Cathy, of the UK site NurtureStore, has a two part fun craft – a homemade clay (seems like a version of cold porcelain) and a cute heart garland. I think the post was initially meant for Christmas but a little … Read More ...
New Year’s Eve with Polymer Clay
You have to picture these little champagne charms with 2019 on them (how is it 2019 already?) but here’s a creative way of making your own champagne, complete with cork popping out and bubbly spray. I have never used liquid … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Gift Tags
Gift tags and simple ornaments like these are pretty much the instant gratification polymer clay project for Christmas embellishments and token gifts. This tutorial from Movita of MovitaBeaucoup uses white Sculpey, paint, stamps, stencils and fun twine. You could do … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Cyber Sales
Happy Thanksgiving to the American readers out there! We – the Canadian we – did Thanksgiving last month but one tradition we seem to be adopting here is the whole crazy shopping season starting up after the US Thanksgiving holiday. … Read More ...
Candy Corn and Polymer Clay
Personally, I’m of the opinion candy corn is borderline inedible. It makes a really great clay project though! Candy corn canes, like this very simple one I wrote about a while back, or candy corn replicas like in the video. … Read More ...
Tiny Polymer Clay Hedgehogs
Tiny sculpted hedgehogs with fuzzy coat – check out SugarCharmShop’s video for her walkthrough of the project. The video description includes a link to more info about the flocking she uses for the hedgie’s coat. She’s also got fabulous other … Read More ...
Stamped Clay Charms
Angela from Projects with Kids has a stamped clay project that would make a very good Mother’s day gift children’s names or favourite quotes or words. Add your stamped charm to a necklace, as in this tutorial, or to a … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Soccer Balls
One of the ways you can tell spring has sprung here – in my studio here – is that there are suddenly requests for sports clay things. In that spirit, here’s a video tutorial for soccer ball beads or charms. … Read More ...
Clay Wedding Favor Gift Tags
Christina, of Intimate Weddings, clayed up great tags to use as wedding favors. This sort of favor is infinitely flexible. You can use a meaningful image for your favor, names and dates, the wedding colours… pretty much whatever you … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Shamrocks
Maggy of Red Ted Art shares a simple shamrock pendant or charm tutorial. This is a nice, simple project for kids to try. You can attach the resulting charm to a necklace as a pendant, or a finding to … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Fruit for Your Wrist
Make a whimsical bracelet full of fruit charms with some basic sculpting and jewellery making techniques. A contributor on Livemaster (a Russian craft site) shares the tutorial with us. I’m including this link for an English translation but the pictures … Read More ...
Happy Lunar New Year!
Make traditional good luck envelope charms to help celebrate the Chinese New Year. CoolRiceBunnies goes over the construction, detailing and finish work. Her channel has many other polymer clay videos to take a peek at.
Garden and Pot Charms
It’s a little early to be planning garden decorations here. We’re just coming out of a truly cold spell so I’m going to indulge myself a little by looking at spring projects like these garden charms from Patti of Hearth … Read More ...
Clay Unicorn Horn Charms
If you have a unicorn lover you clay for, here’s a cute horn charm you can incorporate into a piece – an ornament maybe? Or a unicorn pen? It’s a wonderfully sweet Skinner blend. You can find other creative work … Read More ...
DIY Fancy Christmas Balls
This tutorial, by Debi Beard of Debi’s Design Diary, uses air dry clay, dollar store plastic ball ornaments, good decorative paint and molds. You can use oven bake polymer clay and I’d suggest grabbing the inexpensive glass balls (which … Read More ...