Perfect for Valentine’s Day

Materials:

• About 1 ounce of scrap polymer clay
• Extruder
• Parker’s Poker Tool
• Medium 1″ or 2″ heart cutter

Heart Pin Tutorial

• Gather about 1 oz. of  your scrap clay. Set it aside.
• Choose a background clay for your heart.
• Roll your background color through a medium setting on your pasta machine.
• Run your clay through your extruder using a 3 circle, round disk.
• Extrude strands no shorter than 6″ each.
• When you have your strands, twist them together to create a spiral.
• Lay your twists down on your background sheet.
• Place a sheet of saran wrap over your new sheet. This will make nice rounded edges on your hearts.
• Use a heart shaped cutter to cut our your pins.

Finish Your Hearts

• Once your hearts are cut out, use the scraps from the background to make a nice long snake.
• Wrap your snake around the rim of your heart.
• Note: You can use a solid non-scrap color if you’d like.
• Use a metal knitting needle to add texture to the sides of your heart.
• IDEAS:
  • Add a cute little heart embellishment to the corner of your heart.
  • Add a Swarovski crystal for sparkle.
  • Add a patch or a cane slice for added fun.
• Add a pin back to the back or if you’d rather, add a little hook to the top to use it as a pendant.
• If you add a pin back, add a cute little ornamentation over the pin back to keep it in place.
• Don’t forget to add your signature stamp or cane slice that tells your name.

Thanks for joining me today,

Happy Claying,

 

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