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Tuesday, May 31, 2016

Monday, May 30, 2016

In Honor of Memorial Day


Steampunk Heart for a Cause by Patricia Krauchune

Design Team Member Patricia Krauchune recently shared this steampunk heart pendant she created  as a donation for a raffle raising funds for a friend facing cancer for the second time.  Pat used Makin's® Texure Sheets on her pendant.  Sharing your art to help others is always a worthy cause!

Sunday, May 29, 2016

Mixed-Media Tags Published in Just Swap Art! Magazine by Irit Shalom

Design Team Member Irit Shalom has many projects featured in the premiere edition of Scott Publications new magazine Just Swap Art!   Three of her projects have Makin's Clay® accents.  Congratulations Irit and thank you for sharing some of the creative options of adding Makin's Clay® to Swap Art projects with their readers.




Saturday, May 28, 2016

Blue Buddha Earrings by Marisa Pawelko

We love seeing what artists around the world create with Makin's Clay®, like these blue buddha earrings by designer Marisa Pawelko.

Friday, May 27, 2016

Backgammon Game Pieces & Dice by Lisa Haney

Makin's Clay® to the rescue! Design Team Member Lisa Haney shared this fun idea for using Makin's Clay® to make game pieces and dice for her Backgammon game.  Find out more here on her blog.

Thursday, May 26, 2016

Memory Box by Lucy Reese


MEMORY BOX
Designed by Lucy Reese

SUPPLY LIST:

Makins Clay® - Earth Tones
Makins Clay® Cutting Mat
Makins Clay® Roller
Makins Clay®- Lace Texture Sheet - Set
Xacto Blade
Jewelry Shoppe - Antique Silver Hammered Teardrop
Metal Embellishments
ArtC Trinket Box
Inka Gold- IceBlue & Violet
Glossy Accents
Lumiere Paints- Metallic Olive Green, Halo Violet Gold, & Pearl Violet
Staz On- Black
Deep Red Stamp - Quantum Background
Crafters Workshop - Mini Gears & Cogs Stencil
Donna Downey - Numbers Stencil

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. From the Makins Clay® Earth Tones pack choose the green and purple, twist them together to marbleize and roll out to desired thickness.

2. Lay the Lace Texture Sheet on top of your freshly rolled clay and using your fingers press down until you see that the cavities are filled. You may also use your clay roller for this step as well. 








3. Now take your teardrop jewelry finding press it evenly into your beautifully textured clay.

4. Grab your X-acto knife a trim away the excess.


5. To highlight the texture, I chose Inka Gold in IceBlue. Swipe it on with your finger, give it a moment, and then buff it to a shine.









6. Time to give it even some more shine by adding a nice coat of Glossy Accents. Which also seals and protects the piece. Remember, Glossy Accents will go on cloudy but turns clear when dry. While your focal piece is setting up, grab the metal trinket box and get started on the 2nd half of this project.







7. Using the Lumiere paint in Metallic Green Olive paint the entire box. You may also Gesso before adding the Lumiere paint if you choose to do so.

8. After your paint is dry, add some interest by using the mini cogs and gears stencil with the Lumiere in Halo Violet Gold. Let dry.

9. For more interest, I chose to use Staz On in black with the Quantum Numbers stamp by Deep Red.


10. I wanted to bring in some silver to help tie in the teardrop. Here I added the Art Alchemy paint to the numbers stencil.

11. For some final touches, I decided to frame the focal with some metal gears and cogs that I cut in half. The key, tag, and twine were in my stash and made a cute addition. To finish off, use the Inka Gold in Violet to add some color the the edge of the lid. 



Wednesday, May 25, 2016

Happy Card by Martha Lucia Gomez

Design Team Member Martha Lucia Gomez recently shared this pretty card on her blog.  She used Makin's Clay® to create her dimensional heart embellishments.

