And to wrap up my back to school obsession for now… Etsy clayers have some clever goods:
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| Covered USB Drive by CloverPowers |
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| Coloured Pencil Barrette by Right2BearCharms |
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| Clay Covered Pen by FlowertonOriginals |
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| Macaroon Paper Clip by TheMocaShop |
Polymer Clay Erasers
One of the nifty niche clays is Sculpey eraser clay. The clay comes in a few colours and some kits, complete with project sheets and makes a reasonable eraser as long as you don’t over bake it. Over curing … Read More ...
Backpack Tags from Polymer Clay
One of the things I won’t miss now that I don’t have a school age kid is the labeling of everything. Here’s a fun way to add a little personality to your child’s backpack, jacket or pencil case. If you’d … Read More ...
Polymer Clay Gnome Pens
Here’s a whimsical treat for your back to school (or anything really) preparations: garden gnome pens. Kris of Creative Me, Inspired You uses clay compatible pens to create fun garden gnome themed tools.
I used to use Bic Stic … Read More ...
Emoji Back To School Charms from Clay
These cute charms might lessen the pain of back to school – emojis add fun to simple back to school themed clay charms. Add a jump ring to your raw charm so that you can hang it on your backpack … Read More ...
Basic Flower Cane in Polymer Clay
Before I got a pasta machine – that was about 3 years into what I call my Serious Fimo Polymer Clay phase – I made canes without it using my rolling pin, a ruler, and taped down markers to use … Read More ...
Mica Powder and Clay Resources
If you want to find mica powders and give them a shot try the regular crafty places: Michael’s, JoAnn’s, Hobby Lobby or your local scrapbooking shops and local hobby places. Online, try:
Polymer Clay Rondelle Beads with Mica Powder
Jacquard, which makes all sorts of great crafty stuff including Pearl Ex mica powders, has a tutorial on how to make sparkly beads using polymer clay and mica powders. Written by Carolyn Hasenfratz, the tutorial covers some valuable techniques: how … Read More ...
Mica and Polymer Clay Embellishments
Polymer clay is a fabulous way to add custom made, colour matched embellishments to your projects in the forms of buttons for fibre items or ephemera for scrapbooking. Gabriella of Such a Pretty Mess shares one project she did where … Read More ...
More Mica Powder Ideas
Mica powders are basically strongly pigmented, very fine, mineral powders. A little goes a very long way and if you use them more than very occasionally, do it somewhere with good ventilation (not a draft mind you) or with a … Read More ...
Polymer Clay, Mica Powders and Makeup
I’ve never had much in the way of makeup hanging around so it never occurred to me to use it on my clay until friends started discussing it in the polymer clay forums. Turns out cheap, sparkly eye makeup is … Read More ...
More Crackling for Your Clay
This pretty pendant tutorial from Jeanette Kandray and Sculpey.com is a good example of a well done crackle effect on polymer clay. Using acrylic paint and Kroma crackle for the medium, she layers attractive colours and creates a nicely done … Read More ...
Make Polymer Clay Crackles
Crackling paint or foils on polymer clay is a great surface technique. Depending on the method and substrates – paints, foils, inks, powders – you can get all sorts of effects to use. Once you have a great decorated sheet … Read More ...
Making Polymer Clay Sushi
I got asked to make little sushi beads so off I went to look for inspiration. These minis aren’t the canework version I’ll be experimenting with but they’re so freaking adorable, I had to share. Tiny sushi for your doll … Read More ...
Pocket Monsters and Polymer Clay
A big chunk of the polymer clay community makes all sorts of fan art. And Pokemon is a perfect target, especially since the release of the immensely popular Pokemon Go game recently. There are all sorts of shared tutorials and … Read More ...