Delightful Hand Wall Art

 

I  am loving playing with Delight® and have made some very cool discoveries. Gather your supplies and join me on this art adventure.

SUPPLIES

Delight®
Hand shape (cut out of cardboard or a sheet of Delight®)
Acrylic paint
Texture tools (stamps, pattern tracer, etc.)

Vintage elements

I had these hand shapes die cut for another project but thought I would try it with Delight. You can use a shaped panel or you can cut your hand shape out of cardboard or a sheet of Delight®.

I started by applying Delight® to my hand shape then brayering it flat. Then I embossed the surface with different stamps to give it texture. 

Next I brayered (rolled flat) the clay and made sheets of Delight® which I was able to cut into shapes. 

I cast a heart in a silicone mold that I was actually just using for the border and shape. Next leaf shapes were cut out of the sheet and applied them to the surface. I took my tracing wheel to make the dotted center of the leaves. It indented the leaf shape and poofed out the edges. I will definitely be doing more projects using the Delight® paper. 

After adding more leaves, a new center for the heart shape, I painted the hand shape. Then I applied vintage millinery flowers and some pearls to add more depth. With a hanger on the back, it can be hung in small places like the kitchen, bathroom or by your entry.

I will be trying this again but with different colors.

Dream in Color!

Darlene Olivia McElroy

www.darleneoliviamcelroy.com

How To Make Some Amazing Embellishments With Impressive Putty and Creative Paperclay Delight®

Hello, Friends and fans of Creative Paperclay®!! My name is Jenn and today I want to show you how you can combine this two wonderful and versatile products. I will be showing you how to make some amazing embellishments with Impressive Putty and Creative Paperclay Delight®!!
In the picture above you can see that I used the Impressive Putty and a wooden cutout to create a mold. You may ask. "why didn't she just use the wooden piece?" The answer is simple, I wanted something thinner and lighter. By creating a mold I was able to then use the mold and Delight® to make a much lighter, flexible and cuttable embellishment!

Now I can cut this into exactly what I want and use it on my project. This stuff is true to its name, Impressive for sure! I love it and I am sure you will too!

 Clay Products Used:

Creative Paperclay® Modeling Compound

Delight®

Others Products Needed:

Impressive Putty One-Part Re-Usable Mold Making Putty

Black gesso

acrylics

The next embellishment is a frame. I am a thrift store lover and recently found these beautiful vintage Victorian frames. Again, they are bulky and heavy and I really wanted a lighter more flexible frame for my project. In the next few pictures, you can see the process of creating the mold with Impressive Putty and then molding it using Delight®.

Push the putty with a medium pressure to ensure that it is evenly distributed. Trim outer and inner excess putty. Place the molded piece into your freezer for 15-20 minutes. You can leave it in longer if it does not feel like it will pull easily from metal.

One of the greatest things I have found using Impressive Putty is its ability to pick up such great details as shown here.

Just look at all the amazing, intricate details it picks up!

Roll out some Delight® air dry modeling compound and work it into a flat strip. Next, press it into the mold and allow it to sit for a few minutes.

Pull the modeling compound gently from the mold. Next, trim unwanted edges with small sharp scissors and allow your frame to dry. There are all those wonderful details again!

 Once your frame is dry apply a coat of black gesso to front and back. Let this dry.

Now you can use an array of gold tone acrylics and paints to decorate your frame and bring it to life!

I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial! For all of your Creative Paperclay® be sure to visit the website here.
For your Impressive Putty shop here. Available in 4 convenient sizes for all of your molding needs!
Delight® is also available at Michael's, Hobby Lobby, and Joann's.
Thanks So Much for viewing!!
Jenn

Endless Possibilities.......by Jenn DuBell

Hi everyone! Today I want to share with you some of the endless possibilites for creating with Creative Paperclay® and the other products you can purchase from them! I will also show you how I created a beautiful embellishment for an upcoming project!

Creative Paperclay® modeling material is very versatile and does not require baking to dry. This makes it much easier to create! I use this to create embellishments by hand and with molds.

