Shari's Tip of the Month

Hi!,

Today I am going to share with you a tip on fixing a broken ceramic piece with Creative Paperclay®.


I found this ceramic garden art piece at my creative reuse center Scrap Denton. As you can see it is in horrible shape. The film covering it was peeling off and it had a pretty good crack that someone had tried to glue together.

Just like Charlie Brown's little Christmas tree I felt the need to bring it home and give it some tender loving care.

I don't mean to burst your bubble, but probably like myself, I was under the asumption these kind of pieces were hand painted. Apparently I was wrong. It is some kind of shrink wrap.I peeled off the film as much as I could and took a utility knife to scrap off the rest. I then sanded it down and wiped it with a damp lint free cloth.

I dampened the cracked area slightly. I added paperclay being sure to work it deep into the crack. When all the cracks are filled I will then smoothed it out with my damp fingers. Let this sit for several days before you attempt to sand the area. Once it's ready I can truly give it the hand painted finish it was meant to always have.

I hope you enjoyed my tip of the month. Sadly, this will be my last post for Creative Paperclay®. I have been asked to be a blogger and outside artist for DecoArt ®.

I have so enjoyed being on this design team with such lovely creative artists. Creative paperclay is a product that I will continue to create with. Thank you for believing in me and allowing me to join the team. I will miss you all!

I would love you all to continue to follow my creative journey at My Altered Life's blog and My Altered life on facebook.

Shari

Vintage Frame Repair

Hello!! Rachel Whetzel here!! Today, I'm going to show you how I repaired a vintage picture frame using  Creative Paperclay® modeling material.

As you can see, the molding on the corner of the frame was broken out. As I was getting this together, I almost felt like this might be TOO simple for a post here, but I'm so happy with how it came out! Plus, I want to show you how it truly IS so easy anyone can do it!!
SUPPLIES YOU WILL NEED:

• A picture frame or other object in need of repair.
• Creative Paperclay® modeling material
• Amazing Mold Putty
• Craft Paints in brown, black and white. (I used Folk Art)
• Paper towels and a dash of water.

To start off, I pulled any loose pieces out of the frame corner.

 Second, I created a mold from one of the un damaged corners of my frame using Amazing Mold Putty.

Once your mold is set, press your clay into the corner needing repair.

 Then VERY firmly, press your mold into the clay. I found that clay with no water added to it was easy to press and pull the mold off of to check. I pressed several times until I had the mold impression deep enough to blend with the surrounding area.

I used my fingers to blend the edges further, and then let the clay dry. Once the clay is dry, I painted the corner in brown.

When the brown was dry, I painted white VERY lightly over that.

All of the corners of the frame are slightly cracked up the center, so to imitate that cracked look, I used some black paint painted into the crack, and then used a damp paper towel to wipe that off. The water on the towel also removed some of the white paint, exposing the brown beneath, and imitating the worn look of the rest of the frame.

There you have it!! If you create something inspired by my project, please leave a comment with a link here, so I can come and visit to see! I would love for you to visit me at my "house" too!! Thank you so much for reading!!

~rachel