Annie's Quick Tip for March

Did you know that you can use rubber stamps to stamp into Creative Paperclay? Before the Creative Paperclay is dry you can stamp into it with rubber stamps to add letters, designs or texture to your project.  You can also make some pretty cool embellishments for just about any project using this technique.

Design Team Call

Creative PaperClay Design Team Call

Creative Paper Clay® is looking for a few awesome Mixed Media Artists to showcase Creative Paperclay® Paperclay® and Delight Products!! If you LOVE play with Paperclay and find the idea of making your own Embellishments and Sculptures show us what you can do!!

We're looking for talented artists and designers who know how to inspire others to create. For those that also seek opportunities to have their Paperclay® work prominently featured, Creative Paperclay®Design Team is a great fit!

What’s expected of a Creative Paperclay® Design Team Member?

* Ability to create compelling projects that showcase Creative Paperclay® products

* Experience taking good photos or scans of projects

* Active interaction with members of Creative Paperclay® facebook and blog as they discover YOUR WONDERFUL DESIGNS!!

What are the responsibilities of a Creative Paperclay® Design Team Member?

* The Creative Paperclay® Design Team is a 6 month hitch, from May 1, 2013 – Oct 31, 2013

* Create a minimum of 1 (one) projects per month and one (1) help hint for using Creative Paperclay Products. Post them on both your blog and Creative Paperclay® blog on your assigned dates each month. Date assignments will be given when the team is picked.

* Participate on Creative Paperclay® Facebook - this is a MUST!

* Submit work for publication. Creative Paperclay® will share project submission opportunities from their editorial contacts.

* Take part in one Blog Hop during the 6 months.  Date to be announced.

* Promote Creative Paperclay®! Post projects created during your six-month term on other online galleries and blogs. Include working links to Creative Paperclay® blog and to products used on Creative Paperclay® website.

What are the rewards of a Creative Paperclay® Design Team member?

* Your bio, picture and link(s) on Creative Paperclay® blog

* Promotion of your work and projects to Creative Paperclay® Newsletter, Facebook and Blog members, a growing international community.

* FREE product (over $100 value) in two shipments: One for the first 3 months and another for the second 3 months

Apply today! Here's how:

1) Send your bio, blog address and facebook info to Terri@ultimatescrapbookretreat.com with “DT applications” in the subject line (this way you don’t end up in Junk Mail – I get lots of spam)

2) 1st Deadline: Must have bio to Terri Sproul by April 10th (terri@ultimatescrapbookretreat.com).

3) 2nd Deadline: Submit/Post 1 project on your blog on or by April 11th 12AM EST to be viewed.

This post must include:  a) The Creative Paperclay® logo (you will be sent logo when you send your bio to Terri Sproul)   Step by step directions on how to make this project with links to Creative Paperclay®blog and website. Your submission project can be anything you love to make ... Scrapbook, Cards, Mixed Media, Altered Art, Eco-Art… just think outside the box and impress me…

4) Join our facebook and blog - this is a MUST and is very important to the success of our team!

5) All entries MUST utilize   Creative Paperclay®.   Work submitted must be recent and can be previously published or displayed on blogs or online galleries.

What to include with your emailed submission –

* We want to know all about you! Send in your bio

* Please describe your style (genre): Scrapbook, rubber stamp, mixed media, vintage, altered art, eco-art, urban, etc.

* Why would you like to be on the Creative Paperclay® Design Team?

* Are you frugal, organized, have marketing ideas etc.. please share what strengths you can bring to our team.

* Include the link to your active blog

* Are you active on any Forums or Message Boards? (Please List)

* Give an example of a class or technique you would like to share with

others. If it is one you have done previously please describe or link to it.

* Please list any other manufactures or store/kit DT’s you've been on or are currently on. Do you

have a scrapbook resume, or a link to a gallery,? Please share it with us.

Final decisions will be made the week of April 18th. Creative Paperclay’s®

Design Team will be announced shortly thereafter!!

Good Luck!!!!!

Brenda's March Quick Tip

Welcome to another quick tip.  I'm running out of tips as we all have been giving you so many ideas, but I'm sure I can think of a quick one...
I guess maybe this isn't a tip as much as a reminder that Creative Paperclay® is an air dry clay and whatever you are making will have shrinkage.  If you do a cut out of something over the drying time it will shrink up a bit.  Therefore it may give you cracks or crevices.  They can easily be fixed by adding a slip with the clay.  Mix a bit of clay with water till you get a creamy substance and fill in your gaps.
Remember, you can buy Creative Paperclay® locally at Michaels, Hobby Lobby and even some Joann's carry it.
See you next time and as always have a great day and God Bless.

