Fimo and clay tips and tutorials
It’s finally beginning to snow here, a little, and we’re considering putting up our Christmas tree. Ornaments are one of my favourite things to make from clay and snowflakes make great, slightly fancy, projects to do. Cookie cutter ornaments, like … Read More ...
Make adorable, unique decorations for your cupcakes with the simplest of polymer clay techniques and tools. Using toothpicks and tiny cutters make little flags for your cupcakes or fancy foods. Use paint to add stamped details – labels even – … Read More ...
Cake toppers are one of the Big Fun Things to do with polymer clay. Fimo site has a modern spin on popular decorating trends with this cute mini bunting and cupcake topper idea.
As always with even simple techniques … Read More ...
Here’s a pretty great list of bracelet making options for the kiddos. All of the clay in the tutorial is a mix of scraps, marbled and basic colours. The materials used for formers or armatures (except the bracelet cuff band) … Read More ...
This tutorial, linked to from a Russian blog, is all pictures but explains fairly clearly how to build a great, detailed poppy. It looks like the tutorial is using cold porcelain and paints to colour it. You, obviously, can … Read More ...
When I make a new cane – one that I haven’t done so often my fingers remember by themselves – I tend to draw a sketch first. I mark where the lines will go and which direction the shading will … Read More ...
AlekSanta shares a Fimo circular “basket” weave project on her livejournal. The original tutorial appears in Russian which I’m not sharp with so here’s a link in English to try. The project creates a lovely pendant but the techniques, including … Read More ...
November gets some play for Movember, the movement for fundraising and awareness raising about men’s cancers, with men growing their mustaches. And at some point I won adorable mustache cookie cutters so we tend to get mustache cookies for work. … Read More ...
Today is Diwali
, the festival of lights, and my small town has a community event for it at the multicultural centre. There will be lots of diyas or lights / lamps there. Making tiny votive holders is one of … Read More ...
Sunni Bergeron popped a tutorial up for a spider web cane way back… it was one of the ones I played with back when I was new. It still works just great for an overlay effect on your Halloween designs. … Read More ...
Perfect for Halloween is this slightly creepy, odd twist on a normal polymer clay rose pendant or charm. You could go full goth chic and do the rose in black, as well. MaGa DollieLife has a stack of other cute-goth … Read More ...
Are you ready for Halloween yet? Make yourself a little sign for your door. Karen Prince used a variety of Sculpey clays to create a “Beware” sign but you could obviously add whatever spooky sentiment you’d like to yours. … Read More ...
In caning, I use a lot of Skinner blends. Colour shading is a huge part of making great picture canes and also in adding interest to projects using your blends. A simple tweak to your blend adds a neat stepped … Read More ...
Long ago in a previous life I worked in print shops. Part of that world is using the Pantone colour system for all sorts of things and Pantone is the industry fixture for colour recipes and colour forecasts. Carolyn Good … Read More ...
This video by Shabby Crafter makes a useful polymer clay charm or dangle for adding to jewellery, pulls or other projects. Vary your base clay and powder colours for the whole gamut of autumn colours.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_mX9Y7GF-H4… Read More ...