Next, Delight® is an air dry modeling compound that is similar to paperclay, however, it is much lighter in weight. Like paperclay it does not require baking to dry. It is also very easy to work with and picks up details beautifully. This is my go to compound when molding fancy flourishes and molds with much detail. I just love it! It takes to paint very well once completely dry. It is also bright white rather than a clay color like paperclay.
So if you have a large project that you are wanting to be lighter in the end this is the one for you!

Creative Paperclay® also carries tools and other extras to assist in your creating. This set, for example,  is a great addition to any crafter's collection...........

With 12 different tools the possibilities are simply endless!
There are many other products and tools available for purchase at the online store here. For the three examples above you can click on the image to go directly for purchasing that product.

Now, I would like to show you a larger project I have started. In my upcoming post I will show you the entire project when it is completed.

This is the start of a mandala-like project I am currently working on. For this I have used a fondant extruder tool and my 12 piece tool set (pictured above).

I hope you are inspired to go get your Creative Paperclay® and tools and try out the endless possibilities! I will be back in two weeks to show you this project in it's entirety, so please come back for more inspiration!

Sandee's suggestion

I cannot, in all honesty, say I am adept enough to give you any tips or tricks dear Creative Paperclay readers as this is a delightful new world to me. However as a beginner I can suggest things that I am learning, and hope there is someone like me, who is learning along side me.

I can suggest that you brush a little baby/talcum powder along the edges of your plastic molds before pushing them into the clay so they don't stick. It doesn't take much and makes a world of difference when lifting the molds from the Creative Paperclay.

If the clay adheres to the mold you might get results like this. The bottom part of the chin and mouth became distorted when I had to pull it from the mold because it was sticking, and the eyes are also stretched, making one larger than the other.

( I might have to use this in some Halloween project, it looks like a very scary clown face to me! )

When in fact it is suppose to look like a sweet little girls face, 

or at the very least a sweet little clown face?

Hopefully, you will be seeing her in my next post :)

Creative Paperclay® Valentine Chocates

 Faux Valentine candy for all of us on a diet. These would also make a nice addition to a name card at a holiday dinner party. Beware, my husband bit into one of these and would have swallowed it if I hadn't practically yanked it out of his mouth. Seriously.

SUPPLIES

Mold
Several shades of brown paint
Creative Paperclay® or Delight®

 I have had this mold for years and periodically it surfaces in my studio. I thought this was a perfect for a Creative Paperclay® project. I pressed it into the mold, removed and let dry.

When dry I painted them with several shades of brown paint.

Note: there are five in this picture and four in the first one.

Have fun with art just don't eat it.

Dream in Color

Darlene Olivia McElroy

Stencils & Creative PaperClay®: A Textured Time by Linda Hess

I recently took a trip to Durfort, France for a wonderful week of classes with the multi-talented Dayle Doroshow.

One of the things that we learned were bookmarking techniques.  We were given a list of materials and suggestions of what materials to bring.  I thought "Wouldn't Creative PaperClay® work beautifully on book pages?", so I tucked a package of it into my suitcase along with some textures and stencils.  I wasn't quite sure what I would do with it, but I had the feeling the possibilities would be wonderful!

Our first day there (of course) we all go unpacked and settled.  I mentioned to Dayle that I had Creative PaperClay® to share with everyone and she asked if I would give a demo.  Of course I said yes.  My demo day came after a couple of days of bookmaking and polymer clay techniques that we were able to blend together to create beautiful art.  I was excited to share how the PaperClay could work with the other techniques we learned.  Before the demo I gave everyone a sample, wrapped tightly in a plastic baggie (to keep it moist and workable).  I discovered that none of the ladies had ever used the material before, so my demo got them very excited!

First I showed them the easy stuff that can be done...molding and or simple sculpting.

I created a heart from a ball of clay.  I explained that after the PaperClay dries it is super lightweight and can be not only covered with polymer clay, but baked in the oven without problems.  I pressed some into an angel wing mold and pulled it out.  The amount of detail that is picked up by the clay is AMAZING!   OOOOOOO's & AAAAAAHH's were heard as the pieces were passed around.

