Fairy Heart Figurine by Irit Shalom

Fairy Heart Figurine

Designed by Irit Shalom 

Hello my dear crafty friends! Irit is here with my very first project  in 2016. January is a perfect moth to make projects for Valentine's Day. Yes, Valentine's Day is in February, but then you need time, so here is a small clay projects that is easy to make and fancy to give. As young kids we all believed in these fairy tales love stories. So I connected hearts with a fairy image and made my own Love figurine.  Say " Hello" to my Fairy Heart figurine.

Materials:

Makin's Clay® - Red 120g, White 60g 

Makin's® Roller & Cutter Set 

Makin's® Professional™ Clay Tools Set 

Makin's® Hearts, Hands, Water Drop Clay Cutters 

Makin's® Texture Sheets - Set C, Set E 

Large heart cutters 

Clear glaze 

Fairy Dust glitter 

Step by step tutorial:

1. Use a full 120g package of Red Makin's Clay®. Roll it with clay roller from Roller and Cutter set to about 1/4'' sheet of clay. Cut the flat clay sheet to a few pieces to fit your cutters using the cutter from Makin's® Professional Clay Tools set.  Pick your Makin's® Heart shaped cutters and find some bigger heart shaped cutters in your stash. The simple ones from the baking shop will do the job (also I never used them for baking ). Cut the largest heart, the second size heart and the 2 smaller using Makin's® cutters.

2. Pick three Makin's®  Texture  sheets and roll over the cut hearts with the roller. I used the following textures, but you can pick your favorites.  Let the embossed hearts dry for a couple of hours before adding the glaze over them.  I used Lace from Set C; Diamond from set E and Curly Beard from set E.

3. Cover each one of 4 large hearts with any kind of a glaze you have. I used the one on the photo, but it's just because it is what I had.   Adhere the hearts as shown - you can use glaze to do it, but a glue like Beacon™Tacky Glue is much better. Let it dry for 24 hours to be sure the clay is totally set and dry.

4. In the meantime cut 6 small hearts with the smallest Makin's® Clay Heart shaped cutter. Arrange all 6 hearts and shown and cover them with glaze.

5. Cut the smallest hand with Makin's® Hand cutters and Water Drop shaped cutter.  I made each  hand with 2 clay cuts adhered one over another. The drops made my feet shapes, again I glued two cuts one over another. Cover them with glaze.

6. And now to the finished project. I made the base of my figurine  from the flower shaped hearts. 

Glue " feet"  over the base. Glued hands over the hearts shape. Then I made a fairy using white Makin's Clay® and a craft store mold; covered it with glaze and a layer of Fairy dust glitter (not seen much on the photo, sorry about it).

 And a bigger photo of the finished project:

I hope you liked my Valentine's project and see you next month with another one. Hint- it's all about being Lucky.