This project combines polymer clay and a die cut machine – in this case, the Silhouette Cameo. Mags Bonham has been teaching this the last few years and has now released it on the Sculpey.com site for folks to take … Read More ...
Clay Covered Pens
One of the projects every clayer should do is cover a pen. I did scads of covered Bic stick and Papermate pens and, later, a few pen kits like the ones in this tutorial. They take Cross type pen refills … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Macaron Ornaments
I’m busily cranking out ornaments for my last few weeks of holiday sales and craft fairs and I’m mostly making critter ones but these sweet macaron ornaments caught my eye. I could totally see a little stack of these for … Read More ...
DIY Polymer Clay Napkin Rings
This napkin ring tutorial, by Domestic Diva, uses Fimo Sculpey Ultralight which is nifty, lightweight polymer clay. It comes in white but takes colour easily with paint or mixing with other types of clays like Premo or Sculpey 3. … Read More ...
Tutorial: Air Dry Clay Cornucopia
Here’s a clever clay cornucopia project for your Thanksgiving decorating. The horn is made with a “frog” in it to hold the stems placed in the leaf cutouts and clay vegetables which I thought was pretty clever.
As … Read More ...
Tutorial: Feather Ornaments
Allison, of CraftPaperScissors, shares a quick, colourful embellished feather ornament tutorial with us. With mica powders and press on embellishments you could make any sort of glittery feather or leaf shaped ornament you want. These would be great to hang … Read More ...
Fall Polymer Clay Beads and Jewelry Ideas
While searching for other topics, I came across Shirley Rufener’s site again. There is a wealth of art and craft material there including a good stack of in-depth, appealing polymer clay tutorials like this one for fall toned jewelry. On … Read More ...
Light Up Mushrooms with Clay
I don’t mix my clay with other mediums very often – and really, almost never anything other than other crafty bits – but to get a light up effect you need a light. And I’ve been searching for lit projects … Read More ...
Tutorial: Air Dry Clay Projects Using Kmart Clay
As with most air dry clay projects
… these work just as well with oven baked polymer clay
. I was looking for little holiday houses to use for the upcoming Christmas holidays and this one was just the thing. … Read More ...
Tutorial: Acorn Pendants
Acorns are one of those autumn motifs that clay just does perfectly. You can do serious, nature like ones or a little more fun and colourful versions. Stepping Thru Crazy’s Sarah has a fun tutorial that can great a great … Read More ...
Clay Tutorial: Sleeping Halloween Bat Pendant from Clay
Here’s a neat Halloween craft idea to try that isn’t yet another pumpkin—because as much as I love them, sometimes it’s fun to mix things up. Instead, make a little sleeping bat, curled up in its wings. You can … Read More ...
Halloween Serving-ware from Polymer Clay
If you have an urge to make a few clay pieces to use leading up to Halloween, here’s a good one: Halloween themed serving-ware. The tutorial details include basic, simple cutlery to cover, a pottery tool for making the marks, … Read More ...
Miniature Plants in Polymer Clay
People make insanely detailed miniatures using polymer clay. Here’s a fairly dedicated miniaturist’s approach to making leaves and plants.
You could use a cane for the individual leaves if it were a fairly subtle one. Most of the leaf … Read More ...
Tutorial: A Miniature Autumn
If you love miniature things this whole page is a treasure – there’s a wealth of material on how to build up your whole autumn scene. All of the details including the building of props from planters to primitive decorations. … Read More ...
DIY Polymer Clay Halloween Placecard Holders
Paul and Lianne of Swirly Designs have another great project up on Sculpey.com that’s just perfect for Halloween. These make great placecard holders for your Halloween event but would also be good for notes, photos or whimsical signs as part … Read More ...