Sometimes even the basic techniques look great with good material and colour choices and good workmanship. This mokume gane tutorial (English translation) is an excellent of that approach.
One mg hint: in the stack, if you want the … Read More...
A Stack of Clay Bead Techniques
This page on KalinkaPolinka – or the English translation – has a stack of picture tutorials on canes and beads. I went looking, specifically, for the nice step by step pictures of the Natasha style beads. They’re one of my … Read More...
Tweaking Your Jellyroll Cane
Chifonie wrote this neat tutorial (English translation) for Parôle de Paté, a great French polymer clay
community site. Like a lot of good variants, this one came about because the writer didn’t have all of the materials for … Read More...
Make a Garden Marker from Polymer Clay
Katie from KatersAcres shares a project she published as part of her Lisa Pavelka series of projects. It makes an embellished plaque that you can add a stick to for an herb or garden marker. Polymer clay makes great decorative … Read More...
DIY Make Your Own Footprint Bowls
My daughter is a little old for this craft and I wish some well meaning person had used her baby feet to make one for me 18 years ago. Louise from Messy Little Monster has the details for a heart … Read More...
Pastel and Texture on Polymer Clay
Pastels are super popular in the clay world the last few years for all sorts of surface effects. Page McNall has a quick picture tutorial of how to use pastels, texture and scrap clay to make interesting sheets of … Read More...
Using Slumping Molds with Clays
This is one of those air dry clay tutorials that works just great with polymer clay
, as well. Simple use coloured clay and bake instead of allowing to air dry. You could even bake it right in the muffin … Read More...
Switchplates and Faux Finishes
Switchplates are one of those plain house decor items. Turns out clay covered ones are easy to do and let you add some decorative touches to your space in a fairly unusual spot. This tutorial, from Sculpey.com, covers a … Read More...
Little Bowls for Mother’s Day
This is a Mother’s Day project for the younger set – little ring dishes embellished to look like flowers or starry skies. These are made from Model Magic
, a really great air dry material from Crayola. It’s fun, easy … Read More...
Polymer Clay Dragons for Kids
Fimo (Staedtler) has some adorable kid projects including this dragon and castle one. The dragons are perfect for school aged kids and you can totally add complexity with spikes, scales or other details. The same with the castle walls and … Read More...
Making Miniature Ice Cream Cones
Tiny waffle cones with tiny, perfect ice cream scoops. Use these charms for toys, jewellery, or embellishments. The tutorial is in Russian but here’s an English translation link. You can use your waffle texture to make tiny waffles, of … Read More...
Miniature Cakes… Polymer Clay Style
Or no calorie version.
ArclyandElo share a few “recipes” in the tutorial to get an adorable miniature cake. Towards the bottom, there’s a few details for trying the lime version of the cake and you get the idea how a … Read More...
Faux Wood Grain with Polymer Clay
Faux wood is one of those great clay imitators. You can use it to make decorative jewellery pieces, of course, but what I found it best for was dollhouse miniatures and fairy garden pieces. Here’s a tutorial(English translation… Read More...
Mother’s Day Trinket Dishes
Little trinket holders are one of those clay projects you can do with the most basic of clay steps or pull out all the stops on. This one, by Nell of Ryhthms of Play, uses a little simplicity – … Read More...
Faux Crystal Jade in Polymer Clay
The basic recipe for a faux jade / aventurine in polymer clay is translucent clay
mixed with a small amount of green (or several greens). Add a little bit of dried herbs, mica powders, paints, or what not if you … Read More...
Polymer Clay Turquoise
Craftberrybush has a tutorial for a lovely Mexican type faux turquoise. Pair it with silver jewellery blanks and a little sanding and polish for a great faux turquoise presentation. Mix up the inclusions or colour blends in your own faux … Read More...
Miniature Clay Cactus Decorations
They’re small so they’re extra cute and they’re polymer clay so they’re extra fun. These little cactus decorations, from The Party Parade, tie together the trendy, cute factor of the succulent and cactus thing with the fun of … Read More...
Faux Agate in Polymer Clay
Agate slices, with the pretty layers of colours and translucence make great jewellery, window ornaments and plain old decor. It’s not surprising there’s a pile of how-to tutorials for making your own faux agate from polymer clay. Here’s an oldie … Read More...
Paper Clay Chick and Bunny
I’ve used paper clay – the type in this post even, Creative Paper Clay – and appreciate it for a few reasons: it makes a great paint surface, you can use lightweight styrofoam pieces for armatures, and you don’t need … Read More...
Miniature Easter Bunnies
Kevin has an Easter bunny craft that makes a whole crew of adorable little rabbits for your Easter decor. Depending on the clay you use, you should probably bake for longer than what he recommends in the instructions just so … Read More...