Our sister site has a tutorial for a cute Easter Tile. You could tuck cute Easter magnet tiles into your gift baskets this season – the perfect way to add a polymer clay touch to your gifts.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Make Your Own Bunny
Here’s an adorable Fimo Easter bunny by Maddy Hill. The tutorial is detailed and the finished sculpt is super.
Picture by Maddy Hill / Inspirational Techniques and Tutorials… Read More ...
Tutorial: Irish Resin Shamrock Pin
Jenny of Craft Test Dummies has another great tutorial to share with us, just in time for St. Patrick’s Day: a shamrock pin. This one uses metal leaf, alcohol inks and a little resin as well as clay.
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Tutorial: Covering Switch Plates
One of the friendliest, most fun pro clayers is Syndee Holt. She shares her knowledge relentlessly (you can’t help but get a pick up!) and this video tutorial is just another example. Click, watch, enjoy. The Pinterest board of hers … Read More ...
Tutorial: Leprechaun Sculpture
Sculpey has a great tutorial for an entire leprechaun sculpt – just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. This sculpture is that excellent (for me!) mix of not too cartoony but still simple to build.
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Make a Four Leaf Clover
I went looking for a few videos on YouTube about making polymer clay clovers in time for St. Patrick’s day. Here’s one. Next week, I’ll have a tutorial for a four leaf clover cane. At least a tutorial for … Read More ...
Tutorial: Vintage Look St. Patrick’s Day Pin
Here’s a cute transfer tutorial for a lovely looking pin (or pendant). If you’re one of the people for whom transfers never work or rarely, I recommend googling Judykins Tranzit paper. The stuff works like a charm for me. Also … Read More ...
Lucky Polymer Clay
I’m a big believer in the awesomeness of polymer clay so I’ll even say it’s lucky stuff. Plus, you can totally bring that St. Patricks Day and Luck of the Irish theme home with it!
From Tradition to Pendant
One DIY’er picked polymer clay to help with a lovely Romanian tradition – take a peek at the process and the story for your March 1st.… Read More ...
How the Beads Happen
Years ago when I found clay online – I did it for YEARS before I found it online – I found a few people who’s work I particularly loved. A little while in, I noticed Heather Powers (aka Humblebeads, also … Read More ...
Clayers Who Blog
Here’s a little mix up of what I often put out on Sundays about the clay-verse. This Sunday, instead, I’ll give a shout out to some of the clay related blogs I enjoy:
- PolymerClayDaily goes without saying. Visit Cynthia Tinapple
Tutorial: Simple Post Earrings from Clay
Here’s a tutorial for making quick little post earrings from polymer clay (and post findings!) This sort of earrings is perfect for all sorts of embellishment as the tutorial points out – glitter, paint or varnish are just a few … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Macarons
Here’s a fun one from TheGlueGunGirl: a tutorial for little clay French style macarons. She makes these into keychains but really they’d work wherever you’d like a macaron bead.
One thing I’d note is if you’re going to use … Read More ...
Cheerful Clay
Sometimes you just need a pop of colour and polymer clay can certainly deliver. Israeli artist Mira Pinki Krispil does beautiful, colourful work. Her vase has lovely canework and drawn elements. The whole shop is filled with lovely pieces.
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
Here’s a last minute Valentine’s Day project for your crafting pleasure: a heart charm necklace
I’ll be spending this Valentine’s Day – since it also does double duty as my birthday! – doing crafts with friends. Pretty much one of … Read More ...