofClay |
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| Star Gift Tags by LiLao |
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| Cocktail Ring by Creashines |
Why Do You Clay?
I got into clay to make beads for my jewellery making hobby. And I made a ton of beads. Zedster66 tried out clay then moved onto felting… until she had a need for fabulous buttons.
One of the qualities … Read More ...