Here’s a perfect for Valentine’s Day treat: little jam filled cookies. I bet they would make perfect pendants or magnets to keep up that Valentine’s Day card.
PuddingFishCakes, the video maker, has a ton of good stuff on her … Read More ...
Tutorial: Pretty Pill Boxes
The link previously included here no longer works. We’re scouring the crafty internet for another good tin-covering tutorial.
Here’s another covered box idea – this one with slider tins
– to make small boxes. Store your mints, sewing needles or … Read More ...
Tutorial: Making Fabulous Boxes
Marie Segal, one of the clay queens, has treasure troves of great tutorials on the net. This one is for turning plain cardboard boxes into great decorated works. I think I have some of the same little heart shaped cardboard … Read More ...
Tutorial: Air Dry Roses
These lovely rose pieces are made with air dry Deco Clay. Many of the pieces I’ve seen Deco used for are absolutely fabulous florals. The tutorial for these pieces is in Russian but here is a translated link to browse. … Read More ...
Tutorial: Silver Foil and a Little Magic
First: the effect from ripple blade cuts ALWAYS looks like rick rack to me. Second: one of the great things about polymer clay and jewellery making is the option of making fabulously custom findings and beads or mixed finding beads … Read More ...
Tutorial: Gilded Feathers
This one from Rachel of Lines Across is meant to be a gilded feather ornament but I bet it would make a pretty pendant as well. You can add as much complex detailing to your feather as you’d like. I … Read More ...
Tutorial: Gift Tag Ornaments
Another star tutorial – this time for gift tag ornaments. To get the nice metallic paint colour block you can use craft acrylics as well. The post author is right, as well, with how cute these would look en masse … Read More ...
Tutorial: Christmas Star Cane
Meg Newberg offers up a Christmas star cane up on Katie’s site. The tutorial is a great quilt cane effect and fairly forgiving. Unlike many other geometric quilt canes you don’t need an extruder for this one. A few blocks … Read More ...
Tutorial: DIY Gift for your Tea-aholic Friend
We have a couple of serious tea devotees in this house so this cute little tea bag holder speaks to me. You could obviously whip up any sort of character that works for YOUR tea lover. The important aspect is … Read More ...
Tutorial: Spread Joy
Okay, so it’s not really joy but the ornaments in the picture have joy in letters AND shiny gold. Sometimes simple little baubles are the best things to make. These ornaments are a variation on a common theme: stamped cut … Read More ...
Tutorial: Clever Bookmarks
I realize this witchy feet bookmark might work better for Halloween but if you need a Christmas version… Santa or reindeer feet would be a perfect gift for the bibliophile on your gift-giving list. The video tutorial has all the … Read More ...
Tutorial: Simple Ornaments
From Renee of Cute Simple Stuff: a trio of simple Christmas ornaments to make. Nothing like whipping up a couple of ornaments to add to a special gift, to create a family heirloom or for a teacher present. Use a … Read More ...
Tutorial: Festive Flower Pendant
Here’s a good use of scrap or neutral coloured clay to make, as Josie comments, a flower to accent that little black dress. She uses metallic paste to add the bling. You could use whatever tone of paste you’d like … Read More ...
6 Christmas Decorations Made From Polymer Clay
If you are looking for some fun little craft ideas to keep your hands busy during the holidays, then look at these 6 Christmas decorations we found made from polymer clay. They are all fairly simple, yet very cute and … Read More ...
Tutorial: Cupcake Dangles
These sparkly cupcakes are adorable as dangles or charms or mini ornaments but you could make them into larger tree ornaments by using a wadded up piece of aluminum foil as the core. Simply cover the foil with the white … Read More ...