Shabby Chic "Junk Journal" by Erin Reed

Design Team Member Erin Reed used Makin's Clay® and our Floral push mold to make some of the embellishments on this great "Junk Journal" done in a shabby chic style.

Freeform Flowers by Donna Budzynski

Design Team Member Donna Budzynski had some fun creating freeform Makin's Clay® flowers and adding accent shading with colored pencils - Find out more here on her blog.

Free Bird Mixed-Media Canvas by Lucy Reese

Design Team Member Lucy Reese recently shared this creative mixed-media canvas - she used Makin's Clay® to create her bird which she textured with Texture Sheets, and some of her flower accents which she made with our Floral push mold.

A Special Moment Card by Martha Lucia Gomez

Design Team Member Martha Lucia Gomez shared this pretty watercolored card today on her blog.  We think it's lovely and her dimensional Makin's Clay® heart accent is the perfect touch.  

Mother's Day Card by Steph Ackerman

Design Team Member Steph Ackerman recently shared this pretty Mother's Day card here on her blog.  She added a dimensional Makin's Clay® flower to give her card that special finishing touch.

Beauty in Bloom Pendant by Lucy Reese

"BEAUTY IN BLOOM" PENDANT 

Designed By Lucy Reese

I am so excited to be apart of the Makin's Clay® 2016 Design Team. When it comes to creating with clay, oven-bake polymer may often be the choice of most. However, Makin's Clay® has some very fascinating characteristics of it's own that I find very interesting. For an air dry/no-bake clay to be as flexible as Makin's® blows my mind. When it has fully cured, it feels like an oven-bake polymer clay, without having to go through all the baking and rebaking. I hope you enjoy the project I have created for you!

Makin’s® Tools & Supply List:

• Makin’s®- Black
• Makin’s®- Neon Yellow and Red
• Makin’s® Vineyard Tones - Concord Blue & Grape Leaf
• Makin’s® Clay Mixing Ruler
• Makin’s® Roller and Cutter Set
• Makin’s® Floral Push Mold for leaf
• Makin's® Cutting Mat 

Other Supplies Used:

• Flower/Bird Silicone Mold of your choice
• CaBezel Mold by Wendy Orlowski
• Embossing folder of your choice
• Ice-Resin
• Primary Elements: Cool Water and Jasmine
• Lumiere Paint: Halo Blue Gold
• Viva Inka Gold in desired color
• Chain of your choice
• 2 Jump rings

Instructions:

LETS GET STARTED!

Using your Makin's® Clay Mixing Ruler™ and color chart, mix the Neon Yellow and Red Makin's Clay®.  The combination I chose creates a beautiful coral color that you see in my largest flower. For the hummingbird, I used White to form the body and the Concord Blue from the Vineyard Tones for the wings and blended them together using a wet finger. Lastly, using the Floral Push Mold and the Grape Leaf green from the Vineyard Tones, I formed my smallest and largest leaves. Don't forget that you need to create 2 holes in largest leaf, so that it will be jump ring ready.

Once all your moldable pieces are made. Grab your Black Makin's Clay® and roll it out to your desired thickness. Choose an embossing folder with a design you like and emboss or deboss your clay by laying the desired side of your folder on top the clay and add pressure with your Makin's® Clay Roller. Peel off gently to reveal your design.

​Next, take your CaBezel and form your bezel. And again, I used my Makin's® Clay Roller for an added, even pressure.

​Now trim away your excess clay using the Makin's® cutting tool. At this time, you may create your hole in your bezel 

Using your Viva Inka Gold color lightly add some color to the texture on your bezel and also to the texture on your flower and leaves.

​For the hummingbird, use a little bit of the Lumiere Halo Blue Gold paint to add some color to the wings and tail. Then, I also mixed up a very small amount of the Primary Elements Cool Water and Jasmine with my waterbrush to add a hint of color where ever I thought needed it.

​Almost done! Time for the Ice-Resin!! (If your scared of resin, I would suggest trying Diamond 

Glaze or Glossy Accents - both also work wonderfully with Makin's Clay®.) After mixing up your resin add a small amount of Primary Elements Cool Water. Gradually and slowly add to your bezel being careful not to overfill. Then, place your large flower, small leaf and hummingbird and let cure for at least 24 hours. After, your resin has cured, place 1 jump ring through the hole in your bezel, connect the bezel to your largest leaf, and add your last jump ring through the top of your leaf then connect to your chain. 

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Buddha Bracelet by Marisa Pawelko

We love to see what artists around the world are creating with Makin's Clay®!  Today we are sharing this fun "Buddha" bracelet created by Marisa Pawelko who lives in Mexico!    We think the refreshing shades of green and blue would be a great accent to a summer outfit.

