The basic recipe for a faux jade / aventurine in polymer clay is translucent clay
mixed with a small amount of green (or several greens). Add a little bit of dried herbs, mica powders, paints, or what not if you … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Turquoise
Craftberrybush has a tutorial for a lovely Mexican type faux turquoise. Pair it with silver jewellery blanks and a little sanding and polish for a great faux turquoise presentation. Mix up the inclusions or colour blends in your own faux … Read More ...
Miniature Clay Cactus Decorations
They’re small so they’re extra cute and they’re polymer clay so they’re extra fun. These little cactus decorations, from The Party Parade, tie together the trendy, cute factor of the succulent and cactus thing with the fun of … Read More ...
Faux Agate in Polymer Clay
Agate slices, with the pretty layers of colours and translucence make great jewellery, window ornaments and plain old decor. It’s not surprising there’s a pile of how-to tutorials for making your own faux agate from polymer clay. Here’s an oldie … Read More ...
Paper Clay Chick and Bunny
I’ve used paper clay – the type in this post even, Creative Paper Clay – and appreciate it for a few reasons: it makes a great paint surface, you can use lightweight styrofoam pieces for armatures, and you don’t need … Read More ...
Miniature Easter Bunnies
Kevin has an Easter bunny craft that makes a whole crew of adorable little rabbits for your Easter decor. Depending on the clay you use, you should probably bake for longer than what he recommends in the instructions just so … Read More ...
Strawberries and Polymer Clay
I spend most of my clay life making canes to use. Mostly these turn into beads but you can use canes for a variety of clay projects. My favourite strawberry cane – I posted a basic step through on Instagram … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Daisies
Thanks to Sculpey, we have some adorable daisies. The tutorial mentions gluing these to the shoelace brads on a pair of runners but you could put them on hair clip findings, little adjustable ring findings or magnets. The daisies could … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Beach Brooch
Use polymer clay, tools, and chalks to make a sophisticated brooch with an ocean beach feel to it. This tutorial goes over how to use some pretty common clay tools and materials to make interesting colour washes and texture. The … Read More ...
Rainbows in Clay
Sherri Kellberg makes great clay – you can totally get a glimpse of that in her Etsy shop – and her tutorial for rainbow ball beads makes for fun, colourful pieces.… Read More ...
April Fools Clay Pranks
If the teaser picture didn’t make you run away then we can maybe agree that a realistic looking spider would be a good prank. A little white and translucent clay, mixed well and shaped into a splat shape, makes a … Read More ...
Mini Tutorials for Clay
Sometimes when we’re going through our clay days we post step outs or progress steps on our various social media. The photos may never turn into a proper tutorial but they’re pretty good clues to the process if you want … Read More ...
Make Your Stones Pop in Clay
I don’t mean literally pop. That would be messy. I mean visually show up more. Adding marbles, rocks and crystals to clay can make for a really interesting piece. The more translucent the addition, though, the less it’ll show up … Read More ...
Clay Hair Pins
What can I say? I’m a sucker for clay flowers. This tutorial (English version) by Starkova Ekaterina of Stranahandmade.net combines pretty, sculpted flowers and hair pins. This is a great example of how you can use your clay … Read More ...
Marbled Mini Easter Eggs
If you need a simple Easter craft or a cute seasonal decoration this marbled egg tutorial is just the thing. Made as small as these, they’d be adorable in little nut shells, sea shells or mini nests.
I find marbling … Read More ...