I’m not much of a sculptor (yet!) and mostly I’m a cat person but I have a soft spot for labs and especially polymer clay ones. This tutorial makes a cute lab face just begging me to give it a … Read More ...
Happy Holidays!
Have a very, very happy polymer clay Christmas and holiday season! Ines shares an adorable snowman tutorial on her Flickr.… Read More ...
Video Tutorial: Clay Christmas Pens
Iris Mishly has a free video tutorial for adorable Christmas themed pens. Take a peek and whip up a last minute gift!… Read More ...
Tutorial: Candy Cane Charms
Another little candy cane tutorial on video – the charms would be perfect for earring dangles or bead ornaments.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Polymer Clay Rings
This is a combination wire and polymer clay tutorial – I tend to do a lot of work in both so it appeals to me. You could use the same method to fill a ready made bezel on a ring … Read More ...
Tutorial: Button Trees
When I was little my grandmother would let me make little Christmas ornaments made from buttons. The theory was you would string a stack of buttons, biggest to smallest, on a bit of yarn. The resulting shape was a little … Read More ...
Terrarium Minis
Terrariums have been crazy popular the last couple years. Really, little terrariums are just a great way to showcase a few great minis. Here’s a tutorial, from Amanda Wright of Wit and Whistle, on how to add a couple … Read More ...
Tutorial: Ideas for a Clay Filled Christmas
There’s a couple good tutorials out on the net for these kind of tags – Happy Hour Projects’ tutorial a good addition, with great pics. The comments also have the useful suggestion of being able to use the tags as … Read More ...
Tutorial: Mini Spiderweb Cookies
As a Happy Halloween enjoy the cute little spiderweb “cookie” tutorial from AiClay.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Sugar Skulls
Jenny of CraftTestDummies let us know about her tutorial for making sugar skulls, just in time for Halloween.
Picture by CraftTestDummies.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Rattling Ghost Ornament
Our friends at Sculpey have another project, perfect for Halloween: A little ghost ornament complete with rattling chains!
Picture by Sculpey.com… Read More ...
Tutorial: Carved Bear
One of the projects I got to do at my Christi Friesen class was a carved and articulated piece – we used ribbon or wire for our joints – made from Sculpey Ultralight. Sculpey has a video tutorial by Christi … Read More ...
Tutorial: Key Covers
This would fall into the category of useful clay stuff – I no longer have keys really but I remember having a ring of near identical little pieces leading to frustration. This quick tutorial would let you bling up and … Read More ...
Tutorial: Photo Holder
The basic idea of this one is always useful – I used a similar trick for signs at my craft shows. For my own version I’d probably tangle the wire end, tuck it into the clay, add tls and then … Read More ...
Tutorial Quickie: Heart Cookie Charms
Following along my mild obsession with food miniatures – I don’t make many but I love looking at them! – is this tutorial by Mo Tipton of The Mouse Market. Have a peek and make some yummy looking charms.… Read More ...