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Saturday, October 31, 2015

A Not So Spooky Pumpkin by Andrijana Katavic

Halloween doesn't have to be all ghosts and ghouls - it can also be crisp fall days, cozy fireplaces, warm baked goods right from the oven - and pumpkins on display!   Design Team Member Andrijana Katavic shared this wonderful pumpkin made with Makin's Clay®  along with some nifty Vampire lore!  :0) - http://www.studioartesania.com/2017/11/not-so-scary-halloween-pumpkin.html

Happy Halloween!


Friday, October 30, 2015

Trick or Treat Goody Boxes by Joyce Hazen

Today we are sharing these spooky fun trick or treat goody boxes designed by Joyce Hazen from JudiKins - Joyce used products from Sizzix® and JudiKins™ to create the boxes, then added this creepy cute Makin's Clay® spider with google eyes!

Thursday, October 29, 2015

Halloween Candy Corn Test Tubes by Steph Ackerman

Design Team Member Steph Ackerman recently shared these cute "test tubes" full of candy corn on her blog!  We think this is a clever idea and we love how she embellished them with spooky Makin's Clay® accents cut with our Halloween Clay Cutter set!

Glow in the Dark Ghosts - 2 Ways by Carole Monahan

A 2 For BOO FOR YOU!
Lil people ghost safety necklace
Big people ghost looking for BOOOOOs


Both these fun GLOW in the DARK ghosts start the same way.

Supplies
Makin's Clay® - Glow in the Dark clay 120g 
Aluminum foil 
Bottle to drape ghost on to dry
Battery powered  tea light
Lite up necklace
12 Gauge Wire about 10 inches
PYM II to seal the clay

Tools
Makin's Clay® Ultimate Clay Machine™
Makin's Clay® Roller and cutter set
Wire cutter
Makin’s Clay® Cutter Mat
x-acto knife







Directions

Roll out a package of the Makin's Clay® glow in the dark clay with your Ultimate Clay Machine™set at 3-4 for medium thickness.

I cut out the shapes by hand with the cutter sets you can trim them up later as well.

I like the irregular shapes for the ghosts. 1st shape was large about 6inches across for the “adult ghost”.  2nd shape is much smaller about 3 inches across.  The size that you cut will also be determined by the size of your tea light and the size of your glow in the dark pendent.

Now to give your ghosts a place to hang out to dry.
Grab a bottle and make foil ball about the size of the head you want.
Tape the ball onto the top of the bottle and then cover in foil
I folded the foil in half to give it a little more body.

Now just drape the clay over the top of the bottle and form it
Around the head shape and finish the bottom to flair out.

After the clay is dry you can cut the eyes and mouth out while it is still on the foil form.
Carefully remove from the bottle form.

For the LIL Ghost all these steps can be done directly onto the necklace

    Boo-tiful

To make the sign holder 1st mark a little hole and with a straight pin put a hole where his ghostly shoulder should be.  Then take one end of the wire and wrap it in a flat spiral.

Push the straight end through your hole in your ghost and then wrap the rest of the wire around your battery powered tea light.
You may have to tape it to secure the wire.





Your ghost also makes a great BOO-ffet guide.
Here are some additional signs he can hold!
Welcome to the BOO-FFET
Poison 100% organic
Ogre Boogers ( this one is great next to Salsa Verde! )
Fair Trade Bat Wings

You can see more of my designs here!
http://curiousclaycreations.com/    
https://www.facebook.com/Curious-Clay-Creations-279922788728117/   

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Skulls on Display by Patricia Krauchune

Design Team Member Patricia Krauchune recently shared another spooky fun creation here on her blog.  With all the fun Halloween decorations she has shared this month - I bet her house is just such spooky fun right now!

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

Witchy-Boo! Halloween Card by Martha Lucia Gomez

We love how Design Team Member Martha Lucia Gomez incorporates Makin's Clay® into her beautiful paper crafting projects.  Recently she shared this fun Halloween card here on her blog.   She used Makin's Clay® and our Halloween Clay Cutter Set to create her witch's hat and ghost embellishments.

Karlee's Heart by Patricia Krauchune

Design Team Member Patricia Krauchune recently shared another of her wonderful heart pendants made for a friend here on her blog.    Pat used Makin's® texture sheets on her heart.

Monday, October 26, 2015

Sunday, October 25, 2015

Spiral Clay Earrings by Andrijana Katavic


SPIRAL EARRINGS
Designed by Andrijana Katavić

Hello everyone!

I really love to make various things with Makin’s Clay®, because it has a tremendously broad range of applications. Also, it is very flexible and can be bent, molded and shaped easily, which made making of these Spiral earrings very simple and easy. Check the instructions to see what I mean.

MAKIN’S® MATERIALS LIST

Makin’s Clay® White 60g
Makin’s Professional® Ultimate Clay Extruder™ (disc 12)
Makin’s Clay® Mixing Ruler™
Makin’s® Roller & Cutters Tool Set
Makin’s Professional® Cutting Mat

OTHER NECESSITIES
Sharp scissors
Dark purple metallic acrylic paint
X-Acto knife
Pliers
4 jump rings (2 for each earring)
2 french hook earwires
Medium bag with a sealable closure
Piercer or a piece of wire

INSTRUCTIONS:

STEP 1.
Place Makin’s Professional® Cutting Mat on your working table. Unpack White Makin's Clay® and using the Mixing Ruler measure 2 piece of clay in G hole.

STEP 2.
Add a small amount of purple metallic acrylic paint (about the size of grains of peas) on one piece of clay, and place it in a plastic bag with a sealable closure. Knead well. When clay and color are well mixed, remove from bag and made a log. Repeat whole process for other piece.



NOTE: During drying, the color will fade a bit, so if you want Spiral earrings in more intense color add more acrylic paint. I wanted my earrings to be the color as close to the shade of lavender, so I added small amount of paint.

STEP 3.
Unscrew the handle of Ultimate Clay Extruder™ to make enough space inside tube for the clay log. Unscrew end cap, and insert disc 12 in it. Place one log in the Extruder, and screw back end cap with disc.

STEP 4.
Extrude clay by twisting handle of the Extruder. Clean Extruder (click HERE to learn how to do this) and repeat whole process for other log.

NOTE: It is important that one edge on both extruded stripes is rounded, so it is necessary to process each piece of clay separately.



STEP 5.

Place the stripe of clay on the Cutting Mat to measure it. Put part of clay stipe that came out first from Extruder (that one with rounded edge) on the zero (0), and then cut it with sharp scissors to a length of 10 centimeters. Measure and cut other stripe as well.

STEP 6.
Wrap one stripe of clay around the handle of the X-Acto knife. Carefully remove clay from the handle. Wrap the other stripe, but in the opposite direction. Remove carefully.


NOTE: It is important to wrap stripes in the opposite direction, so that earrings later can stand properly.




STEP 7.
With spiky (pointy) modeling tool which is included in Mixing Ruler set poke holes on the part of clay stripe that you've cut with scissors. Pass the piercer or a piece of wire through the holes, hang somewhere (in a glass for example), and leave clay to dry for about 12 hours.

NOTE: Due to gravity strips will stretch a bit during the drying.

STEP 8.
Use pliers to hang jump rings and hooks on dry clay, and your finished.
earrings are


P. S. If you want to see other pieces that I made visit my blog http://www.studioartesania.com/2017/12/15-diy-projects-makins-polymer-clay.html

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