If you like pansies these are the way to go for simple shaped flowers! The actual tutorial has a ton of step by step pictures to check out. You can use purple acrylic paint (on raw or baked) or good … Read More...

Simple but effective designs are always the best tutorials. This one for three different earring sets makes a variety of simple earrings. They even show some colour varieties and you could go from there to create completely custom designs.

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At the shop today I was beginning to plan what handmade items to showcase for Father’s Day so it got me going through my notes for clay versions to use online, as well. This tutorial by Amanda Formaro calls for … Read More...

Many of us have been planting our gardens, and if not, we will be soon.  Whether it be a large garden or a few simple planters with some herbs, it can sometimes be difficult to remember what you planted, and … Read More...

The nice folks at Sculpey and artist Chris Crossland present this fancy looking flower tutorial. It combines lace, clay and beads. They use it on a necklace but I would so use it as a brooch myself. The actual … Read More...

I’d probably turn these into beads because that’s how I go but they ARE adorable hairpins just as they are made in the tutorial. Anke, the artist, always has such a fun touch with her work.

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Pretty clay flowers showing up just in time for May:

Ranunculus Earrings by Segitanna	Cherry Blossom Beads by Tooaquarius
Flower Bracelet by Natallinka	Lilac Brooch by Fionsstudio

Check out this book on how to make polymer clay flowers.

Using molds creatively is a great addition for your polymer clay toolbox. Rebecca, who makes fabulous beads, shares how she uses a mold to make both the innie and the outie of a bead… and then combines them to form … Read More...

I’m on a flower kick, I confess! This week is all about the spring and the flowers that are slowly climbing out of the soil where I live. If you live in warmer climes, you’ve had all the pretty growing … Read More...

Sculpey.com shares another project: a sunflower necklace or brooch designed by Eriko Page. The flowers use a nice caning trick and there’s even a little mica powder to add a touch of bling.

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These guys are nice examples of what you can do with a little clay, a texture sheet and paint. I usually skip paint so finding nice effects WITH paint is always a treat. The tutorial writer, Natalie, has also … Read More...

Amy Christie of This Heart of Mine shares a tutorial for little holders – postcards, pictures, business cards, notes. Simple decorations and textures make a quick, straightforward project a little more sophisticated. She suggests using tightly packed aluminum for the … Read More...

This tutorial is timely – with Easter around the corner a few egg cups might help (and if you’re like me you have a couple anyways). These ones would show off your fancy eggs even if you’re not likely to … Read More...

Josie, the blogger who shared this tutorial, offers these as religious Easter eggs but I think they’re perfect for anyone. And, as she mentioned, they’d make great word pebbles.

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Here’s a flexible tutorial for how to make a very blinged out Fimo pavé style pendant. Amy comments that she uses acrylic and air dry clay for her first try because you can’t bake the less expensive acrylic rhinestones… but … Read More...

This tutorial by Ramya is how to add an ice cream embellishment to a card but you could use the same process for any design. Seeing how folks use clays – in this case, air dry – to embellish other … Read More...

A few weeks ago, as I poked through Flickr for some great cane finds I saw that Wendy Jorre de St Jorre was doing a project with a different tree cane each week. She has shared a photo tutorial on … Read More...

Another great use for scrap clay is to make texturing tools. Whether that’s for adding details to your minis or great sticks and stamps, scrap clay can be turned into sheets, rollers and stamps.

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A resolution for my clayful New Year is to use my scrap clay – and I have a lot of scrap clay – more productively. Like a lot of people, I make swirls from my scraps. If you haven’t tried … Read More...