Elephant Wonder Tag Featuring Creative Paperclay®

Hi Friends:  Did you know that you can make your own Creative Paperclay® molds from favorite objects that you have around the house?  It's really easy with a product called ImPRESSive Re-Usable Putty.  The Creative Paperclay® design team was given the opportunity to try using this reusable putty with our paperclay.  It was great!  I chose to create a mold of a favorite elephant pin that belonged to my mom.  I followed the directions on the package to prepare the putty, then pressed the elephant pin into the clay, let it harden using the package directions, then removed the pin.  I created this great elephant mold that I can use any time I want.  And, if I decide that I want to make a mold of something else, all I have to do is reuse the putty with another charm/item that I choose.

Once your mold is ready, you can use Creative Paperclay® to make a clay embellishment to use on your projects.  Here's a project that uses my elephant mold with other Wilton molds to make this fun tag:

Here are some detail photos of the cast elephant and flowers, along with the sentiments that I used:

Here's the original pin and the mold that I created:

Directions: Please see my video tutorial for full instructions for how I created the mold and the tag.  I do have to confess that, in the middle of filming the tag project, I spilled a large amount of ink on my craft table.  So the final background colors changed a bit during the filming. LOL.  But, I decided to make the best of the happy (?) accident and just go with the change in the colors.

Supply List:

Creative Paperclay® Modeling Material 

ImPRESSive Re-Usable Putty
Prima Marketing ART STONES (Amazon)
PrimaMarketing Mini Art Stones (Amazon) 
Prima Marketing Art Alchemy Acrylic Paint, Opal Magic Blue-Gold (Amazon)

Aleene's Tacky Glue (Amazon)

Prima Marketing Copper Art Ingredients Mica Powder (Amazon)

Prima Marketing Designer Stencil, 6 by 6-Inch, Flourish (Amazon)

Wilton Fondant and Gum Paste Silicone Mold, Lace (Amazon)

Manila Tag (SSS)

Stabilo All Pencil - Black (Amazon)

Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays (Amazon):  Brushed Nickel, Opal Sea Oats, Afternoon Delight Denim

Liquitex Professional Gloss Heavy Gel Medium (Amazon)

Liquitex Matte Super Heavy Gel Medium (Amazon) Liquitex Professional Clear Gesso (Amazon)
Prima Marketing Art Alchemy-Antique Brilliance Amethyst Magic (Amazon)
Prima Marketing Art Alchemy-Antique Brilliance Lucky Emerald (Amazon)
Prima Marketing Art Alchemy-Antique Brilliance Mystic Turquoise (Amazon)
Prima Marketing Art Alchemy-Metallique Wax-Rich Copper (Amazon)
Prima Marketing Art Alchemy-Opal Magic Wax-Turquoise Satin (Amazon)
Ranger Adirondack Metallics Acrylic Paint Dabbers, Silver (Amazon)
Tim Holtz Small Talk Stickers (Amazon)
Studio 71 Black Gesso (JoAnn)

Wilton Doilies
Basic Grey Out of Print 6X6 paper pad

Other:  cheesecloth, fibers

I hope you enjoyed my project and learned how to use homemade molds in your projects. Thank you so much for stopping by the blog today. Have a great, creative day! -Patti

Hooliday Gift Tags

Hello, it's Ann here today with an early Holiday Season How to for you.  I hope you like my Hooting Owl Tags!

So these tags are made from Creative Paperclay®.   First you roll out some of the Creative Paperclay® on a non stick surface.

Then using a template that you can make or already have, trace and cut the clay.

Let each clay tag dry thoroughly.

Using any stamp and some ink, stamp on the desired image and saying.  Let dry.

Colour the image with colouring pencils.  If you would like you can use some dimensional paint for the pom pom and fluffy brim of the hat.

To make these tags hangable just make holes at the top with a regular paper hole punch.

Cover the tag with clear glitter, and add chunky gold glitter to the edges.

Now you have some really cute tags to use on gifts and that can be used as ornaments.

I hope that you are inspired to make some handmade gifts this year.

Thank you for stopping by.  Please visit my blog at : http://annmakes.blogspot.com to see more of my projects.

The supplies used in this project:
Creative paperclay®
Pretty Pearls 3D Paint by Craft Medley
Faber Castell Art Grip Colouring Pencils
Stamps Owl For You BMC 0025 from Spiced Sunshine Stamps
Tag Template from Arnold Grummer
Stamping Ink in Black from Ranger
Chunky Glitter Glue in Gold Craft Medley
Golde Crochet yarn (my stash)