Kellys Creative Paper Clay Tip 10/13/12

My Creative paper clay tip is a bit bizarre but I found out this by accident and then fell in love with it. I love doing dark dolls and art at times. If you make a mold out of your creative paperclay (by sticking a face,doll, bat etc) in it and leave it dry you can then use it as a mold and the small cracks and shrinkage add to the deliciousness of the project, especially when you paint it! Try it! It is fun especially for the kids!

Halloween Coffin!

Halloween is one of my favorite celebrations during the year.  It doesn't have all the pressure of cooking a big meal, the big family gathering and all that goes along with other holiday.  I love table top decorations around the house.  Today I am making a little scary creature for my tiny coffin using Creative Paperclay®.

Supplies:
Creative Paperclay®
Coffin from Michael's
Sakura Crystal Lacquer
Terri Sproul Mixer's Gold
Articus Frozen Charlotte Mold
Amazing Mold Putty

Items Made with Creative Paperclay®
Frozen Charlottes (large and small)
Fleur-De-Lis
Skull and Cross Bones with a Crown
Heart

Stash:
Rhinestones - Red
Dresden Crown & Wings
Black Craft Paint
Red Craft Paing
Heart cookie cutter
Shiny red fabric
Trim - black lace

With Creative Paperclay® make the doll elements and decorations for your coffin. Using the Articus Frozen Charlotte Mold make a  doll (I used the tallest doll).  With Mold Putty make a mold of a doll head a little bigger than the Frozen Charlotte's head.  Also from a mold of a wooden Fleur-De-Lis from the craft store or hardware store and a Skull and Cross Bones with a Crown charm make additional pieces with Creative Paperclay®. Make small herar with the cookie cutter.

Paint the Creative Paperclay® doll with clear Sakura Crystal Lacquer while the lacquer is still wet add the red rhinestones for the eyes. Attach the over sized head to the body with Sakura Crystal Lacquer. Attach crown and wings. set aside to dry.  Paint the Fleur-De-Lis and crown on the Skull & Cross Bones with Sakura Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul Mixer's Gold. Adhere the rhinestones to the Skull and Cross Bones with Sakura Crystal Lacquer.

Paint the coffin black with black craft paint, let it dry. Then paint with clear Sakura Crystal Lacquer, set aside to dry.  Line coffin with shiny red fabric and trim with black lace. Adhere the Fleur-De-Lis and Skull & Cross Bones with Sakura Crystal Lacquer.

 Here you have a small,

 but creepy coffin for Halloween!

Hope you enjoyed this project. 

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Lyneen's Creative Paperclay® Quick Tip for July!

 My Creative Paperclay®

 Quick Tip of the Month

  Prepping your project before painting. 

When you use molds like this one from Articus Studios™ or cut your paperclay with cookie cutters it is impossible to always have a clean edge. 

The images above and below were cut out with mini cookie cutters you can the rough edges around them. 

Here are a few of my favorite tools I use to clean up the edges.  The tools with the pink handles were made by Basic Grey several years ago.  I love the files, one is round and the others all have a little different shape. You can find files similar to these at the hardware store. One of my favorites to use are emery boards from the dollar store. Last, sand paper for bigger projects. Sand Paper can be torn or cut into smaller more manageable pieces. 

Most of the time I use a emery board, the files are for the hard to get to places.

Once you have cleaned up the edges of your paperclay peices you are ready to paint them.  For a good part of my projects I use Sakura Crystal Lacquer mixed with Terri Sproul Mixers.

Get crafty and work your Creative Paperclay®!

Creative Paperclay® and Paris!

Creative Paperclay®

Sakura Crystal Lacquer

Terri Sproul Mixers 

and 

Want2Scrap

This week I continued to work on my Want2Scrap Paris Chipboard Album. This week I have added a few pieces I made with Creative Paperclay® and painted with Sakura Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul Mixers!

I used my Articus Mold I used to make my Frozen Charlotte.

A small heart cookie cutter.

A mold I made from a dolls head.

I stamped Paris on a piece of Creative Paperclay®

I painted each piece with Sakura Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul Mixer, a little of Gold and Pink Sapphire Shimmer Pearl. The heart was painted with craft paint first, then clear crystal lacquer. The bottle cap has an image covered with crystal lacquer and trimmed with seed beads!

The finished page has a little bit of the Nestabling Silver Rhinstones that surround the picture of Gustave Eiffel himself and covered with a thin coating of Sakura Crystal Lacquer mixed with Terri Sproul Mixers - Gold. The image is from Magic Moonlight Studios Free Images.

Lyneen's Quick Tip of the Month!

So you want to play with Creative Paperclay®, but you are afraid to because you don't know how to mold a doll, a figurine or any other object.  Well neither do I and I LOVE PLAYING with Creative Paperclay®!  Here are some of the tools I use when I play with Creative Paperclay®. 

