Christi has a fun stack of free tutorials on her site and this puffer fish pendant project is just one of them. Make a whole school of little puffer fish and have some CF style fun. And, if you get … Read More ...
Autumn Leaves from Clay
These autumn leaves decorate a ring base and make delightful earrings. The actual process uses a combination of texturing, chalk, inks and acrylic paint to build up layers of rich, autumn colours on a neutral base clay. Miheala of Beads … Read More ...
Back to School Polymer Clay Picks
And to wrap up my back to school obsession for now… Etsy clayers have some clever goods:
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| Covered USB Drive by CloverPowers |
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| Coloured Pencil Barrette by Right2BearCharms |
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| Clay Covered Pen by FlowertonOriginals |
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| Macaroon Paper Clip by TheMocaShop |
Polymer Clay Erasers
One of the nifty niche clays is Sculpey eraser clay. The clay comes in a few colours and some kits, complete with project sheets and makes a reasonable eraser as long as you don’t over bake it. Over curing … Read More ...
Backpack Tags from Polymer Clay
One of the things I won’t miss now that I don’t have a school age kid is the labeling of everything. Here’s a fun way to add a little personality to your child’s backpack, jacket or pencil case. If you’d … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Gnome Pens
Here’s a whimsical treat for your back to school (or anything really) preparations: garden gnome pens. Kris of Creative Me, Inspired You uses clay compatible pens to create fun garden gnome themed tools.
I used to use Bic Stic … Read More ...
Emoji Back To School Charms from Clay
These cute charms might lessen the pain of back to school – emojis add fun to simple back to school themed clay charms. Add a jump ring to your raw charm so that you can hang it on your backpack … Read More ...
Basic Flower Cane in Polymer Clay
Before I got a pasta machine – that was about 3 years into what I call my Serious Fimo Polymer Clay phase – I made canes without it using my rolling pin, a ruler, and taped down markers to use … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Rondelle Beads with Mica Powder
Jacquard, which makes all sorts of great crafty stuff including Pearl Ex mica powders, has a tutorial on how to make sparkly beads using polymer clay and mica powders. Written by Carolyn Hasenfratz, the tutorial covers some valuable techniques: how … Read More ...
Mica and Polymer Clay Embellishments
Polymer clay is a fabulous way to add custom made, colour matched embellishments to your projects in the forms of buttons for fibre items or ephemera for scrapbooking. Gabriella of Such a Pretty Mess shares one project she did where … Read More ...
More Mica Powder Ideas
Mica powders are basically strongly pigmented, very fine, mineral powders. A little goes a very long way and if you use them more than very occasionally, do it somewhere with good ventilation (not a draft mind you) or with a … Read More ...
More Crackling for Your Clay
This pretty pendant tutorial from Jeanette Kandray and Sculpey.com is a good example of a well done crackle effect on polymer clay. Using acrylic paint and Kroma crackle for the medium, she layers attractive colours and creates a nicely done … Read More ...
Make Polymer Clay Crackles
Crackling paint or foils on polymer clay is a great surface technique. Depending on the method and substrates – paints, foils, inks, powders – you can get all sorts of effects to use. Once you have a great decorated sheet … Read More ...
Making Polymer Clay Sushi
I got asked to make little sushi beads so off I went to look for inspiration. These minis aren’t the canework version I’ll be experimenting with but they’re so freaking adorable, I had to share. Tiny sushi for your doll … Read More ...
Pocket Monsters and Polymer Clay
A big chunk of the polymer clay community makes all sorts of fan art. And Pokemon is a perfect target, especially since the release of the immensely popular Pokemon Go game recently. There are all sorts of shared tutorials and … Read More ...