First Friday Fan Day October 3rd with Rachel Whetzel

Hello, once again! Rachel Whetzel here! It's First Friday Fan Day, and we appreciate you sharing all your creations using Creative PaperClay® with us! 

I hope you hop over to the links I'm sharing with you today, and let your fellow Creative PaperClay® lovers know you saw what they shared too!

FACEBOOK

Maria shared her ART DOLL page with us!

PINTEREST 

Holy Toledo!! There were a TON of pins this month! Check them out!! 

THIS little trick or treater is adorable. 

These WEE FOLK feel like FALL to me! 

Get your Winter decorations started early with these SNOW MEN.

Or try your hand at making one of THESE Frosties! 

These CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS are beautifully intricate.

HELP ME FIND YOU!!

Use the hashtag #CreativePaperclay on all your social networks. Be sure, when using Facebook, that you make your posts and images using the Creative PaperClay® hashtag are set to public, otherwise, I won't be able to find them. You can also share your projects to the Creative PaperClay® FACEBOOK PAGE. Each month, I'll browse the interwebs looking for projects from YOU, that I can share here! Be featured next month! START SHARING NOW!!

In OTHER NEWS!! 

Our Halloween LINK UP is nearly here! Be sure to visit the blog, and add YOUR link to the party! 

Thanks for reading! If you'd like to keep up with me, and see more of what I'm up to, I'd also love it if you'd visit MY BLOG and Subscribe! You can also find me on FACEBOOK!

Barbara's Tips and Techniques for September

Hello Creative Paperclay® fans, and welcome back to the blog.  Yesterday was the Autumnal Equinox, signifying the end of Summer and the beginning of Fall.  I am really looking forward to Fall, with that crispness in the air and cooler temperatures.  How about you?

The more I work with Creative Paperclay®, the more fun things I discover, from how to paint it, to how to mold it.  It never occurred to me, until recently, that the thinner I roll out the clay, the more flexible it is when dry.  I also discovered that it is quite strong and does not break or crack, like you might think.  This is a real asset when you want a piece of clay that is paper thin and will wrap around your project, or just be flexible for whatever purpose you choose.

So, don't think you have to roll out your clay thick, like 1/4" thick or so, unless you need it to be.  Think of it as making your own paper out of clay.  It is, after all, paper in clay form.  See my previous post where I made honeycomb so thin, the holes remained intact.  Or how about the "sheet" of music I made to add to any project, pun absolutely intended.

You can roll it out thinly on a texture sheet, a rubber stamp, or even a piece of lace or burlap fabric, to get a ton of various textures.  You can even mold items without filling the mold to get thinner pieces, if you want it to be flexible.  You are always only limited by your imagination.  So, unless you need something stable and strong, then have some fun making "sheets" of Paperclay®.

REMINDER ALERT

Don't forget that we are having a Halloween blog link up on 5 October, combined with a design team call.  What better way to showcase your work and share it with the world!!!  And you never know, you could win one of the prize giveaways.  So go ahead, give it a try.  Create something with Creative Paperclay® products and link up to the blog to enter to win!  And if you would like to try out for the design team, check out the information here.

I am so glad you stopped by today, and I hope you enjoyed my tips.  Please check out the Creative Paperclay® online store, and visit the blog for more inspiration.  If you have any questions about the link up, please feel free to ask me.

Have a wonderful week, and play with some clay for the link up!

Barbara

Jess B's - Day of the Dead - Sugar Skulls

Hello Everyone 

Yesterday we had a huge rain storm and the power went out!

Enough said. lol

Today I wanted to share my

Hispanic culture with you

In November Mexico celebrates

Dia De Los Muertos

Day of the Dead

Day of the Dead

(Spanish: Día de los Muertos)

 is a Mexican holiday celebrated throughout Mexico and around the world in other cultures. The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. It is particularly celebrated in Mexico, where it is a national holiday, and all banks are closed. The celebration takes place on November 1 and 2, in connection with the Catholic holidays of All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day. Traditions connected with the holiday include building private altars honoring the deceased using sugar skulls, marigolds, and the favorite foods and beverages of the departed and visiting graves with these as gifts. They also leave possessions of the deceased.

Scholars trace the origins of the modern Mexican holiday to indigenous observances dating back hundreds of years and to an Aztecfestival dedicated to the goddess Mictecacihuatl. The holiday has spread throughout the world: In Brazil, Dia de Finados is a public holiday that many Brazilians celebrate by visiting cemeteries and churches. In Spain, there are festivals and parades, and, at the end of the day, people gather at cemeteries and pray for their dead loved ones. Similar observances occur elsewhere in Europe, and similarly themed celebrations appear in many Asian and African cultures.

First roll out some Creative Paperclay® found this silicone skull ice tray

at the Dollar Tree.  I filled each cavity with Creative Paperclay® and bake according to the

instructions 

 

My gave me a sugar skull coloring book and used that for reference

but of course you can go on the world wide web and find inspiration

 

I carefully designed my flowers and vines with used

Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pens and Sharpie Markers and Paint Pens

 

INGREDIENTS

Creative Paperclay®

Small canvas

Sharpie Markers and Paints

Faber Castell Pitt Artist Pens

Mulberry Flowers

Puffy Paints - white pearl and gold

DON'T FORGET!!!

Do you LOVE Halloween and Creative Paperclay®?

Well this is the LINK UP Party for YOU

Just make a Halloween Paperclay Project and post it on our Link UP party on Oct 5th on our blog

http://creativepaperclay.blogspot.com/

You will post your project on your blog or somewhere on the internet and 

LINK it up to our blog post on OCT 5Th. 

project MUST use 

Creative Paperclay® and be a Halloween Theme.

There will be prizes...