The hands down favourite polymer clay colour in my shop, in the under 12 group, is glow in the dark(GID) clay. The kids will happily make glow in the dark everything. This Halloween project, from Sculpey, has all of … Read More...
Making Leaf Bowls
These leaf bowls are great crafts – from earth clay fired in a kiln to oven bake to air dry
– for kids and, really, anyone who thinks leaf motifs are pretty awesome. A fired ceramic piece or a well … Read More...
Marbled Clay Coasters
Michael’s has a great last summer hurrah type project with these brightly coloured marbled coasters. They use Fimo Sculpey 3 in the tutorial but I’d highly recommend something a little sturdier since these will actually be handled. Premo! or … Read More...
Combed Veneers in Polymer Clay
Unruly Housewife shares a tutorial for a combed pattern veneer in her video. Veneers are great for creating pendants, tiles, pens and anything you can cover with a flat sheet. Little magnets made with simple cutters, a veneer sheet and … Read More...
Polymer Clay Leaf Incense Holders
Where I live, fall is on it’s way. There are leaves falling everywhere. This leaf shaped incense holder, from Marwa of Enthralling Gumption, is a salute to the theme. Make it with white air dry clay, like Marwa, or … Read More...
Using a Ripple Blade with Polymer Clay
I consider various blades to be part of my basic polymer clay set up. I have a flexible and a rigid “tissue blade”, an xacto knife and, usually, a ripple blade. I may not use it much but slicing into … Read More...
Jack O Lantern Canes
If you’re looking for Halloween themed clay designs start with Monica’s Jack O Lantern cane or check out her channel for other projects. You can use the cane to make slice beads for earrings or to cover small pieces. Make … Read More...
Mokume Gane from Scraps
Sometimes, some of the oldest tutorials are the best ones. Elizabeth Campbell (aka the Poly Parrot) made a mudpile mokume gane tutorial around when I started claying on the internet. It was good because it told me I could make … Read More...
Cabinet Knobs Part Two
Another take on polymer clay cabinet knobs are these ones by Amy Crawley. You can cover all sorts of pre-made knobs to use in your own home decor projects. Use polymer clay to make them into focal points or help … Read More...
Polymer Clay Cabinet Knobs
Carol of The Polka Dot Closet made great custom knobs for her cabinet doors. With a little white Sculpey and a dainty rose she added the perfect cottage chic to her furniture piece. Particularly clever is sinking the nuts … Read More...
Turtle Pool Party Pendant
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...