Autumn is wrapping up here – most of the leaves have fallen at least – but the colours are still rich and warm and here’s a fabulous way to carry the prettiest foliage of the year a little while longer. … Read More ...
Tutorial: Ornate Box
Here’s a tutorial that has video as well as text from Sculpey. The project is a fabulously blinged out little box by Gretchen Amberg. She calls it a paper clip box but you could tuck any little trinkets into the … Read More ...
Tutorial: Faux Leather
After seeing an impressive faux leather piece I went looking for faux leather tutorials and found exactly what I was searching for. This tutorial uses materials most clayers will have on hand and straightforward techniques.
Bonus: the faux looks very … Read More ...
Tutorial: Trinket Dish
Janel popped up a tutorial for a trinket dish made with air dry clay. The instructions apply equally well for oven bake clays although I’d use coloured clay and save the paint for the detailing. For the air dry … Read More ...
Tutorial: Little Jack O Lanterns
The actual directions are for sugar paste but this is one of those simple little photo tutorials that works equally for modeling in polymer clay. I would draw or paint your jack o’ lantern face on after baking. You could … Read More ...
Tutorial: Make a Faux Stone Planter
One of the first things I made when I began poking at my clay was marbled beads. Even then I thought, “Wow, those are like nifty rocks.” Later, I found you really could make faux rocks just about the same … Read More ...
Tutorial: Happy Haunting Door Wreath
Lianne and Paul of Swirly Designs have put together another really, really neat piece for Sculpey. The tutorial uses Soufflé clay but could be done with another polymer clay. The project is a mixed media piece with all sorts of … Read More ...
7 Polymer Clay Jewelry Tutorials
Polymer clay
is one of the best products to use for jewelry making. It starts out extremely pliable, thus the name of “clay”, allowing you to form it into any shape you choose. It is also very easy to mix … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Jewellery
Just a few polymer clay jewellery pretties to tempt. My colleague has a stack of cute tutorials coming up for others shortly!
Jack O Lantern Necklace by La Nostalgie| Heart Necklace by mrsvic1 | Berry Necklace by Clayberry Jewelry | … Read More ...
Tutorial: Candy Cane Christmas Letters
Alright… I’ve been making ornaments for months and just did my first holiday show of the season so that’s all I can plead when I put out a link to a fun holiday tutorial in October. This tutorial from Rachel … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Ornaments
It’s a little early but if you want unique polymer clay ornaments, the clay artists of Etsy are gearing up. Here’s some of the goods:
 Dessert Ornaments by RustiLee |
 Eggplant Christmas Ornament by PumpkinTreeLane |
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Another Clay Dragon
This isn’t so much a tutorial as a glimpse in how someone else makes their dragons. The step outs start halfway into the process with the initial dragon built up over an aluminum foil core. The body is black … Read More ...
Making Clay Leaf Bowls
I’ve dabbled in ceramic and air dry clays and I’ve done polymer clay as my day job for years now. Apart from making canes and beads, my favourite item to build is bowls. Little bowls, great soup bowls (from ceramic … Read More ...
Tutorial: Making Polka Dots
Making precision anything with craft materials is sometimes a challenging experience so I always like tips and tricks on how to get great, clean results with fairly basic tools. The pearl and etch toolset from Sculpey
are nifty that way. … Read More ...
Tutorial: Making a Small Dish
This falls more into the category of quick tips but hey, it’s a bright idea just the same. Getting her inspiration from a baking recipe that uses the outside of a cupcake tin – minis or full size, I’m not … Read More ...