Fairy Garden Accessories part II

Hi everyone! I've been making some more things for my Fairy Garden, and I am hooked with how much fun Creative Paperclay truly is. The more I play with it the more entertaining it becomes!

This week I added a mushroom door and a mushroom welcome sign...have I gone overboard on all the mushrooms? Can you ever have too much cuteness? I don't think so!

The first thing I did was to measure where my door was going to be placed and draw out the design.

Next, I rolled out some of my Creative Paperclay onto a texture plate that I first conditioned with a tiny bit of Pam spray to make sure it released easily. I love the wood grain texture!

I cut out the paper pattern that I drew and traced it directly onto my paper clay so I would get the exact measurement.  I love how you can use scissors to cut out your designs too, so easy!

I addedsome trim around the door by rolling out a "log" and used water on my paint brush to attach it to the door. I moved my piece to my designated baking sheet so it would be ready to go into the oven.

While it was still damp I placed the doorknob into the door but removed it before it baked. It's a brad that I will paint to match the mushrooms...is there such a thing as too much polka dots?

In my excitement I forgot to take a picture of me making the mushroom top or painting it for that matter, honestly, it was all happening so quick and I was having so much fun that I couldn't wait for it to all come together. BUT I did remember to get a photo of the wire I placed in the backside of the mushroom cap, this will help give it stability and I won't have to worry about it being top heavy.

I used anything I had on hand to "bend" the bottom part of the small mushrroms and let them dry a bit before I put them in the oven so they would maintain that shape. And once everything came out of the oven I coated them 3 times with the Paverpol product. 

Here are my little pieces in their Fairy Garden. You might remember it all began with the snail and the crystal ball that I made a couple of weeks ago. ( You can visit that post here ) I do water the garden and mist the moss and so far everything is holding up very well, although please note this is not sutting directly outdoors but is on a covered balcony. 

Thanks for stopping my!

Lynda's BeginnerTips

I love to create one of a kind "things" - no matter what I do!  I love for each of my projects to simply be that "one", where no two are alike!  When I use Creative Paperclay, those projects are even that much more special, because of that reason!  I have been doing a bit of projects using a flattened piece of Creative Paperclay, and I have a few tips I wanted to share with you - that will help you with a few things!!!  

• When you are flattening out your product - use even pressure with your hands when you are rolling it out.  
• Cut out a bit larger of a piece of the shape you want, and then re-flatten that out using the same even pressure.  It will help to make it one level and easier to create on.
• Make sure you clean up the area you are cleaning up before you start to flatten it out.  I mean right before!  A washcloth and water is just fine!!!
• Look at your calendar for the next few months as to things you want to get done!  If it takes you a bit of time to create more in depth projects, start to plan now!!!!

I have a few things planned out the next few months - using recycled products, so make sure you check for my ideas this summer for fun recycled project ideas!  You don't have to spend a lot on the projects you make - start small, like me!  I am also planning out the rest of my Halloween scene my husband and I did last year, we will see how this turns out for sure!  Thanks for stopping by!  

Lynda Jeffs

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Carole

Going Baroque with Creative Paperclay®

There is magic in mixed media. Old objects get a new life and are given a new story. I have drawers full of cast objects, charms and beads that I use as finishing elements in my art. I find boxes with broken jewelry and odd stuff on my doorstep often. People in town know I use these second hand interesting things (S.H.I.T.) in my art. As a mixed media artist, you never throws ANYTHING away.

SUPPLIES
Creative Paperclay®
Stamps
Old jewelry
Beads
Stencil
Polymer medium

This piece started by laying out shapes of Paperclay on an old painted, cradled panel. I stamped into the clay then went through my drawers full of objects I had previously cast with left over pieces of Paperclay. After selecting the lucky pieces, I glued them down on the dry butterfly shape. Then I coated everything with polymer medium to seal the clay before painting it.

Then I started the painting process using several shapes of purple, gold and buff colored paints. I dry brushed the gold over the purple to pick up the highlights in the texture.



















