WIP Wednesday: Spring is Coming at Kater’s Acres Polymer Clay Studio

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WIP Wednesday in KatersAcres Polymer Clay Studio

WIP Wednesday Day

What’s Going On In My Polymer Clay Studio

Well, this past week has been both long and short. I know, that sounds … contradictory, but it’s the truth. I spent four 10 hour days in my studio last week.  This is very much out of the ordinary for me; my usual allotted studio time is 15-18 hours a week.  However, I have been in such a spring-time mood that I have been making an endless supply of flowers and things with flowers, including some new Parker StoryBook Scenes. So, here’s what’s going on (top L to bottom R):

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Skinner Blend Delicate Spring Flower

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Spring Flower Pin Tutorial by KatersAcres | This tutorial can be used to make brooches, pendants, earrings, & more!

This tutorial was first published as “Skinner Blend Flowers” by Valerie Creations.

Repin the Original Tutorial Here

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Polymer Clay Flower Tutorials from Around the Web

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Polymer Clay Flower Tutorials & Inspiration | Links to flower tutorials from around the web on KatersAcres polymer clay blog

Spring Is On Its Way!

Last week many of us in the United States did that one thing that reminds you that spring is getting closer … we sprung our clocks ahead. To me and to my family this means one thing: Spring is on its way!  In honor of the Spring season, I have collected some gorgeous flower tutorials to help inspire you this season. I have made several of these flowers, but I plan to make many more. (L to R – Top to Bottom)

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Free Polymer Clay Recipe Cards

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FREE Polymer Clay Recipe Card by KatersAcres | FREE Printable Blank Clay Recipe Cards

You know what I love? Free stuff. Know what? I bet you do too!

I love making polymer clay color recipes. In fact, I love them so much that I have a bunch of them right here on the site that you can enjoy, duplicate, and use in your own creations. Feel free to share these with other polymer clay artists. And don’t forget to print them out to keep in your studio too.

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Premo Polymer Clay Recipe for Rose Gold

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Rose Gold Color Recipe by KatersAcres

Many polymer artists, especially those who are making series or duplicates of items, rely on color recipes to make uniform pieces.  For those of you who have been with me for a while now, you know that I rarely use recipes. Why? Because I like that all my pieces are different in color, that I don’t repeat colors, and that nothing I make is ever identical. To me, it adds to the special nature of my sculptures. But I’m not the norm when it comes to polymer artists.

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Miracles with Scrap Clay

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Scrap Clay Miracles Explanation & Mini-Tutorial by KatersAcres

This past week I had a guest in my studio. They saw this unique and lovely colored bunch of clay on the back of my work surface and stated, “WOW! How did you get those colors?!” I laughed and said, “It’s scrap clay!” Needless to say, they didn’t believe me. If you haven’t figured it out by now, I love to write about scrap clay and how you can reuse it and do something wonderful with it…so today’s post is all about what I did with my scrap clay and how I got those beautiful colors to make more colorful things.

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How to Make Your Own Color Palette with Polymer Clay

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Creating a Color Palette in Polymer Clay by KatersAcres

Creating a Coordinating Color Palette

‘How to make your own color palette’ can sound difficult, right? Well, I am part of a lot of different polymer clay groups on FaceBook. Some I am more active on than others, and some I just lurk. Last week, someone asked how to make a color palette. There were lots of ideas thrown out, many of which were great. Most of my items are made from custom color palettes that coordinate. Making your own palette is easy and the more you do it, the easier it gets.  There are lots of ways to make your own color palette, but this is the method that I prefer.

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12 Polymer Clay Tutorials from Around the Web

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12 Fun Polymer Clay Tutorials from Around the Web

I was asked by a reader awhile ago if I could do a “mash up” of different polymer clay tutorials from around the web. As I come across tutorials, I tend to tweet them, pin them, or share them on my FaceBook page. One of my readers asked that since I was sharing so many of them, would I mind taking the time to share them with you in a single post here on the blog every once and awhile. So … this is the third time I have done this for you, if you would like to see more of these, comment below. If not … I’ll go back to my normal Tuesday activities!

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WIP Wednesday: Puppy Pill Box by KatersAcres

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Puppy Pill Box by KatersAcres

 Puppy Pill Box – For The Traveling Dog

KatersAcres dog, Daisy.Sometimes (okay, at least twice a month) my husband and I find ourselves away from home. We always have our own meds and a way to travel with them, but since my beloved pooch has developed arthritic hips, she is now on medication too. But not just any medication, but meds that need to be cut in half for her.  Carrying around this big thing of pills for the pooch was not my idea of fun. So last week, as we traveled to see my Mom, I thought “Why not make a pill box for my dog?”

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