Crafts, DIY and Handmade Ideas
Create these cute gingerbread ornaments with cookie cutters, clay and crafting ink in this post by Kyriakos Pachadiroglou for Imagine Crafts. This craft uses air dry clay but you could do the same with regular oven bake polymer clay. The … Read More...
I’m an oven bake polymer clay girl but long ago, for the rare treat, my favourite sitter would make us a batch of salt dough. We’d cut up shapes and bake them. Decorating them was so much fun. Turns out, … Read More...
In my internet wanderings this morning I saw this piece by syndee holt for Sculpey. It’s deceptively simple – texture adds interest while making all of the little imperfections less noticeable and the metal foil stands out elegantly from a … Read More...
I’ve occasionally made acorn beads when requested – both cane slice ones like these and just acorn shaped beads – but it’s always a little weird. Acorns aren’t common where I live. Pinecones by the bucket full, yes, but not … Read More...
Sculpey and syndee holt bring us some really pretty place settings with polymer clay leaf designs. syndee uses texture and Pearl Ex to embellish cut out leaf shapes, turning them into napking ring holders or an embellished votive holder. … Read More...
I am a sucker for a well made polymer clay rose and this is a lovely one, in great blue shades. And to make it particularly wintry, it has sparkly faux snow to create frosted edges. The faux snow is … Read More...
When I was growing up (in polymer clay) we called all of the white and translucent canes that you’d layer over the rest of your canes “ghost” canes because the effect is like that – a design ghosting over the … Read More...
It snowed a bunch here today. It won’t stick around – well, probably not – but it’s definitely a heads up that winter is coming to my neck of the woods. Snow is a pretty big theme around here. Fellow … Read More...
I’m a fan of Model Magic – it feels nice, it’s inexpensive, easy to work with and it’s fun to paint or use markers on after. You can add pipe cleaners, googly eyes, stick on gems and all sorts of … Read More...
We had snow here, for a few days, in September. Yes, really. Since then it’s been more like regular autumn – leaves changing, blowing off trees, the sunlight a bit watery and the evenings are chilly. I think a collection … Read More...
Personally, I’m of the opinion candy corn is borderline inedible. It makes a really great clay project though! Candy corn canes, like this very simple one I wrote about a while back, or candy corn replicas like in the video. … Read More...
If you’re feeling up to caning for Halloween, here’s a pretty good skull cane tutorial – I’m going to add a lower mandible to mine when I do this cane – to try. Slices of the reduced cane would make … Read More...
National Cat Day happens on October 29th in the US – August 8th is International Cat Day so you can, always, do both – and here’s some cat shaped clay goodness: a cold porcelain sculpt or these equally cute but … Read More...
Tiny sculpted hedgehogs with fuzzy coat – check out SugarCharmShop’s video for her walkthrough of the project. The video description includes a link to more info about the flocking she uses for the hedgie’s coat. She’s also got fabulous other … Read More...
Anna Spathari, from Journey Into Creativity, sent along her tutorial / experiment(English translation) with air dry clay, texture and turquoise-blue paint washes. The end result are some lovely tiles in that classic blue and white combo that … Read More...
Here’s a treat from Stephanie Kilgast – a video for sculpting a pumpkin and jack o’ lantern. There’s also a fun page where she jumps off from this sculpt to making a whole zombie vignette to go with it. Stephanie … Read More...
It’s been a while since I’ve done a little Etsy window shopping. Polymer clayers have been doing some pretty great seasonal work it turns out – sculpts, canes, jewellery, miniatures and more.
 Pumpkin Pie Earrings by HermitDesignsJewelry |
 Jack O’ Lantern |
Sometimes the simplest canes make very effective designs. This very simple pattern cane from Olivine demonstrates this quite clearly. Pick colours that work well together along with a contrasting colour. Stack and cut them neatly. Use a sharp blade and … Read More...
I’d probably do this one in Premo rather than Sculpey III but it’s still a fun project – a black cat with a Day of the Dead paint job. The tutorial is by Joanne G Garcia for Sculpey. The black … Read More...
I think a lot of us had fridge alphabet magnets – or bought them for our kids! – and, later, word magnets. We certainly did. Polymer clay is certainly a good medium for making your own custom ones. Help your … Read More...