I went through my drawers full of small objects, jewelry, keys, and whatever that I keep in muffin tins. I always search these treasures to finish off a piece of art.

Now I add my small treasures to my art to embellish it. Some I painted just a little and, of course, I added some stencil work.

There is nothing like the pleasure of creating.

Dream in Color.

Darlene Olivia McElroy

Wonderland Looking Glass

Alice in Wonderland is a theme I haven't explored much during my journey as an artist. But with the new movie Alice Through the Looking Glass debuting in theatres next week, I was inspired to try my hand at this Wonderland Looking Glass.

An old mirror works great for this project. Or, if you don't have an old mirror, you can make a faux mercury glass mirror using an old picture frame and some spray paint. (I'll put a link to my faux mercury glass mirror tutorial here soon.)

1. I start by rolling out a slab of clay 1/4” thick. It’s always a good idea to try to rotate the clay and roll it in different directions. This prevents it from developing a grain and helps promote uniform shrinkage as the clay dries.
2. Next, I cut my shapes out from the clay. I chose a clock, a mushroom, a hat, a rabbit, a teapot, and some hearts for my images.
3. Once my basic shapes have dried, I go back and build up some details. It’s really easy to add wet Paperclay to dry Paperclay with just a little bit of water and your finger.
4. Once all the pieces have dried completely, I sand, paint, and varnish all the individual pieces.
5. Using a good quality glue, I attach the pieces to the mirror.
6. I add some finishing touches, and my Wonderland Looking Glass is finished.

About Kerrie

I am a mixed media sculptor working primary in clay. Though clay is my passion, at the core, I'm simply a maker, a builder, a creator. Making things makes me happy.

I make videos about making things and post them on my channel KerrieLee:DreamUp on YouTube and on my website KerrieLee.com.

Travel Tic-Tac-Toe Game

My grand daughters are soon going to be flying cross country from Ohio to California. I thought maybe a new game might be just the thing to help keep them occupied during the long flights, so I made this travel tic-tac-toe game.

I started by rolling out a ball of Creative Paperclay® into a slab. I used square dowels on each side of the clay as gauges so the entire slab was a uniform thickness.

Next, I used canape cutters that I use exclusively for craft projects to cut discs that would become the playing pieces.

Note: I thought the crowns would be cute since this set was going to be for girlie girls, but as it turned out they were too small.

I dried the discs on a drying rack similar to this one that Kerrie tells how to make. After they were dry, it was time to paint them. I used acrylic paints in the girls' favorite colors. When the paint was dry, I sealed the discs with PPA Gloss, an acrylic medium. I just couldn't help myself—I had to add the bling :) which I placed on each disc while the PPA was still wet.

Right now this travel game is packed and ready to go!! California here we come!!

Check out the Tiny Tool Time blog to see how I made the game board.

Carole

Tori's Tip - Create Lightweight Jewelry with Clay

I like making fun earrings for myself and others, and of course my medium of choice is clay!  Creative Paperclay® modeling material is my first choice for detailed scale miniatures that are to be worn as earrings.

Artsy earrings - 1:12th scale miniatures of a few of my favorite things!
Made with  Creative Paperclay®, mixed media

Garden goods - 1:12th scale miniatures
Made with  Creative Paperclay®, mixed media

For someone who likes to wear larger earrings, pendants, etc., Delight™ air dry modeling compound is sometimes a better choice because it is extremely lightweight.  The items shown below, created by my daughter and her son, show a variety of clay types and embellishments

Earrings and pendants with both types of clay -
finished with paints,  decopauge, transfers, rubber stamps, paints, embedded objects, etc.

A search of this blog for "jewelry" or "earrings" will show you many inventive ways to use clay for jewelry!

One of my previous posts shows how to embed the chain for hanging earrings
- and a really fun way to make jewelry :)
 http://creativepaperclay.blogspot.com/2015/03/hot-craft-crayon-art-jewelry.html

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