Tuesday, May 24, 2016

Graduation Centerpiece by Erin Reed




Graduation Centerpiece 
Designed by Erin Reed

My husband is graduating this May with his Master's Degree and we are hosting a party to celebrate.  So of course I wanted to help make some fun and unique decorations to help celebrate this amazing event!!  I have already created the Dessert Stand for these amazing cookies my friend made, and now I want a centerpiece for the food table as a fun decor item.
Makin's® Materials for This Project: 


Makin's Clay® - Black, White 
Makin's® Roller & Cutter Set
Makin's® Cutting Mat
Makin's® Clay Mixing Ruler™
Makin's® Texture Sheets - Set C 






Instructions:

I started out making the fun Mortarboard for the topper our of Makin’s Clay® in black using the Weave Texture Sheet from Set C and the Makin’s Clay® standard tools.  
1) Roll out the Makin’s Clay® with the clay roller, then cut it with the straight cutter to make a square that fits the top of the box being used.  Add in the texture with the Makin’s® Texture Sheets Set C using the Weave pattern.  This created the top of the hat.


2) Repeat Step 1 for the base of the hat but roll it into a rectangle and connect together to make a tube that the top sit s on.  Glue the 2 together with Beacon 3 in 1 Glue.

3) I then used some Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist to color white string for the tassel of the hat.  Glued them to the top of the hat and then rolled out a little ball with my hands of black Makin’s Clay® and glue it on top of the string. I let all this dry as I moved onto Part 2.

Here is a video tutorial on how I made this fun little hat for the top of the cake.

https://youtu.be/Dp1zWCwlabE


As the mortarboard hat was drying I set out to create all the embellishments and the base of the cake.
1) Start with 2 small boxes of different sizes that stack onto each other, paint in white and then cover in black and white paper. Also paint the chipboard white and then spray with orange spray.

2) Cut apart 2 little paper mortarboard from the EZ laser designs strip add some of the same orange and white string from part1, and attach it with a black brad.


3) Roll out 9 strands from the Makin’s Clay® black clay, cut 8 of them and glue to the sides of the box like piping.

4) Using the Makin’s® Clay Mixing Ruler™ using the size D create 8 balls from the Makin’s Clay® White clay


5) Roll out the Makin’s Clay® white clay with the Makin’s Clay® standard roller, use a large circle cutter (I used the top of a spray can) and press the Makin’s Clay® Texture sheet C in the lace design into it.  Let everything air dry for a couple hours.


Here is a video tutorial on how I created all the steps above.


And now... Assembly! 

1) Now that all the clay has dried, add ink the edges of the white clay doily and glue to the top.  Then glue the black clay rope around the white circle.
2) Glue the white clay balls, paper mortarboards, and chipboard to the sides.




3) Glue on various bling and pearls, and then glue the hat onto the top.  You are done!  Place your fun little faux cake centerpiece on a table for all to enjoy!!



Here's the video for the final assembly steps!  https://youtu.be/LftDQuI76Kc


Monday, May 23, 2016

Birdhouse Bottle of Hope by Patricia Krauchune


Design Team Member Patricia Krauchune recently shared this charming birdhouse Bottle of Hope made with Makin's Clay®.  We love that Patricia continues to brighten the days of cancer patients with her hand made pieces of art - and that she chooses Makin's Clay® as her medium to create them.

Note - Here is a bit more information about what Bottles of Hope are - Makin's Clay® is proud to have our designers supporting this worthy effort through the creation of Bottles of Hope featuring Makin's Clay®.  

Bottles of Hope are small glass bottles covered with polymer clay and given to cancer patients. They symbolize a wish and a hope for health.  This project was started in 1999 by a Rhode Island cancer survivor and has spread internationally. Bottles are made by artists, students, survivors, seniors and many more who volunteer their time and love.   Learn more about this worthwhile project, see a gallery of many creative bottles and more here on their website 


Sunday, May 22, 2016

Dream Big Painters Tray Album by Irit Shalom

Design Team Member Irit Shalom recently shared this pretty mixed-media album here on her blog.  She used Makin's Clay® to create some of her dimensional molded embellishments.

Saturday, May 21, 2016

Button Starfish Beach Plaque by Patricia Krauchune

Design Team member Patricia Krauchune recently shared this "beachy keen" wall plaque here on her blog.  Pat created her colorful star fish with individually molded Makin's Clay® buttons, and added Makin's Clay® seashell accents too. 



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