Easter Egg Statement Earrings

Easter Egg Statement Earrings by Naomi Scarparo

I love Easter Sunday morning with our family especially the Easter Egg hunt, and it’s always nice to wear something to celebrate the occasion… so I made these Pastel Easter Egg Earrings, to wear on the day.

Materials:

Makin's Clay® white, approx 25g or less

Makin's Clay® yellow, approx 20g or less

Makin'® 

• Clay Roller
• Cutters Easter Set - Egg Shape
• Texture Sheet Set H - Coils
• Texture Sheet Set A - Sand
• Clay Tool Set - Chisel

Small circle cutter approx. 1.2cm diameter 

Dusting powder like cornstarch

Chalk pastels (I used pink, purple, yellow, green, and blue)

Gold Leaf

Hard bristle paint brush

Jump rings

Earring Stud post 

Weldbond Universal adhesive PVA 

Instructions:

Roll out your white Makin's Clay® to the thickest setting on your pasta machine, then lightly dust, dusting powder (cornstarch) over the clay. Place the Makin's® Texture Sheet Set H - Coils on top of the white clay, using the clay roller press and roll over the texture sheet, pressing the impression into the clay.

Lightly wipe away dusting powder. Now using your chalk pastels and a finger lightly rub onto the textured clay your colours, using one colour at a time and wiping your finger in between colours.

Using the Makin's® Cutters Easter Set - egg cutter and the mini circle cutter, place on the sheet of clay where you desire the patterns to be on your earrings. 

Tip - put some plastic wrap on top of your textured sheet and press down firmly with the cutters. This will give you perfectly rounded edges… (which I forgot to do, oops… but no big deal… just smooth the edges with you finger tips).

While smoothing the edges, rub a desired chalk pastel colour around the edges. Set aside your egg shapes.

 

For the decoration on the back of the Easter egg dangle earrings, roll out your yellow clay to a middle setting on your pasta machine, then lightly dust, dusting powder (cornstarch) over the clay. Place the sand texture sheet on top of the yellow clay, using the clay roller press and roll over the texture sheet, pressing the impression into the clay.

Using some plastic wrap on top of your textured sheet and press down firmly with the egg cutter from the Easter set, giving you a smooth edge. Then join the chalk pastel egg shape and the yellow egg shape, smooth sides together.

Line up the egg shapes and circles how you want the dangle earring arrangement to be (like picture below).

Using the Makin's® Clay Tool Set - chisel pointed side, place a hole at the top of the egg and the bottom of the circle, keeping in mind the jump ring size that will be connecting them. Tip - push the chisel pointed side through one side and then turn it over and do the same on the other side. This gives you a clean hole right through.

Set aside to to dry for 24 hours.

Once dried, put Weldbond Universal adhesive PVA glue around the edges of the egg and if desired around the circle edges too, one at a time place, gold leaf around the edges, sticking to the glue. With a bristle paint brush lightly dust off the excess.

Once all the edges are complete, place Weldbond Universal adhesive PVA glue in random areas of the egg and circles (one at a time), then placing gold leaf on the glue areas. Once again using the bristle paint brush lightly dust off the desired amount off. 

Glue stud post onto the small circles above the hold where the jump rings are going to be placed.

To finish the earrings, place jump rings into circle shape and egg shape holes, then use a smaller jump ring to connect them together.

Here are some other ideas and alternatives you can do using this tutorial…

Instead of dangle earrings, You can skip making little circle shapes and just glue the earring posts to the egg shape. Or even make a egg pendant, with a jump ring attached to a necklace chain.

  

Happy Easter!

Sparkling Snowflakes Holiday Table Arrangement

Design Team Member Bea Grob recently shared this sparkling holiday table decoration with Makin's Clay® accents.  Find out how she created it here on her blog.

Embellished Gift Tags

Design Team member Steph Ackerman recently shared these festive holiday gift tags with Makin's Clay® accents! She used Makin's Clay® and the Makin's® Christmas Decor and Christmas Nature push molds to create her embellishments. Pretty enough to be saved for tree ornaments for years to come!

Coiled Clay Holiday Pendant

While browsing through Pinterest admiring all the amazing polymer clay projects people share, I noticed many pieces that seemed to have been made of softly varied shades of clay, rolled with strands with rough edges, for a great textured effet.   I loved the effect and wanted to see if I could create something similar with Makin’s Clay®.  The soft nature of the clay made achieving the “rough” edge a bit more of a challenge, but I found a way to make it work to create a similar effect.  This project is simple enough for all ages to acheive good results and would be a fun option for children to make to give someone special.  

Materials:

Makin’s Clay® - Multi-Color 4.2 Oz 

Makin’s® 

Clay Roller

Round Cutter Set 

Makin’s Professional® 

Ultimate Clay Extruder® - Single Hole Disc #3

Ultimate Clay Machine®

Cutting Mat 

Clay blade 

Beacon™ Mixed-Media Glue

Red Satin Cording 

Instructions:

Open white, red, and green clay.  Place remaining clay in zipper bag with damp paper towel for later use. 

Use craft knife to cut all of the white and half of the red & green clay into slices about 1/8” thick +/-. 

Stack slices - 2 white, one red, one green, two white, repeat until all the slices are used.  

Gently compress the silces together and begin to carefully form a log to fit inside the Ultimate Clay Extruder barrel.  Add Disc #3, single hole, and extrude all clay.  

 

Set aside and let dry for about 30 minutes.  Roll the extruded clay through Ultimate Clay Machine on setting #1.  Roll again on setting #2, then progressively ending on setting #7.  Allowing the clay to begin to dry before compressing the strand will make the edges “rough” for a textured effect. 

Begin rolling the compressed clay strand into a tight coil.  Continuing rolling until all the strands are used.  Add a touch of Mixed-Media glue to hold the end in place. 

Gather scrap clay and roll to about 1/8” thick and use circle cutter to cut a base for the pendant. 

Add glue to the circle, and place the coiled clay on top.  

Cut a piece of red satin cording about 3 1/2 feet long.  Add a little of the glue around the outer edge of the base.  Fold cording in half, wrap around pendant, then wrap each end round the pendant two more times.  Then tie knot in two strands at top of pendant   Make adjustable knot closure or add closure of choice. 

The random, blended and marbled shades of clay, combined with the slightly rough edges, result in an interesting pendant in the perfect shades to complement your holiday outfits. Change the colors and create a pendant for any season. 

Christmas Bulb Ornament

Here's a fun little ornament made with an upcycled light bulb to adorn your Christmas tree.

Materials:

Makin's Clay®: WHITE / RED 

Clear Glass Ornament

Krazy® Glue

Art C Wax : Silver / Gold

Ribbon

Recommended Makin's® Tools:

Makin's® Christmas Nature Push Mold

Makin's Professional® Ultimate Clay Machine

Instructions:

Roll out some WHITE Makin's Clay® on the # 3 setting on the Makin's Professional® Ultimate Clay Machine®.

Cover the bulb with the rolled out clay. I textured the clay while it was wet using an old gardening glove.

I pushed some RED clay into the bow and poinsettia cavity on the Makin's® Push Mold. It may be helpful to dust the cavity with a little cornstarch to ease in the removal of the clay.

I glued, using Krazy® Glue, the poinsettia and bow to the front and back of the bulb. Let dry. 

After the bulb was dried, I used Art C wax in gold and silver to highlight the piece. I also added a ribbon to the top. Now how easy was that!  Merry Christmas.