Clay Archives - Poppytalk https://poppytalk.com/category/diy/clay The beautiful, the decayed and the handmade Wed, 22 Jun 2022 01:35:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://poppytalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/cropped-7A075157-731D-4CA9-8813-85C6839B1136-32x32.png Clay Archives - Poppytalk https://poppytalk.com/category/diy/clay 32 32 DIY Clay Circle Garland https://poppytalk.com/2015/03/diy-clay-circle-garland.html Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:36:00 +0000 https://poppytalk.com/?p=16968 Contributor post by  Caitlin of The Merrythought Air dry clay is one of my favorite materials to use while crafting. It’s so simple and the options for projects are endless! I recently made a moon phase mobile using air dry clay and loved the tiny circles so much that I decided to make a long garland out of them. I have primarily been using unfinished wood and plants to decorate my spaces lately and I love how the natural texture of the clay fits in with these materials. Materials: -Air Dry Clay -Rolling Pin -Circle Cookie Cutter -Embroidery Needle or

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Contributor post by  Caitlin of The Merrythought

Air dry clay is one of my favorite materials to use while crafting. It’s so simple and the options for projects are endless! I recently made a moon phase mobile using air dry clay and loved the tiny circles so much that I decided to make a long garland out of them. I have primarily been using unfinished wood and plants to decorate my spaces lately and I love how the natural texture of the clay fits in with these materials.

Clay circle garland DIY

Materials:
-Air Dry Clay
-Rolling Pin
-Circle Cookie Cutter
-Embroidery Needle or Skewer
-Sandpaper
-String
-Scissors
-Glue (I used 527 Multi-Use Glue and it worked amazingly.)

Instructions:
-Roll out clay to about 1/4″ thick.
-Use cookie cutter to cut out desired number of circles. (I did 24.)

-Use an embroidery needle or skewer to make two holes on opposite sides of each circle. *Save two circles for the end pieces and only put one hole in each of these.
-Let dry according to directions.
-Once it is dry, you can smooth out any rough edges with sandpaper if desired.

-Cut out 3″ pieces of string to go between each of the circles.

-Put a small dab of glue at the opening of the hole and use the embroidery needle to help push the string into place. Repeat until you have a complete chain. Be sure not to pull the string from the previous circle when attaching to the next circle.
-Let glue dry completely.

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]]> Polymer Gift Tag Tutorial https://poppytalk.com/2010/01/artmind-tutorial-no-1-polymer-gift-tags.html Sat, 09 Jan 2010 05:18:00 +0000 https://poppytalk.com/?p=14482 Today (well this month), we’re in for a treat! Mitsy of the lovely shop and blog ArtMind will be sharing some of her fabulous tutorials with us. If you haven’t visited her site, it’s a must see, as not only does she make beautiful wares, she has an amazing tutorial section. Click here. Today she is showing us how to make polymer gift tags, perfect for a valentine! Thanks Mitsy!  Click below to read: In July, I saw the new exchange program on Totally Tutorials. The idea behind it is that suppliers offer supplies in exchange for a tutorial. As

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Today (well this month), we’re in for a treat! Mitsy of the lovely shop and blog ArtMind will be sharing some of her fabulous tutorials with us. If you haven’t visited her site, it’s a must see, as not only does she make beautiful wares, she has an amazing tutorial section. Click here. Today she is showing us how to make polymer gift tags, perfect for a valentine! Thanks Mitsy!  Click below to read:

In July, I saw the new exchange program on Totally Tutorials. The idea behind it is that suppliers offer supplies in exchange for a tutorial. As you all know, I love making tutorials & I love supplies so I didn’t have to think twice. I applied for the nice set of 1.5mm letter/number stamps from Evie’s Tool Emporium. They arrived very soon after she decided who was going to get them, but I was so busy preparing for the craft fairs that I didn’t have much time to play around with them. Well, time has come to show you what I did with them…
I used polymer clay (Fimo) to create gift tags from them. I decided to try white and black and see what the results were.

Here is what you need:

Metal stamping letters/numbers set, polymer clay, acrylic paint, flat wooden sticks, ceramic tiles or glass, cookie cutters, rolling pin, embossing tool or fat needle, paper plate, paintbrush and a cloth.

How to:

Step 1: Take a piece of polymer clay and soften it while kneading.

Step 2: Put the flat wooden sticks on the ceramic tile (makes it easier to transfer to the oven) and roll with the rolling pin over the clay so that it’s nice, flat and even.

Step 3: When you rolled out a piece, lift it up carefully and transfer it to another tile so you can roll out more little clay slabs.

Step 4: Punch with your cookie cutters, figures out of the polymer clay slab.

(Click on card stack below to see).

I made two sets in black and white clay.

black and white clay samples

Step 5: Before you start using your letter stamp set, wipe it off with a soft cloth. The stamps are a bit oily to make sure they don’t start to rust.

Step 6: Before you start stamping, try your stamp on a sample of Polymer clay. This way you know how hard you have to press the stamp to get result and it will also be good to see if you’re not holding the stamp upside down.

Step 7: Hold the metal stamp tool as straight as possible and press lightly into the clay.

Here is what I stamped…

Stamped clay heart

If you click on this picture below, you will see better what I stamped on the clay.

Step 8: Take your embossing tool or needle to punch a hole in the clay.

Step 9: Carefully take the piece of clay off the ceramic tile and punch with your embossingtool or needle on the backside of the clay so that the hole can be used.

Step 10: Preheat your oven to 110°C/230°F or read the instructions on the packaging of the polymer clay you are using.

Step 11: Thread a piece of string into the hole. In case you have a hard time getting the thread through the little hole, you can cut a small piece of metal wire and fold the metal thread in half and put the thread in between. Stick the metal thread through the little hole of the clay.

clay heart gift tag
clay heart gift tag

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