Fimo and clay tips and tutorials
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 ...
Sarah, of Stepping Thru Crazy, has a great autumn themed tutorial. She uses a real acorn cap and polymer clay to make a fun pendant. If you don’t have acorn caps near you, you could easily do the whole … Read More ...
It’s Thanksgiving today in Canada. I am blessed to have family visiting, food roasting in the oven, and time to enjoy it all. One of the things I am constantly thankful for is how very lucky I am to have … Read More ...
Like most parents I’m behind the times. I got onto Instagram a while ago but it was still ages after my teenager. Of course, one of the first things I did on there was go looking for other polymer clayers. … Read More ...
Primatoide, a French polymer clayer, makes clever nautilus style shells – hollow ones at that – with a combination of wash away play-doh clay and polymer clays. She uses a log of Play-Doh wrapped in a thin layer of clay … Read More ...
Still playing around with glow in the dark polymer clay at my place! I’ve been mixing it with colours to make some little creatures (a la Christi Friesen ghoulies). Polymer Clay Artist, who’s video this is, has a channel with … Read More ...
A nicely crackled decoration is one of the prettiest ways to make an interesting surface on your clay pieces. Ludmilla shares a video on the process, using a combination of alcohol inks and metallic foils. Her channel has a sweet … Read More ...