Sculpey has a great tutorial for an entire leprechaun sculpt – just in time for St. Patrick’s Day. This sculpture is that excellent (for me!) mix of not too cartoony but still simple to build.
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Make a Four Leaf Clover
I went looking for a few videos on YouTube about making polymer clay clovers in time for St. Patrick’s day. Here’s one. Next week, I’ll have a tutorial for a four leaf clover cane. At least a tutorial for … Read More ...
Tutorial: Vintage Look St. Patrick’s Day Pin
Here’s a cute transfer tutorial for a lovely looking pin (or pendant). If you’re one of the people for whom transfers never work or rarely, I recommend googling Judykins Tranzit paper. The stuff works like a charm for me. Also … Read More ...
From Tradition to Pendant
One DIY’er picked polymer clay to help with a lovely Romanian tradition – take a peek at the process and the story for your March 1st.… Read More ...
Tutorial: Simple Post Earrings from Clay
Here’s a tutorial for making quick little post earrings from polymer clay (and post findings!) This sort of earrings is perfect for all sorts of embellishment as the tutorial points out – glitter, paint or varnish are just a few … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Macarons
Here’s a fun one from TheGlueGunGirl: a tutorial for little clay French style macarons. She makes these into keychains but really they’d work wherever you’d like a macaron bead.
One thing I’d note is if you’re going to use … Read More ...
Happy Valentine’s Day!
Here’s a last minute Valentine’s Day project for your crafting pleasure: a heart charm necklace
I’ll be spending this Valentine’s Day – since it also does double duty as my birthday! – doing crafts with friends. Pretty much one of … Read More ...
Tutorial: A Personalized Valentine’s Day Magnet
Here’s a straightforward tutorial for a Valentine’s Day magnet from Paneamoreecreativita. I recommend baking for a little longer and using a strong jewelry glue for adhering the magnet. In my experience, attaching things to clay with hot glue doesn’t work … Read More ...
Tutorial: Making Ring Dishes
Leslie wrote up and photographed her process for the little ring bowls she made – the idea is simple but you could embellish in so many ways.… Read More ...
Tutorial: A Simple Bead
Sometimes, simple is best. Here’s a simple caned bead tutorial. I started making beads with something similar to this.
picture by The Bead Shop in Nottingham.… Read More ...
Beaded Necklace Tutorial
Here`s a quick little tutorial for a neat beaded necklace. The only item I would add to it is based on experience – for large beads like what the tutorial makes, bake for longer than what she indicates. At least … Read More ...
Stamped Heart Video Tutorial
The Smooshers Guild from ArtFire had a cute tutorial perfect for Valentine’s Day last week – it’s a video offered by Michelle of CreativeCritters. Have a watch and get your shiny powders out!… Read More ...
A Heart Cane
I tend to think in beads and canes and of course… Valentine’s Day is coming up! I don’t have a tutorial for the cute ones above (or, an individual picture for the cane tutorial I’ll link you to) so I … Read More ...
Impressed Hearts
Craft Test Dummies brings us this cute tutorial that combines texturing (making impressions), a fine finish technique that resembles ceramic glazes and makes a great Valentine’s Day piece to boot.
Here’s another tidbit from them about how to make several … Read More ...
Making an Impression in Clay
Once you’ve textured your clay, you may want to highlight it and bring out the texture. This tutorial on Parole de Pate (I’m linking to the Google translator version, the French is fine even if the English translation makes me … Read More ...