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 ...
More Mokume Gane
Another simple tutorial, with a video by Sculpey, goes through how to make a simple mokume gane stack and use the results to make a great pair of earrings. Obviously, use the colours you like best. This flexible technique … Read More ...
Tutorial: Mokume Gane Faux Stone Patterns
Polymer clay is a great material for making imitative pieces – replica foods and faux stones some of my favourites. Mokume Gane, a flexible polymer clay technique, is great for making beautiful abstract designs. Turns out, with careful picking and … Read More ...
Tutorial: Making Tiny Mushrooms from Clay
Stephanie or Petit Plat is a talented miniature maker, working primarily with polymer clay. On top of having lovely work for sale on Etsy she has a busy YouTube channel with all sorts of great videos including this fun one … Read More ...
The 4th of July in Polymer Clay
Want to see what fabulous work polymer clayers doing for the 4th of July? Have a peek at Flickr and check it out. Adorable food minis, beads, canes, jewellery and way more.
Looking for 4th of July decorations? Check these … Read More ...
Silkscreens and Polymer Clay
In my high school and early college years, I worked with printing companies as a part time job. Most of the imprints we did used screens in some forms and it was always neat to see the process of getting … Read More ...
Tutorial: Stamped Canada Day Keepsake
It’s Canada Day here – great summer weather, the local county fair and rodeo and a small fireworks show later – and I’ve got a Canada Day craft that uses jewelry clay, an air drying resin based clay from the … Read More ...
Graduation Caps Toppers and Clay
Today my daughter graduated high school so of course I had a grad related polymer clay tutorial picked for the event.
Well, sort of clay. Like a lot of clever ideas for clay, this one uses fondant but would work … Read More ...
Tutorial: Cheerful Crackle Beads
This pretty necklace tutorial from Andrijana Katavic of Studio Artesania uses a variety of Fimo clays and tools. You can use the clays, tools and glazes you have on hand to achieve a similar effect. String the resulting beads with … Read More ...
Make Boho Beads with Polymer Clay
Polymer clay and beads, some of my favourite things in the whole world. Mihaela of MichelleMaya shares a detailed tutorial to make colourful Boho inspired polymer clay beads. She uses powders, textures and microbeads to create her intricate beads.
Looking … Read More ...