Farewell Creative Paperclay®

Hi Everyone, it's Lori.  Today is my final post for Creative Paperclay® as a design team member.  I have really enjoyed being on the team and getting to use this wonderful product...honestly it's endless all the things you can do.  

Today I created handmade flowers but finished them off with some Terri Sproul's mixers.  Once my flowers were completely dry I mixed Sakura glue with the Smokey Quartz Pearl and got this great metallic look.  I loved it.  I really adore making handmade flowers and Creative Paperclay® and Terri's mixers make it extra fun. 

I hope to see you all around blog land .  

Hugs, Lori 

Mosiac Tiles

Happy weekend!  Today I have a card I created by making Mosaic tiles with paperclay.  I pressed a rolled sheet of paperclay in an embossing folder and then cut the squares/tiles out.  While it was drying I had it pressed in between two boards...this helped it not to warp during the drying process. 

Once the tiles were dry.  I painted them and once the paint was dried I rubbed the raised surface design with Inka Gold paste.  I think the tiles give the card a very dramatic feel. 

I hope you get a chance to create some this weekend.

Hugs,
Lori

Paper Blooms with Paperclay®

Hi Everyone, Lori here and I so excited to share a great new tutorial with you using Paperclay®.  I'm going to show you how easy it is to create these elegant flower/blooms.

First step is to gather the supplies above

Roll out a thin sheet of Paperclay® and cut out your flower petal.  This is actually a die cut used for making sugar paste flowers and you can find them in many larger craft stores.

Layer two petals and press down with ball tool.  This will make the flower cup inward.

Pinch your third petal inward and glue into the center of your flower.

Flower before coloring

Spray your flower with base coat of glimmer mist.

Take a paint brush and sprinkle wet flower with fairy dust

Spray again with glimmer mist to make the fairy dust run and blend.

Let dry and you have a beautiful finished flower to add to your projects.

Hugs

U Make Me Bloom

Have you ever had someone in your life that well....just makes it better?  I'm so lucky to say my sister Gini is one of those people in my life.  This layout is all about her. 

I adored using the mold to create these PaperClay faces.  Don't they just make the layout!!!

I was able to also create some smaller faces that I nestled down in the die cut flowers and leaves.  The faces were all colored with a mixture of watercolor pencils, distress inks, blender pens and a hair of smooch.  I love the way they came out and hope you do to.  The molds are so beautiful and have so much detail so the two paired together are perfect.  

Hugs,

A Thankful Weekend

Happy Thanksgiving weekend!  I hope everyone is having a blessed weekend with family and friends.  I'm so excited to share my first project with you for our amazing design team. 

This is a little frame I created that I took as a hostess gift for my mother for Thanksgiving dinner.  The shining star of this project is the acorns and yeap they were created with Paperclay®. 

 They actually were so easy to create.  I used a muffin tin I had and just pressed Paperclay® into the mold.  I let it set up overnight and the released it from the mold.  I left the acorns to dry a few day then spray painted them brown.  Once the paint was dried I rub with a bit of Inka Gold rub to highlight and they were ready to adhere to my frame. 

I look forward to see you next month...and until then keep creating.


Hugs,