Clay Gift Tag Ornaments DIY Video

Cindi McGee created this DIY video featuring gift tag ornaments made with Makin's Clay® a few years ago. We thought it was a fun idea so we are sharing it again this holiday season! 

Patriotic Star Earrings

Patriotic Star Earrings by Cindi McGee

Be ready for the 4th of July with these super easy, sparkling star earrings.  

Materials:

Makin's Clay®- 60g White, Red, Blue 

Makin's® 

• Clay Tools
• Clay Cutter Set - Mini Geo 

Makin's Professional®

• Cutting Mat
• Professional Clay Tools 

Krylon® Silver Leafing Pen 

Clearsnap® Smooch Glitz™

Silvertone jump rings, silvertone chain, earring wires

Jewelry pliers 

Instructions:

Roll small amount of red, blue and white clay to about 1/8" thick. 

Use star cutter from Mini Geo set to cut several stars. You will need 6 white, 2 blue and 2 red for these earrings.  I cut extra for future projects.

Use fine point tool from kit to create hole in the top of each star for jump rings.  Apply silver leafing pen to 4 white stars.  Apply Smooch Glitz to remaining red, white and blue stars.  Let dry.  Repeat on opposite side.  Let dry. 

Let stars dry 24 hours.  Add jump rings to each star.  Add chain to earring wire. Skipping the first link, and starting on the second, attach stars in desired pattern in descending links of silver chain (chain should have 6 links total.)

Signs of Spring Cards

Springtime Greeting Cards by Steph Ackerman

Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today and we are still waiting for signs of Spring.  In order to remind us that Spring is on it's way, I created some cards.  Makin's Clay® is a great way to embellish paper crafts as it is lightweight, flexible and acid-free when dry.  It can be push molded, rubber stamped, and even die cut or cut with paper punches when rolled thin and allowed to dry.

Supplies:

Makin's Clay® - Red, White, Black, Earthtones Makin's® Push Molds - Gardening Tools, Florals Spellbinders dies                                       Clearsnap Ink                                                   Hero Arts Stamp                                              Beacon 3-in-1 Adhesive™

Makin's® has a wide variety of push molds that are quite detailed.  Once you remove your clay, those details are quite visible.   You can easily add your clay to the molds in specific areas, like I did to make these multi-colored gardening tools.  There are two ways to mold - simply push the clay into the mold, remove, and then trim around your shape.  Or, since the molds are flexible and you can see through them, it is easy to ensure that the clay stays within the shape itself while molding, therefore eliminating the need for trimming afterwards.  Simply flex the mold and you can remove the molded shapes while the clay is still fresh.  I kept the gardening tools in the colors I used to mold them, but decided to add color to the flowers with ink.

I love creating shaker cards and decided to use some small flowers in the shaker.  Behind the window I stamped a Spring Phrase then placed the flowers inside.

I stamped some stems and added the flowers, then placed the gardening tools in the corner.

For my next card, I repeatedly stamped the sentiment to create the background.

I die cut an oval for the center of the card then placed gardening tools and flowers on top.  I used Beacon 3-in-1 Adhesive™ to mount all the elements. 

Is it Spring yet?

Steph

Winter Wishes Artist Trading Cards

Welcome all, Donna here. I have a winter ATC (Artist Trading Card) made out of Makin’s Clay® that I am going to share with you today! Winter is not quite over yet so I am sending you some warm winter wishes. Let’s get to it!

Materials Needed:

Makin’sClay® - White

Color Box Blend-Hydranga

Glitter Glass

Printed or Stamped Words

Tools Needed:

Makin’s Professional® 

• Cutting Mat
• Professional Tool Kit – Roller Blade

Makin’s® 

• Clay Roller
• Texture Sheet Set A - Sand
• Push Mold – Christmas Nature

Ruler

Beacon 3-in-1 Adhesive™

Directions:

Roll out white Makin’s Clay® big enough to cut ATC – 2 ½” X 3 ½”.

Lay texture sheet over clay and lightly roll over the top of the texture sheet, remove texture sheet.

Using a ruler and Makin’s Professional® Cutter blade, cut to size 2 ½” X 3 ½”.

Use push mold Christmas Nature and push clay into mold.  Since the molds are flexible, you can remove the molded clay pieces before they are dry, or if you prefer, let the clay dry and then remove.

Let all clay dry for 24 hours, then add color to textured background. I used Color Box Blend ink. Once inked I used a baby wipe to smear it in which is optional.

 Ink snowflakes very lightly and add glitter glass to snowflakes and edge of ATC.

Print or stamp words warm, winter, wishes.

Adhere snowflakes and words using Beacon’s 3-in-1 Adhesive.