Guest Post!

Welcome, I'm glad you stopped by! 

My name is Donna Budzynski, I was a DT member a while back and I have some news I would like to share!

I love working with Creative Paperclay® and continue to work with it. I want to share with you that I have been published in Somerset Studio magazine.

I was so happy to be chosen to have not 1... but 4 of my pieces shown!

I have pictures of 2 of the 4 to share with you and the other 2 I never took a photo of  because I wanted to make the deadline for the call. So you will have to take a peek if you get the chance!

They were Frankenstein and his bride wall plaques.

 Here is the first project! She is a wicked witch and she was sculpted right onto the wood.
I had so much fun with her!

Here she is in the next stage with paint. I used acrylics for her. On her eyes I used the same but I used a extra glossy varnish to make her eyes look wet.

Here she is finished with alpaca hair and I think she will look wicked cool hanging in the Witch Hall of Fame. What do you think?

This is my crazy witch want that I sculpted on top of a vintage wood thread bobbin!

 Super fun to display around the house!

 I just want to encourage you to try sculpting with Creative Paperclay® it is very forgiving and easy to work with. I also want you to share your work! Don't be afraid to send it in for a magazine call, you never know when you just might get published!

I just got word that I will be in the Stampington magazine Prims with another Creative Paperclay® creation. So exciting!

Thanks for joining me for this guest post!

If you want to follow me on my journey, you can do so by visiting my
blog at Donna J Designs.

Create a Cute Halloween Goulie Wand

Hi!

I don't know about you but I am so ready for fall to begin!

Today I am really excited to show you how I created my first fall craft of the season. Let's get ready to make this easy, adorable, Halloween Goulie wand.

What you will need:
Creative Paperclay®
Styrofoam balls
Americana® multi-surface acrylic paint
Wooden round dowels
Dowel caps
Matte Mod podge 
Feather trim
Ribbon
Black Hemp string
Painters tape
Clay roller/tools
Raffia
Pencil 
Hot glue gun/glue
Paint brushes/water/paper towels

Lets get started:
1. Take a Styrofoam ball and a stick. Push the stick half way into your Styrofoam ball. Set stick aside.

2. Roll out your paperclay to about 1/4 inch thin.
3. Lay your Styrofoam ball on the clay and trim around the ball. Leave a little extra for wrapping around the ball.

4. Form the clay around the ball, removing any excess clay and making sure not to cover the hole.

5. Smooth the clay out with damp hands.
6.Let dry completely.
7. Paint 2 coats of white paint.
8. With a pencil , lightly hand draw out the face.
9. Paint in the face with black paint and a fine detail brush.
10. Seal it with a Matte mod podge.

Finishing Mr. Skeleton

The wand
Paint the stick white.
Use painters tape to create a striped effect.
Paint the space between the tape with black.
Paint the cap black and hot glue it on the stick.
Seal all with matte mod podge.

Glue the head on the other end of the stick with hot glue.

Creating the mini bat head.
Roll out a small ball of clay.
Flatten the ball with your finger.
Using a cutting tool, cut a triangle on the top of the circle.
Trim the other edges to create a bat head shape.
With damp fingers, smooth out the bat head.
When dry paint the face black and the eyes yellow.

The bow
Cut 3.5"of black ribbon and lay on the table.
Cut 8 strands of orange raffia various lengths and lay on top of the ribbon.
Cut a 5" piece of hemp string.
Pinch the ribbon and raffia together.
Wrap  the hemp string around them and tie it in a knot.
Tie the collar with the hemp string around the stick.
Hot glue in place and trim the ends.

Assemble 
Hot glue the bat head on the middle of the knot.
Cut 2"of feather trim.
Attach it around the back of the skeleton head, attaching to both sides of the back of the ribbon with hot glue.

My 4 yr. old grandson loved Mr. Skeleton! Because I had so much fun making him, I ended up creating a few more. Meet my monster and pumpkin Goulie wand.

I hope you enjoyed my first fall craft post. Come back later this month for a helpful tip that I use when creating with paperclay.

Happy Creating,
Shari
My Altered Life blog