I live in Canada and this July 1st marks the 150th Canada Day. As a bit of celebrating I whipped up a tutorial for my Canada flag cane (and resulting beads!). It’s a colour block method to make a … Read More ...
Making Polymer Clay Metallic
Making faux with polymer clay is definitely part of the fun of the medium. For metallic effects you have all sorts of options. All of the brands I have worked with have a selection of “metallic” clays that aren’t bad. … Read More ...
Miniature Polymer Clay Paving Stones
Teeny, tiny landscaping for your fairy garden in the form of miniature pavers. This is the touch my potted flowers need at work – a little winding stone path between the marigolds and jump-ups – and this tutorial shows a … Read More ...
Tiny Succulents from Clay
Or fondant. The process works with either. And I bought Wilton tools to use with my clay years ago plus my collection of random cutters makes this pretty much my go to method for making these. To get coloured edges … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Incense Holder
Adrienne of Crafty Little Gnome shares how to build a polymer clay incense holder. The rose shape is clever and you could obviously use all sorts of decorative techniques for the clay part. I think it would look super … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Place Holders
It’s June, the season of grads and weddings. If that means setting fancy tables, you can get a little inspiration for placeholders with this tutorial. It makes a simple, marbled holder for your placecards. Alter the colours or shape … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Fidget Spinner
I’m not sure if the fidget spinner plague has hit where you are but they showed up here a while back and they’re still being fidgeted with. I told my partner I needed to make one out of polymer clay … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Blueberry Bracelet
This is a great looking blueberry tutorial as well as blueberry bracelet tutorial. Me Dearwe has a couple of other tutorials on their channel to check out, as well. They get the delicate colouration on their blueberry charms with pastels … Read More ...
Pincushion Clay Owls
I love projects that use in their mixed media. Polymer clay makes great, quick holders – bodies, containers, little shapes – in a prototyping sort of way. This pincushion owl is a perfect example. The body is a simple piece, … Read More ...
Fathers Day Clay Keychain
I’m not sure about the dads in your world but I smiled a little when I imagined what would be stuck into clay for the “dad” in my house – my partner – and thinking he’d be concerned if I … Read More ...
Money Clips and Polymer Clay
I noticed this one because it has Matt’s great canework on it but then I saw that it was also a money clip which is a decent dad’s day project as well. The black and white suits my happy monochromatic … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Emojis
I’m watching more YouTube videos lately due to work related projects and that means way more clay videos than I usually stumble across. Like everyone else (or, at least everyone with teenagers?) I’ve gotten introduced to the emoji-as-language culture the … Read More ...
Wind Chimes from Air Dry Clay
There’s something magical about the gentle tinkling of wind chimes on a breezy day. For me, it always brings back memories of summer evenings in the backyard, a cup of tea in hand, while listening to that soft, calming music … Read More ...
Make DIY Clay Whistles
I was looking for a project I had seen years ago – in a book, it turns out – about how to make a whistle from polymer clay
. The search turned up some tutorials for how to do this … Read More ...
Mokume Gane with Paints and Leaf
Sometimes even the basic techniques look great with good material and colour choices and good workmanship. This mokume gane tutorial (English translation) is an excellent of that approach.
One mg hint: in the stack, if you want the … Read More ...