Fimo and clay tips and tutorials
Make a whimsical bracelet full of fruit charms with some basic sculpting and jewellery making techniques. A contributor on Livemaster (a Russian craft site) shares the tutorial with us. I’m including this link for an English translation but the pictures … Read More ...
Swirly Designs and Sculpey bring us this adorable pot of gold decoration complete with little mixed media rainbow. Make your own St. Patrick’s Day treats!… Read More ...
If you have little sprays of flowers – like lavender, as in the tutorial – or nosegays in tiny jars of water why not try this option? Make an embossed clay cone to hold your flowers. Sam from A Happy … Read More ...
Dani of Gingered Things made a simple Easter bunny game(English translation) from polymer clay. She made simple white rabbits with hollowed out bottoms to hide marbled eggs under.
Obviously marble your eggs whatever great Easter colours you … Read More ...
Make traditional good luck envelope charms to help celebrate the Chinese New Year. CoolRiceBunnies goes over the construction, detailing and finish work. Her channel has many other polymer clay videos to take a peek at.
I made a cute red little Valentine holder with one of my classes recently. I won’t lie – this was a great way to use scrap clay and some truly bright red Sculpey 3 in my studio. It’s holding one … Read More ...
Amy Christie of This Heart of Mine makes this neat starry wall hanging as part of a review of a book. The star hanging is a project in the book – and the book sounds interesting – with cut out … Read More ...
Kristie Foss did a little experimenting with her extrusions and worked up an extruder mokume gane. The extruded parts are made into the mokume gane slab and you take shavings off that. The key here would be to load … Read More ...
If you’re planning on making your Valentine a heart for the day… why not try a steampunk styled one? This tutorial from aliceazzo of DeviantArt is a simple approach and encourages you to mix it up however you’d like. Even … Read More ...
Although these adorable Valentine kitties were posted by Crumb Avenue as sugar paste creatures… polymer clay works pretty much the same. The tools are certainly the same. I use fondant tools half the time I work with clay. Use either … Read More ...
These sweet clay heart garlands and decorations would be perfect for Valentine’s Day or DIY wedding decor pieces. Linda, of Burlap & Blue, wrote the tutorial for Violet Hills Weddings. She uses Crayola Model Magic which is an air drying … Read More ...
Natasha of The Artisan Life has a tutorial for little gilded Valentines to give away. Use whatever textures and surface coatings you have for your own pieces. Rub n’ Buff is great stuff for metallic finishes.… Read More ...
Continuing along with the idea of organizing your clay and using your clay to organize you is this tutorial for a desk clock from Teri of The Lovely Drawer. Teri uses two colours of air dry clay to create a … Read More ...
Teri of Sugar and Cloth has a simple and cute tutorial for photo or card holders in her tutorial. It’s a great project for little place card holders but it would also be a helpful piece for your office … Read More ...
Of course, clay can help you organize, too. I’m talking about using it to make attractive holders for what needs organizing. Gabrielle of Design Mom does that in this tutorial for a set of vanity containers. I’d probably go with … Read More ...