Facet Jewelry has a cute Christi Friesen tutorial. It uses clay and resin as well as some of Christi’s frequent flyers: powders and dyes. The little turtle sits in a pendant tray and clear resin is used to make … Read More ...
Sculpt a Polymer Clay Witch
It’s a little early for a good Halloween project, maybe but why not? Here’s a fairly fabulous witch sculpt from Diav Draconia. I love the face on this witch. You could make it creepier or sweeter just by tweaking … Read More ...
Using Hinges with Polymer Clay
Sometimes clayers are pretty clever with solutions to design issues. Domestic Diva – aka the very talented Gloria Guy – has one such idea. Adding little miniature hinges – for miniatures, mixed media work, scrapbooking – to your polymer … Read More ...
Earth Toned Clay Mosaics
The tutorial is in Russian(English translation) but is a pretty good way of making a mosaic cane in nicely shaded earth tones. You can apply the resulting cane to all sorts of things but beads are certainly a … Read More ...
Simple Flower Canes
Marie Segal is one of the grand dames of polymer clay and there are a ton of tutorials of hers out there. I love her canework best and I’ve adopted a lot of the techniques into my own repertoire over … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Daisy Pendant
Add a few more summer days with this daisy pendant from Maive Ferrando on YouTube. If you really want that end of summer touch, make the petals out of yellow and the center with browns for a great sunflower style … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Galaxy Magnets
A little while ago Etsy released Etsy Studio, a site geared specifically to craft supplies and craft lessons. These little “galaxy” magnets are a fun little clay project with good colours and a little bit of glitz. Add a little … Read More ...
Cookie Erasers for School
Fun school supplies always seemed to dull the potential pain of going back to school. Sculpey Eraser Clay is a not-too-bad eraser if you cure it properly and it’s easy to use for things like this tutorial.
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Polymer Clay Mica Shift
One of the more esoteric techniques with polymer clay has definitely got to be mica shift. By careful manipulation of the clays that have mica particles in them you can create intricate, detailed designs… with smooth tops and no other … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Sea Theme Bookmarks
I’m of the opinion bookmarks are an evergreen project – always useful – but these are aimed at the back to school crowd. They’re great, whimsical and sea themed bookmarks made from clay and readily available crafty bits. Makoccino, the … Read More ...
Tiny Polymer Clay Succulent Pots
These plant pots by Cintia of My Poppet are adorable and, as she remarks in her post, reminiscent of mid-century ceramics. The tutorial goes over how to loosely build these little planters but there’s lots of space for putting your … Read More ...
Using Alcohol Inks with Polymer Clay: Techniques, Tips and Creative Ideas
I turned to Ginger of The Blue Bottle Tree for this one—she’s such a trusted voice in the polymer clay world and has some brilliant tutorials on using alcohol inks. Her tips opened my eyes to just how versatile these … Read More ...
Alcohol Ink Washer Pendants
Sarah Jane’s Craft blog shares a really great alcohol ink project. The tutorial talks about using a clear coat at the end to keep alcohol based solvents from disrupting your pieces. Since this tutorial went out, Polyform Sculpey released their … Read More ...
Polymer Clay and Sports
The last week or so I was an official observer at the Canada Games – a national level sports event for youth – and it was both exhausting and inspirational. I see a little (more) sport themed polymer clay in … Read More ...
Complex Kaleidoscope Canes with Two Colours
In caning, one of the best tricks is learning how to add shading and depth with a simple colour palette. This kaleidoscope cane tutorial (English translation) from Anastasia Arinovich is a perfect example of how to get fabulous, … Read More ...