A Santa Ornament

Hello, welcome to another blog post! Today I am doing a recap of my Facebook Live show, Clay Talk, that aired on December 5th. In this episode, I did a live demonstration showing you how to make this adorable Santa ornament.

It is quite an easy project for any level of sculptor and you do not need a lot to get started. You will need Creative Paperclay® which is very affordable as well as some craft paints. I recommend Plaid Craft Paints and Mod Podge Sparkle as a varnish. A full supply list is below:

• foil
• something to add weight to the base of the sculpture (I used cat litter)
• Creative Paperclay®
• gesso
• Apple Barrel White
• Apple Barrel Flag Red
• Folk Art Multi-surface Vintage White
• Ceramcoat Santa Flesh
• Mod Podge Sparkle
• white glitter

The links to tutorials for the sculptures that I discussed in the video are below:

Cookie Cutter Ornaments

Santa Gnome

Snowman

Ginger Bread Man Ornament

Christmas Angel

A Church for your Christmas Village 

Christmas Tree Ornaments

Thank you so much for stopping by!  If you have any requests for Clay Talk please leave a comment below. Don't forget to join us on the first Thursday of every month at 8PM EST on Facebook.

You can share your Santa ornaments and all your other creations with us on our Facebook page. We would love to see them! For more inspiration have a look around the blog. There are tutorials for many levels using Creative Paperclay®. You can also visit my blog www.papermachepatch.com.

You can find Creative Paperclay® online at Creative Paperclay Co and also at Michaels, Hobby Lobby, Dickblick, and Amazon. 

Thank you for stopping by!

Suzette

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Happy light bulb Christmas ornament

Happy light bulb Christmas ornament by Tamara Dozier

I got dozens of these mache eggs on sale and have been trying to figure out what to do with them. I came up with the idea of sculpting them to look like a Christmas lightbulb and of course, I had to add a happy little face to them. 

Here is the video I did of how I make these ornaments.

Snowball Ornament

Hello, Ann here from the Creative Paperclay® Design Team and the blog: Annmakes.  Today I have a fun altered project for you.  Here it is:

To make this glittery snowball tree ornament I actually rescued a broken tacky christmas decoration from last year.  By itself the gold plastic ball looks, well, blah.  It was part of a very nicely decorated gift wrapping, once upon a time.  Now, it was going into the bin or I was going to save it and transform it into a usable ornament for a Christmas Tree.

So, I started with this gold plastic ball.  I covered it with Delight™ and purposely left the bumps so it would look more like a real icy snowball.  The kind you make on a wet snowy day.  Yes, here in Canada we have names for the several varieties of snow we get.  LOL.

I also made a new hook by inserting half of a paperclip into the top part and secured that with a dab of glue.

Once the Delight was dry I covered the top part of the snowball with some shiny sealer that already has a golden glitter incorporated into it.

Once the sealer dried I glued on some acrylic snowflake table scatter, a piece of gold ric-rack and a bow.

Finally, I strung a piece of ribbon through the hook to hang the snowball from the tree's branch.

I hope that you are inspired to make some ornaments or other winter decorations of your own.

Supplies used:
Repurposed tacky gold ball/decoration (my own)
Paperclip (Staples)
Ric-Rac in gold (my stash)
Acrylic snowflakes (my stash)
Piece of white and gold cord (my stash)
Glitter Mod Podge (Plaid)
Glue (Tombow)
Delight™ (Creative Paperclay®)

Please stop by my blog at: http://annmakes.blogspot.com some time and check out my other projects.

Thank you for stopping by.  Happy Holidays.