September Last Friday- How to fix a crack with Creative Paperclay®

How to Patch a Crack Using Creative Paperclay®

Today, I am going to talk about patching cracks that may form as the clay dries. I thought that it would be nice or beginners and perhaps Polymer Artists trying something new.  Are you frustrated with cracks after the clay dries?

It was a real problem for me in the beginning, but lucky for me, Creative Paperclay® is so  forgiving it will accept alterations that are added even after it is dry!  Even after it is painted and varnished!!!  So, I'm going to show you how I mended the crack above my Gypsy doll's right eye.  

Supplies

You
Creative Paperclay®
small container of water
Small paint brush
pointy sculpting tool
Air

Pics 1 & 2- Just shows an unfinished head with a good sized crack above the right eye. It is a real problem crack as it is also recessed under the brow and is curved. 

Pics 3, 4, & 5- I took a tiny piece of paper clay ( an amount of which is determined by the size of the defect).  Roll it into a noodle about the width and length of the defect.  A small tipped hand tool can make placement easier, so have one on hand.

Pics 6 - Dip the noodle into the water. Use the small tipped tool to tease the noodle into place. Then take a small, soft paint brush and dip it in the water. It needs to be wet, but not 

drippy wet.

Pic 7, 8, 9, &10-  Take the wet noodle and beat your spouse with it!  Just kidding!  LOL!  Place the wet noodle over the crack using your finger or the small tipped tool, as mentioned above, and use the paint brush (wet) to press and smooth the patch in place.  Work any edges very thin using the paint brush.  This helps give a smooth transition for sanding and painting when thoroughly dry.

Let dry completely.  I usually put mine in front of the fan to speed up drying time.I hope this helps anyone, new Artists and others making the switch to Creative Paperclay®! 

Just for kicks, would you like to see my Gypsy finished?  I'm just guessing you said yes...now look what you can do with Creative Paperclay®!!!

Thank you so much for coming to the Creative Paperclay® log!

Until the last Friday in Oct.  I will be here working on Creative Paperclay® projects just for you!

My best always.

Carly Smith

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How to Create a Mummy for Halloween!

Hello everyone! My name is Cinnamon Willis and I am going to show you how I created this mummy! Halloween is one of my favorite holidays, I dress up every single year! Read on to see the steps I took to make this guy below!

• Supplies:
• Creative Paperclay®
• Acrylic paint
• Sanding paper
• Aleene's Original Tacky Glue
• Gauze
•  Wire to build an armature with, can be aluminum
• Pliers

Start out with bending the wire into the shape that you want your piece to be. Secure by wrapping the wire around the parts that join together.

Cover your wire armature with masking tape. Bend the wire and put it into the final position of how you would like your piece to be posed. When you are done covering the armature with tape and positioning it, begin placing the clay onto it.

Keep building up the clay on the piece layer by layer allowing each to dry first before adding a new clay onto it. If you want to smooth out your piece, sand the top layer of clay.

I decided to paint the piece with black paint because I wanted it to look like the mummies shown in the cartoons of the 80's. You could choose any color that you would like!

Get your medical gauze and cut it into thin strips. Begin to wrap it around the piece and use a small dab of Aleene's tacky glue to keep it in place. Make sure to wrap it where parts of the painted piece peeks out from under the strips of gauze.

Leave some pieces of the gauze hanging loose to make it seem as if the mummy is in motion or unraveling. Take a photo of your creation and share it with us on Instagram with the hashtag #creativepaperclay!

Thank you all once again for stopping by, and I hope that you enjoyed today's tutorial! You can find Creative Paperclay® at the following retailers Creative Paperclay® Online Store, Michael's, Amazon, Joann's.
See more of my work at Melandolly.com and be sure to catch updates on my Instagram page! 

Witch Hazel pumpkin candy jar

Witch Hazel pumpkin candy jar by Sherry Goshon

Supplies needed:

• Delight modeling compound
• Pressmold (I used Witch Hazel by Jacque Uetz 2 1/2" face)
• Jar
• tacky glue (craft type)
• Styrofoam ball one 3"
• Styrofoam ball one 1"-2"
• toothpick
• rolling pin of sorts I use PVC pipe 
• candle holder I found a wood one at a gargle sale
• E6000 glue
• Felt witch hat ( craft store) 
• 1/2 yard ribbon for hat
• 1/2 yard ribbon for neck
• Skewer to sculpt with
• makeup sponge
• chalks for powder makeup
• q tips
• Pigma type brown pen
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• Paint:
• I use DecoArt brand
• Black gesso ( I used their chalky)
• Black paint
• Marigold
• Buttermilk
• Light Cinnamon
• Spiced pumpkin
• Triple thick gloss Glaze spray
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I used Delight, it works wonderfully in pressmolds.  

Cut large Styrofoam ball in half...glue to top of jar...let dry

Put toothpick into smaller ball this will be your neck.

Roll out Delight about 1/4" thick

Lay clay over mold

Pinch off piece of clay

lay clay ball into flattened clay

Press Press Press...this will get into the nose and lips

Remove clay from the mold...cut off excess 

You will notice cracks here and there on face...

Dampen finger with a bit of water and lightly smooth...

Roll out more clay and cover smaller ball "head"

cover ball completely and smooth it

using a skewer I pressed lines to make head into a pumpkin

cut off about a 1/4 of ball this is the face area

Put crafter glue and lay face onto head

top view

Let dry.

Put glue on base (large ball that you glued to lid)

Lay clay over 1/2 ball and cut off excess clay

Mark lid with skewer

stick toothpick into base and add glue on toothpick, add clay to form neck.

flatten a strip of clay into this shape

Wet side of head and lay piece of clay on side

blend to face and back of head

Add same shape to other side of head...Add two small ones to top sort of bangs

and one for chin

Let dry.

using E6000 glue candle holder to bottom of jar

 Let dry

gesso entire top and just a bit at top of jar

Gesso bottom and a bit of the bottom of jar

Let dry

 

Paint face marigold

Paint 2nd coat...

mix 1/2 buttermilk and 1/2 marigold

dip sponge in mixed color

Dab on the the face it is just hitting high spots of face

Paint pumpkin part of head and base Light Cinnamon

Using sponge and sponge the spiced pumpkin on pumpkin parts...not getting in creases.

lightly dab marigold on the pumpkin areas...

let dry

Using Qtip, shade under eyes with brown and cheeks with peach color and lips

I used chalks for this...

line under eyes and make eyebrows with pigma type pen

Using black paint, paint the edge of jar lid and top of jar using spoinge and paint candle holder black and sponge the bottom of jar.

let dry...

I sprayed all painted areas 

glue hat in place, tie bow and glue to hat, and gather ribbon for around the neck

fill jar with candy and I added a little pumpkin at the bottom

Hope your enjoy making your own candy jar...