These are tools I had when I used to make fondant flowers in my cake decorating days.  If you have any cake decorating supplies, think how you might use them working with Creative Paperclay®.  Just remember once you use any kitchen gadget with Creative Paperclay® it should not be used in the kitchen with food again!  

  

Articus Studios has some wonderful molds you can use with Creative Paperclay®. Here is one of my favorites - Frozen Charlottes!  

Cookie cutters make great tools for special shapes.  At little cost you can find them at thrift stores.

Make your own molds using Amazing Mold Putty!!!  When I see something that I would like to have several of, I think about using Amazing Mold Putty.  Like the little cherub pictured, I only had one of him.  Since I made a mold I can have as many as I like using Creative Paperclay®!

Pictured here is a paper mold.  Used when making your own paper and pressing pulp in the mold... also, great for Creative Paperclay®!

 

Candy Molds are another great mold to use!  Just remember once used with Creative Paperclay® it should not go back in the kitchen! 

Use items to mold Creative Paperclay®.  Here I have an inexpensive mask from the dollar store that I am using as a mold for the clay.

Make templates from paper, here is a template for a crown! 

You are only limited by your imagination... what other things have you used to mold Creative Paperclay®?

Switch Plate Cover Using Articus Studio™

By Amanda Marks

For this project I needed to use a mold from Articus Studio - I chose the Frozen Charlotte Mold.

Materials:
Creative Paperclay® Modeling Materials
Articus Studio™
Stamp
Fondant Roller
Switch Plate Cover
Terri Sproul's Mixers

 Roll out the clay and stamp the clay (I used a Close to my Heart Daisy Stamp)

 Trim the clay to fit around the switch plate

 Form the clay around the switch plate 

 Add the molded dolls to the switch plate and paint (I used Terri Sproul's Mixers)

Finished Switch Plate 

Creative Paperclay® and Articus Studio Molds!

This month I had the opportunity to use Creative Paperclay® with an Articus Studio™ mold.  I choose to use the Frozen Charlotte Art Doll Mold  as I love adding them in my art. Finding them can be a challenge, once you find one they can be pretty expensive.  If you have priced a Frozen Charlotte lately you would know what I mean. So, now I am able to make them as needed with Creative Paperclay® for my projects.

First, take a ball of Creative Paperclay® and press into the mold. It is very important to work the areas that have deeper depressions, like the feet and face.  Once you have filled the mold then set aside to dry, at least overnight (12-24 hours) in the mold, depending on humidity.  

Once released if they are cool to the touch they are still damp. Let them set another 12-24 hours to completely dry.

When the Frozen Charlotte is dry, prepare for use.  With an emery board or small file clean up the edges of the doll.  Then with a bit of ink add a little color to age it. Seal it, this one was sealed with USArtQuest PPA Matte.  Sealing product depends on the project and the effect you are after.

Recently I read in one of the Stampington magazines about a technique using paper napkins in mixed media projects.  I saw this beautiful Kleenex packet with the Eiffel Tower and thought "wonder if they would work," as they say, the rest is history.

Supplies:

Creative Paperclay®

Articus Studio™ Frozen Charlotte Art Doll Mold

USArt Quest PPA Matte

Viva Las Vegastamps! "I Love Paris"

Stewart Superior Memories Ink - Black

Small Canvas- 2 1/2" X 2 1/2"

Old sheet music

Printed Kleenex

Heart Cut from Creative Paperclay®

Lace

Craft Paint - Burgundy

Paint brush

Separate the tissue layers of the Kleenex or napkin.  There are usually three layers of tissue. The first is easy to separate. Getting the second and third apart can be tricky.  Be sure to separate. If left in tack the extra layer of tissue could cause problems when adhering. 

Prepare canvas with USArtQuest PPA Matte adhesive. The first layer of paper on the canvas is old sheet music adhered with USArt Quest PPA Matte. Be sure to spread the PPA it evenly on the top and sides of the canvas. Let it set. Then spread a second layer of USArt Quest PPA Matte.

Carefully lay your tissue on the surface of your canvas. Once the tissue makes contact with the glue it is in place, trying to move the tissue will rip it. Make nice crisp corners, you may need additional adhesive. Carefully paint the PPA Matte over the surface of the tissue. Let it set to dry.

While the canvas is setting cut lace (3 1/4"), long enough to wrap around the back.  Stamp Viva Las Vegastamps! sentiment "I Love Paris in the Springtime!"  Earlier I had cut small hearts from Creative Paperclay®, paint one burgundy, any craft paint will do and let dry.  

Once the adhesive is barely tacky,  cover the canvas with Sakura Crystal Lacquer, attach the lace and "I Love Paris." Also, the Creative Paperclay® Frozen Charlotte and heart.  Cover the heart with Sakura Crystal Lacquer.  Set aside to dry overnight!

Finished it is a perfect little gift for that person that loves Paris!!!

Hope you enjoyed this project, please visit my blog HERE for more inspiration! 

Until my next post Happy Creating! 

Lyneen