Floral Clips by Erin Reed

Floral Clips

Designed by Erin Reed

I have loved the look of the little paperclips with the embellishments on the end, so when I got my box of goodies from Makin’s Clay®, I had to make a set, but what to make?!? - FLOWERS!!!  But not just any flowers, colorful ones that had a pretty shine and on some fun shaped clips!!

Materials:

Makin’s Clay® in White and Multi Neon

Makin’s® Clay Mixing Ruler™

Makins® Clay Cutters - Round 3 pc

Makin’s® Push Molds - Floral

Makin’s Professional® Clay Tools - Roller and Cutting Mat

Glaze - Tattered Angels

Paint - Craftsmart

Clips - 7 Gypsies & Maya Road & Other

Beacon® 3-in-1 Adhesive

Instructions:

The first thing I did was to blend my clay using the Multi Neon pack of Makin’s Clay® colors and I played blending every shade using the Makin’s® Clay Mixing Ruler™ blending even amount of colors from well E. See the pictures and video below.  You can also use the mixing instructions included with the Clay Mixing Ruler™ to mix a variety of shades of Makin's Clay®.  

The next step was to make the shapes, so I used the Makin’s® Floral Push Mold and made various flowers with the clay colors I made above.  See pictures and video below.

Now for the last set of steps, turning these amazing air dry, no bake clay flowers (I let mine dry over night) into cute little clips, but first let paint them with Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam in various colors such as Icicle, Waterfall, Wicked, Plumeria, and Desert Sun to make them all shiny and pretty!! 

Next, I glued the various shapes of clips to the back using Beacon® 3-in-1 Adhesive.

I wanted make sure the clip was a bit more secure, so I colored a section of white Makin’s Clay® with a drop of yellow acrylic paint, rolled it out into a flat sheet with the Makin’s Professional® Clay Tools - Roller , and then cut out circles with the Makins® Clay Cutters - Round 3 pc.

I then glued the clay discs on to the back of the floral clips and then painted them with the yellow glaze to match the front side.  Let them dry over night to get nice and hard and you have some super cute floral paperclips.

I think my favorite are the yellow ones with the yellow glaze - they just really shine!!

The possibilities are endless for these fun clips, use them on a planner, card, mini book, tag, scrapbook page, and more!!  Now what am I going to use these fun little clips on - maybe a mini book!!  

Land Among the Stars Night Light by Cindi McGee

Cindi McGee recently shared this decorative night light which glows not just from it's LED light here on her blog.

shade, or from it's LED Chibitronics Lights on the shade, but with a subtle glow from the Glow in the Dark Makin's Cay® stars and moon accents!  Yes, Makin's Clay® is available in GLOW IN THE DARK!  Find out how she created this project

Baby Girl Gift Card by Donna Budzynski

Baby Girl Gift Card

Designed by Donna Budzynski

Materials:

Makin’s Clay® in White and Red

Pink Card Stock

White Embossed Card Stock

Word – Princess

Tools:

Makin’s® Clay Mixing Ruler ™

Makin’s® Clay Cutters-Dress

Makin’s® Cutting Mat

Makin’s® Cutting Tool Set – Roller

Glue Dots® Ultra-Thin

Beacon® Tacky Glue 

Marvy® White Reminisce pen

Instructions

Using the Clay Mixing Ruler™, I selected to use well E for Red and well H for white. Using the Makin’s® Clay Mixing Ruler™ ensures color matching in case you do not mix enough the first time.  Or, you can use the mixing instructions included for to create a wide variety of shades of Makin's Clay®.

Mix the two colors together. Mix until well blended.

Roll out and cut your dress using the Dress Clay Cutter set.  Let dry. 

Once dry, I added the details with the Marvy® White Reminisce pen.

 

Cut the pink card stock to 4" x 8" and fold in half.  Cut white embossed card stock to 3 7/8" x 3 7/8".  Adhere white card stock to pink using Glue Dots® Ultra-Thin.  Adhere dress to front of card using Beacon® Tacky Glue.  Adhere word "Princess" using Glue Dots®.

 

Springtime Birds Refrigerator Magnets - DIY When Creativity Knocks Video featuring Cindi McGee

Makin's Clay® is a sponsor of the 2016 When Creativity Knocks All-Star Designers Spring Series.  In this episode, Designer Cindi McGee creates a fun springtime magnet display for the refrigerator - both functional and decorative.  She used Makin's Clay® and our Ultimate Clay Extruder™ to create her cute birds nest magnet. 

Moroccan Dreams Orb by Carole Monahan

Design Team Member Carole Monahan shares another of her creative polymer clay orbs recently on her blog.  Carole used the Makin's® Ultimate Clay Extruder™ to create the turquoise trim for her orb.