Dawnmercedes' March Tip

As promised, here are some helpful tips for dying Delight ™!

Here is a magnet I posted last month.

Don't you love the color!

You can create all sorts of colors using your reinkers.

Supplies:

frisbee

reinkers

rubber gloves

Delight ™

I have found all sorts of uses for Frisbees. 

If you are like us, you'd have to be an Octopus to be able to use them all! haha

Why not put them to use in your craft room!

They are reuseable.

They are washable.

There is a lip to keep things "in place."

And, they come in all sorts of pretty colors!

Tear off a hunk of modeling compound.

Smoosh it a bit...and add some reinkers.

Get creative...mix shades of reinkers to come up with your very own green color!

Remember, start off light with your colors. It's easier to add more to go darker.

Getting it lighter...well, that's another ball of Delight ™!  

I used rubber gloves to protect my hands when kneading 

Delight ™.

Remember to store the extra Delight ™ in an airtight container.

Or...stay up late using it up on another project!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Dawn Mercedes

Jess B's - Flowers are Blooming

Hello Everyone

I wanted to bring some vibrant colors

to cheer up spirits

as we are still in the winter season

Nana is doing better

sitting up, walking, and eating!

Just all around good :o)

I have been fascinated by

mixed media and all the textures that

can bring decor to life

I feel a shift in my creativity

I used Creative Paperclay®, heart cookie cutters, flourish clear stamp, and a candy bowl

to create the flower shap.  Bake according to the instructions.

I a long canvas that I pulled out bring acrylic paints and 

used an old hotel card to combine the paints

Adirondack Color Wash, 

Lindy's Stamp Gang Sprays - Flat Fabios

 Dylusion Sprays

Tattered Angel Notes from Garden with StazOn Olive Green Ink

Added sequins to the center of the flowers

 

I had some foam stamps and decided to write the words in Spanish

IMAGINAR - IMAGINE

CREER - BELIEVE

SER - BE

Thanks for stopping by
see you in a couple of weeks

Kokeshi Inspired Art Doll

A Kokeshi Doll is a traditional Japenese doll.  It is normally made out of wood with a simple trunks and an enlarged head.  It has no arms or legs and the details of the "dress" are hand painted onto the doll.

My art doll is inspired by the Kokeshi Doll, it is pretty simple and straight forward with just a it of my personal flair.

I started out with a cardboard tube and a Styrofoam ball.

I covered both with Creative Paperclay and let them dry overnight.  Once the two pieces were dry I adhered the head to the body using E6000.

Then I painted the head with a flesh-tone acrylic paint and the body in turquoise   I sanded the Creative Paperclay before painting.

I added some shaggy black yarn for hair.  I also added the eyes and nose with a thin brush.

I added the mouth once everything was dry and instead of hand painting the detail onto the doll I wrapped it in some sheer fabric.

Spring Nest by Rachel Whetzel

 Hello! It's Rachel Whetzel! Today, I'm going to show you how I created robin's eggs for a spring themed nest using Creative Paperclay® modeling material. I live in Oregon, and it seems we might have an early spring here. The sun has been shining most days, even the rainy ones! I'm starting to get excited about it, and I've also been thinking about Easter. That gave me the idea to get creative and MAKE my own eggs!!
SUPPLIES YOU'LL NEED:

• Newspaper or tin foil
• Creative Paperclay® modeling material
• Masking tape (if you use newspaper)
• Acrylic Craft paints (I used Folk Art) 

Let's get started!!
Gather your supplies. 

 I'll be using news paper for this tutorial. Start by balling up some news paper. This will be the INSIDE of your egg. It will help your project dry faster, and save you the amount of clay you need to use.

Next, use your masking tape to bind the paper into a "ball" shape. At this point, exact ballness isn't important. If you're using foil, just bunch it up, and skip the masking tape.

Do this for each egg. I stopped at three.
Next, add Creative Paperclay to the outside of your ball. I created a ball first, and then added another small ball of clay to the top, and used that to make the egg shape. I didn't worry too much about getting the shape exactly right here either. Just close is good.

Once you have all your cores built up with clay, let them dry.

Once they are dry, you can sand them to help fine tune their egg shape. I'm pretty happy with how these turned out, but that one in the middle on the bottom could use a LITTLE more sanding... I will just turn it so that part is closest to the nest.

 

Next, I painted the eggs blue.

Then I used some stain to make them a little less bright, and used a toothpick dipped in brown to tap speckles onto the eggs. Some strips cut from a dictionary make a cute nest for them all to rest in!

If you create something inspired by my project, please leave a comment with a link here, so I can come and visit to see! I would love for you to visit me at my "house" too!! Thank you so much for reading!!  ~rachel