Next I pulled out a small tray and put a bit of the clay onto it.  I added a little water and began to make a thin paste by mixing the 2 together.  Care must be taken when mixing...too much water and you have a drippy mess (a useable mess, but drippy nonetheless).  Too little and the paste will not spread properly.

I laid a texture stencil over a pre-cut piece of scrapbook paper and began to smear the paste in.

I tend to work quickly, but I showed how to smear back and forth and fill the areas with the paste.

I pointed out areas where the paste was a little thinner and others where it was thick.  When I finished filling the spaces, I removed the texture stencil and revealed the raised image it left behind

...more OOOOOOO's ensued.

I had an example of a page that had already dried.

It was passed around so everyone could see and feel the textured paper.  With the demo complete, everyone went back to their work stations and began to experiment.  The following photos are how I used my pages in a book along with vintage postcards from France.  I was VERY pleased with the results.

Until next time: Happy claying!

Creative Paperclay for a Cause

I shared my Creative Paperclay ideas with friends at an outdoor art play party. Two of them were working on charity box auction and decided it would be a great product for their pieces. The auction was for Kitchen Angels, who provide food to those less fortunate, so they picked garden/food themes.

SUPPLIES

Creative Paperclay®
styrofoam
acrylic paint
box
fiberpaste
wire mesh

Dave Robinson, artist/photographer, brought his muse to the party. On his box he had already built up the body of the pineapple with carved styrofoam glued to the box. After much brainstorming, we decided the best way to get the texture was to lay ceramic clay over the pineapple to use as a mold for the paper clay. He then gave it a light mist with PAM cooking spray before laying the paper clay over the mold.

  The mold created out of ceramic clay is on the top. The clay was pressed onto the pineapple. The clay mold was sprayed lightly with PAM then the Creative Paperclay was pressed gently into the mold. It was removed and applied to the pineapple shape on the box. This was done in sections.

The cast paper clay was applied to the carved styrofoam block to make the pineapple's body. The top part of the pineapple was made with wire mesh cut into shapes then covered with fiber paste, which is flexible. When dry, they were painted then glued into place.

Teena is an encaustic artist so after she created her box using Creative Paperclay, she painted it with colored wax.

Get your friends together, find a cause or just have a good time.

Darlene Olivia McElroy

Building up a Mold Collection - Tori's tip for March

This month's tip - Start building a collection of molds to use for creating embellishments, parts, and whatever fabulous projects you come up with.  Costume jewelry, various caps and containers, beads, natural objects, doll parts, keys, etc. can all be used as a basis for your molds. My favorite product for small objects and quick molds is Amazing Mold Putty.  As you can see though, I use many different materials depending on how I'm going to use the mold.  For large objects, I find plain old paper mâché works best for me.  Experiment, have fun, and find what works best for you!  Test out your molds with Creative Paperclay® modeling material, and Delight™ Air Dry Modeling Compound and keep the molded pieces on hand for when you need that extra "something" for your project.

Links -
Flex Wax
Amazing Mold Putty
Friendly Plastic
Sculptamold
PenScore (now called Magic Stamp)
Mold Builder

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Button, button...Who's got the button?

I have a sweater that I love, but I lost a couple of the buttons. So, I thought, why not replace them with clay ones? I rummaged around in my stash and found the perfect clay mold—very vintage, perfect look for what I wanted. 

I pressed Creative Paperclay™ into the mold, then removed the casting from the mold. I used a round canape cutter to cut the casting into a circle. Then, the castings were set aside to dry.

I did a bit of touch-up sanding and filing along the edges of the pieces. To my amazement and delight, very little sanding was necessary. Have I mentioned that I'm not fond of sanding :) 

Then, I sealed the buttons with an acrylic medium before painting. I used acrylic paints—flat green for the leaves and a pearlized red for the rose and the satin white background.

Since these clay buttons can't go through laundry or dry cleaning cycles, I needed a way to attach the buttons to the garment that would allow for easy removal for cleaning. I used E6000 to glue the clay casting to a shank button. The shank of the button goes between the knitted stitches, and is secured in place with either a cotter pin or a small safety pin.

My new clay buttons add just the pizzzazz that I was hoping for.

Carole