One of the things I love about polymer clay is its versatility. This polymer clay mask is made from a base of polymer clay, with hand-sculpted polymer clay leaves and jungle-themed vines.
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If you’ve been around KatersAcres for awhile, you already know that one of my favorite seasons is winter. In honor of that, here is a FREE polymer clay winter steampunk pendant tutorial you might enjoy. Feel free to share it with others.
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There’s fewer things prettier than the deep ocean blue colors that mottle together. In truth, any blue is gorgeous. I love the color blue, in fact, it’s one of my favorites. Coming up with variations of blues to use in my designs is always a fun adventure. I stumbled upon this clay color recipe completely on accident, but have used it several times already. Enjoy!
Learning and adapting new tricks with polymer clay is always fun! This past year, Teresa Pandora Salgado released her new tool set to help make interesting polymer clay canes, Canebenders!
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Earlier this week I announced my plans for KatersAcres blog in 2016. [You can read the post here] One of those things is that each month I will introduce you to a ‘polymer clay book of the month.’ This book may be new, it may be old … but one thing will be sure. It’s a book that I like and think that you will too. I have several big artists and their books lined up all year, so be sure to check back on the first Friday of every month.
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If you participated this year and were successful, take a journey through your photos and see how you’ve progressed during the year. No matter what you did, your first designs at the beginning of the year will likely look different from the end of the year. You have grown, you have changed, and your design ideas likely went through a transformation too.
My 2015 polymer clay challenge was to create (at least) one polymer clay dragon & one new Parker a week. As you go back through my posts, you will see on many occasions where I was only able to complete a polymer clay dragon. Poor Parker. Each participant in the 2015 Polymer Clay Challenge was encouraged to make something they want and decide on their own theme for the year.
Have you ever wanted to make something but you were tired of making it the same old way? Today’s polymer clay tip will demonstrate how to take one idea and make 5 different things. Specifically? Polymer clay ornaments! [Don’t miss last week’s series of 5 polymer clay ornaments you can make in under 10 minutes each!] Today however, this one idea, five ways are not just any ornaments, but they are polymer clay Christmas tree ornaments with Christmas trees on them. Sounds boring right? Perhaps not as much as you’d think.
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I’m going to take some time to share some of my favorites things in my studio that I use with polymer clay. Today I’m going to share my Inkadinkado Blending Chalk set with you. I have also shared how I use them in this blog post, make sure you catch that too.
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Everyone struggles with how to get the most out of your polymer clay tutorial. It’s very common that someone buys the tutorial only to do one project (the one that’s shown) and never use the concepts or techniques included to venture out on their own. Today we’re going to tack how YOU can how to get the most out of your polymer clay tutorial.
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With winter just around the corner and gift making running at full speed ahead, this color recipe will come in handy this time of year. Snow is a difficult color of white to capture. I love snow’s luminosity, sparkle, and shine. I’ve tried to replicate that in this color recipe that I use often for my ornaments and seasonal decorations.
FREE #polymerclay color recipe for a wintery day: Glistening Snow. Stop over & learn how to make this snowy favorite https://t.co/SvgspdptgR
— Kater’s Acres (@katersacres) December 15, 2015
The time has arrived … the final month of, the Pavelka Project. This month we a doing another more ‘open-ended’ project for you. This month we are using the book, Quick & Easy Gifts with Polymer Clay, and using the ornament idea. The “word” that you choose does NOT have to be a holiday word, maybe it’s your family name, child’s name, pet’s name, or word of the year. In any case, the ornament should be small enough to hang on a tree or on a door.
My take on Lisa’s tutorial is shown below. I used many similar techniques, but you can make your word ornament however you’d like. I’ve combined textured clay, stamping, & mica powders into a sophisticated take on the word “Noel” as in “the First Noel.” Lisa offers literally dozens of ideas throughout all her books on techniques, color palettes, and so much more. [Order your books here] I also have over 150 tutorials here on the site you could use to get ideas to decorate your jar.
It’s the beginning of December and as usual I’m knee deep in clay! Here’s a little bit of what’s going on, what you might want to try, and how much FUN clay really is!
This cute and simple free coffee heart ornament project utilizes some basic supplies and awesome stamps for an ornament every coffee lover will love. Enjoy!
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