Four Leaf Clover Pendant

Materials:

Makin’s Clay® - White 

Makin’s® - 

• Mini Geo Clay Cutters 
• Round Clay Cutters - 3 piece set 
• Clay Roller 

Makin’s Professional® - 

• Cutting Mat 
• Professional Clay Tools 

Gold satin cording 

DecoArt® Dazzling Metallics™ acrylic paint - 

Paintbrush 

Assorted green mica powders 

Plastic wrap
Craft knife

Circle cutter about 1/2” wider than first cutter 

Beacon Tacky Glue™ 

Instructions:

Roll white clay to about 1/4” thick.    Place plastic wrap over rolled clay and use heart shaped cutter to cut 4 hearts to form a shamrock.  Use craft knife to cut stem for clover and trim any "extra" clay remaining as shown. 

Use largest sphere tool from Professional Clay Tools to make random indentations over entire surface of clay to mimic hammered metal.  

Sprinkle on assorted green mica powders, carefully brush/press to adhere to fresh clay (I found it worked best to use my finger to gently pat the powders and adhere them instead of using the brush - I wanted the different shades to blend slightly but not completely blend together).

Roll additional white clay to about 1/4” thick.  Place plastic wrap over rolled clay.  Use larger clay cutter to cut circle. 

Use sphere tool to texture the circle, front and back. 

Paint with gold paint.  Let paint dry and paint back side.   

   

Apply a small amount of tacky glue to the back of the shamrock disc and glue to the gold

disc.  

Make a small hole in the top for the cording.   

Let dry 24 hours.   Add gold cording and sliding knots for closure. 

Quilled Clay 4 Leaf Clover Earrings

Quilled Clay 4 Leaf Clover Earrings by Cindi McGee

’Tis the season for wearing GREEN!   St. Patrick’s Day is fast approaching and these “lucky four leaf clover” earrings will be a cute accent to any green outfit.  March is Youth Art Month and this technique is easy and could be recreated in any size by any age.  The effect is similar to paper quilling. 

Materials: 

Makin’s Clay® - Green 60g

Makin’s Professional® 

• Ultimate Clay Machine®
• Cutting Mat
• Professional Clay Tools 

Ruler 

Gold earring wires, large jump rings, eye pins, accent beads 

Jewelry pliers 

Instructions:

Roll green clay in Ultimate Clay Machine® on setting #1, then #2, and end on #3.  

Use guidelines on cutting mat to measure over one half of square on cutting mat (dot in center), place ruler on rolled clay and use cutting wheel to cut strips from clay. 

Begin coiling strips of clay tightly, on oppostie ends of first strip.  End about 1/2” from center of strip, then fold in half to create stem and bottom leaves of shamrock.  

Roll two additional coils the same size as the bottom leaves.

Roll a small ball of clay and flatten slightly, place 3 sections of shamrock onto clay and press gently to adhere.  

Let dry 24 hours. 

Add large jump ring to each clover, then add gold accent bead to eye pin and attach to earring wires. 

Shamrock Pin

Design Team Member Donna Budzynski recently shared this cute shamrock pin just in time for St. Patrick's Day! She used green Makin's Clay® and our "Everyday" Clay Cutter set.  Find Donna's full instructions here on her blog.

Pot O' Gold

Pot O' Gold by Lucy Reese

Hello my fellow clayers and crafters!! This month, I have designed a small project for you that would be so cute as a St. Patrick's decoration for your fairy houses or gnome homes.  

Supplies:

Makin's Clay® - Black

Makin's® Clay Cutters - Clouds 

Makin's Professional® Ultimate Clay Extruder® - Disc #7

Various Paints

DecoArt® Snowtex™

Inka Gold

Instructions:

Begin by rolling your clay in a ball to start to form your pot. Use your thumb to dent in one end to form the "inside".  As you are making the dent pinch the sides a bit to form the lip.

To continue to form the bowl part of your pot. Take your finger and roll to manipulate the clay to 

bowl out on the bottom. To add texture, use a toothbrush to get the cast iron look.

Make your gold coins by taking little pieces of rolled clay and flattening them.

Make the rainbow by using your Ultimate Clay Extruder® and Disc #7. 

Cut out two clouds using your cloud cutter and sandwich your rainbow between the two. 

You can connect your rainbow to the gold by using a bit of the fresh clay, place it around the free end of your rainbow and connect it to some of the gold. Once it's secure, make more coins to cover the connection. Add some texture to your cloud by adding Snowtex. Grab some Inka Gold to highlight the texture on the pot, and paint your rainbow.

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Faux Hammered Metal Celtic Knot Pendant

Faux Hammered Metal Celtic Knot Pendant by Cindi McGee 

Celtic knots come in a vast variety of unique shapes - each one with it’s own meaning.  This faux hammered metal pendant features the Celtic knot which symbolizes “Luck”, which makes it a perfect accessory for this season as St. Patrick's Day is soon approaching!  This project can be easily adapated for any fo the Celtic knots - simply find an example of one you like and use it as a guide as you form your pendant.  

Materials:

Makin’s Clay® - Persimmon 60g

Makin’s Professional® 

• Cutting Mat
• Ultimate Clay Extruder® - Disc #3
• Professional Clay Tools®

DecoArt® Americana® Multi-Surface Satin™ - Gold 

Fine paintbrush 

Jump ring, jewelry closure 

Black cording 

Instructions: 

Extrude approximately 30g of Persimmon Makin’s Clay® using the Makin’s Professional® Ultimate Clay Extruder® and Disc #3.  

Using a photo of a Celtic knot as a reference, begin shaping your knot with the extruded strand of clay. 

When the knot is complete, use a smooth flat surface (I used a piece of acrylic - but you could also use a book, etc.) to gently push down and just flatten the top of the knot.

Add to the “faux hammered metal” effect by using the large ball tool from the Professional Clay Tools® to impress indentations on all sides of the knot.   

Paint the knot with gold paint and let dry 24 hours. 

Add jump ring and cording, with jewelry closure, to the pendant.