Coiled Holiday Tree Card

Coiled Holiday Tree Card by Erin Reed

This month Makin's Clay® challenged it's Design Team members to select a Pin from our Tutorials & Techniques Board or our Polymer Clay Inspiration Projects Board and create a project using Makin's Clay® based upon the chosen pin. Our goal was not to have our designers simply copy of the projects, yet be inspired to perhaps try a new technique, or create a project style they might not normally have considered.

Hi all, Erin here today. I just recently went to a wine and painting class with some friends and the painting we did there used swirls to create a tree, and I thought why can't that translate into a card? Then I was browsing through the Makin's Clay® Tutorials & Techniques Pinterest board and I came across this fun technique using the Makin's Professional® Ultimate Clay Extruder® to make extrusions and then turn them into swirls, and it seemed like a match made in heaven!!

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/501588477234460867/

Materials:

Makin's Clay®

Vineyard Tones - Grape Leaf, Merlot
Earth Tones - Straw

Makin's®

Christmas Nature Push Mold
Clay Tools

Makin's Professional®

Ultimate Clay Extruder® - Disc #7, Disc #4
Cutting Mat

Card - Canvas Corp Brands

Ink - Brutus Monroe

Beacon 3-in-1 Adhesive™

Instructions:

1) Start with the Straw clay. Using the Christmas Decor push mold make a star for the top of the tree. Set aside to dry.

2) Using the Ultimate Clay Extruder® with disk 7, make extrusions from the Grape Leaf green clay. Take the extrusions and turn them into swirls and place them into a triangle cut paper as a guide to make a tree shape.