Showing posts with label Articus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Articus. Show all posts

Saturday, June 16, 2012

Lyneen's Quick Tip of the Month!


So you want to play with Creative Paperclay®, but you are afraid to because you don't know how to mold a doll, a figurine or any other object.  Well neither do I and I LOVE PLAYING with Creative Paperclay®!  Here are some of the tools I use when I play with Creative Paperclay®

These are tools I had when I used to make fondant flowers in my cake decorating days.  If you have any cake decorating supplies, think how you might use them working with Creative Paperclay®.  Just remember once you use any kitchen gadget with Creative Paperclay® it should not be used in the kitchen with food again!  
  
Articus Studios has some wonderful molds you can use with Creative Paperclay®. Here is one of my favorites - Frozen Charlottes!  
Cookie cutters make great tools for special shapes.  At little cost you can find them at thrift stores.
Make your own molds using Amazing Mold Putty!!!  When I see something that I would like to have several of, I think about using Amazing Mold Putty.  Like the little cherub pictured, I only had one of him.  Since I made a mold I can have as many as I like using Creative Paperclay®!

Pictured here is a paper mold.  Used when making your own paper and pressing pulp in the mold... also, great for Creative Paperclay®!
 
Candy Molds are another great mold to use!  Just remember once used with Creative Paperclay® it should not go back in the kitchen! 

Use items to mold Creative Paperclay®.  Here I have an inexpensive mask from the dollar store that I am using as a mold for the clay.

Make templates from paper, here is a template for a crown! 

You are only limited by your imagination... what other things have you used to mold Creative Paperclay®?

Sunday, February 5, 2012

India meets Steam Punk

I really didn't know what this was going to end up like.... I mean mixing two different cultures together.... I must be nuts!!!

I went to India in 1993.... I must say for a first trip ever from New Zealand, it really impacted my life. Seeing all the different culture aspects and the way people lived etc.... That country is amazing and its people are beautiful and creative too.

This piece is dedicated to the people of that amazing country.


This was only possible by using the Articus Mold - Caboshapes II Divas 
and Delight TM clay.

Here is how I made it:
I pressed the Delight Clay into the mold. And popped the clay out carefully to get several shapes the same.... Then let the clay dry. Delight has a polystyrene feel to it when dry.

I got some flower soft wire out and poked it through the shoulders and attached some hand shapes.
I wrapped some ribbon around the body and pinned it at the back. This clay is so soft it allows to be poked and pinned. So cool!

next is when I got out my inks and a water brush then coloured the pieces I needed to colour. Adding glitter only to the crown.
The next step was to glue it all together.... I added the hair (black wool) Glue used was a hot glue gun...
add face... and more hair
Then prepare the base that you will glue it onto....
I used 1" squares, a piece of paper doily and inked the edges....
I then added some cogs made with Delight TM and flowers etc....

Don't for get some bling in the form of glitter glue...















and there you are....Project done!





















Thanks for looking!

Friday, January 27, 2012

Golden Cameo


The design team from Creative Paperclay® Modeling Material, was lucky to get to choose a mold from Articus Studio Design to play with! They have so many cool molds, I had a hard time making up my mind, but finally decided on the Cameos Flexible Rubber Art Mold.

I used the Delight™ air dry modeling compound, and pushed it into the mold and let it dry before I removed it. I used the new Terri Sproul Mixers/Sakura Crystal Lacquer to color the cameo, with an elegant, Old World feel.



I can see so many possibilities for these molds - jewelry, home decor, any kind of paper craft....

I hope you will check them out and give them a try. You will love how they work with the Creative Paperclay!


Delight™ Air Dry Modeling Compound
Sakura Crystal Lacquer
Terri Sproul Mixers - Gold
Lifestyle Crafts die
Kanban Crafts Metallic Glaze Salerno - Beige CRD9754
Kanban Crafts Crystal Glittered Acetate