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.

3) Remove triangle shaped paper, and glue swirls into place on Canvas Corp burlap stitched card with Beacon 3-in-1 Adhesive™.

4) Use the extruder and disk 4 with the Merlot clay  and cut

symmetrical size pieces and roll into little balls.  Glue decorative balls and star onto tree.  Ink edges of card with Brutus Monroe green ink.
 

Here is a full video tutorial on how I made this swirl clay Christmas tree card.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okkW76AfiwA

Now you have a fun cute card to give to a special person for Christmas.  You can also translate this idea into a decorative canvas or an ornament!!

Erin Reed - Designer & Artist

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Happy Card by Martha Lucia Gomez

Design Team Member Martha Lucia Gomez recently shared this pretty card on her blog.  She used Makin's Clay® to create her dimensional heart embellishments.

Father's Day Cards by Steph Ackerman

Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today with two Father's Day cards using a variety of Makin's Clay® products.

Supplies:

Makin's Clay® - Earth Tones
Makin's® Roller and Cutters Set
Makin's Professional® Cutting Mat
Makin's® Texture Sheets - Set D, Set F
So Suzy Stamps
StencilGirl Stencil

Instructions:

Begin by combining 2 colors of the Earth Tones clay.  Continue working the clay until you achieve the color you are looking for.

Next, roll out the clay using the Makin's® Roller.  Once rolled to the desired thickness, cut into tag shapes with the Makin's® Cutter. 

Use Texture Sheets from Set D to create different effects on the clay tags.   Cut small holes in the tops

 and add string. 

Create a card with assorted layers and add the tags as embellishments, placing a So Suzy sentiment atop the larger tag. 

My next card uses the Gears Texture Sheet from Set F.  Again, I rolled out the clay using the Makin's® Roller.  Once the clay was thin enough, I placed it on the Gears Texture Sheet and ran it through my die cut machine.  This really impressed the design into the clay.  Carefully peel the clay off the Texture Sheet. 

Using a StencilGirl gear stencil, ink a card with gears to coordinate with the clay panel.  Add the clay panel to cardstock and adhere it to the card.  Add some gems in the gears and place a So Suzy sentiment on top.

Clay adds no weight to your creates and holds it's shape once dry. It's perfect for creating embellishments as well as backgrounds.

A Special Moment Card by Martha Lucia Gomez

Design Team Member Martha Lucia Gomez shared this pretty watercolored card today on her blog.  We think it's lovely and her dimensional Makin's Clay® heart accent is the perfect touch.  

Mother's Day Card by Steph Ackerman

Design Team Member Steph Ackerman recently shared this pretty Mother's Day card here on her blog.  She added a dimensional Makin's Clay® flower to give her card that special finishing touch.

Baby Girl Gift Card by Donna Budzynski

Baby Girl Gift Card

Designed by Donna Budzynski

Materials:

Makin’s Clay® in White and Red

Pink Card Stock

White Embossed Card Stock

Word – Princess

Tools:

Makin’s® Clay Mixing Ruler ™

Makin’s® Clay Cutters-Dress

Makin’s® Cutting Mat

Makin’s® Cutting Tool Set – Roller

Glue Dots® Ultra-Thin

Beacon® Tacky Glue 

Marvy® White Reminisce pen

Instructions

Using the Clay Mixing Ruler™, I selected to use well E for Red and well H for white. Using the Makin’s® Clay Mixing Ruler™ ensures color matching in case you do not mix enough the first time.  Or, you can use the mixing instructions included for to create a wide variety of shades of Makin's Clay®.

Mix the two colors together. Mix until well blended.

Roll out and cut your dress using the Dress Clay Cutter set.  Let dry. 

Once dry, I added the details with the Marvy® White Reminisce pen.

 

Cut the pink card stock to 4" x 8" and fold in half.  Cut white embossed card stock to 3 7/8" x 3 7/8".  Adhere white card stock to pink using Glue Dots® Ultra-Thin.  Adhere dress to front of card using Beacon® Tacky Glue.  Adhere word "Princess" using Glue Dots®.

 

Cheers Card by Steph Ackerman

 Sometimes you just need a great combination of elements to bring your projects to life - and sometimes Makin's Clay® is the perfect solution!  Steph Ackerman shared this colorful mixed-media card here on her blog recently.  She wanted a dimensional leaf for her paper flower - so she created one with Makin's Clay and our Leaves push mold!   Makin's Clay® is perfect for paper crafting - it's lightweight, flexible, and can be rubber stamped, die cut, craft punched, and more, and is acid free when dry.

Winter Card by Martha Lucia Gomez

Design Team Member Martha Lucia Gomez recently shared this cute winter themed card here on her blog.   Martha used Makin's Clay® and our Christmas Decor push mold to make her mitten embellishment.

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Glow in the Dark Pumpkin Card by Amanda Phillips

Glow in the Dark Pumpkin Card

Designed by Amanda Phillips 

http://Oldenough2beakid.blogspot.com

Good Morning!!! 

Amanda here and I am delighted to share with you my newest and silliest creation to date for your Makin's Clay® pleasure :)

It is Halloween all over the place and when I saw Madeline Arendt's die cut inspiration leaves, I ran to the studio and started rolling out clay into sheets quicker than frankie rolled out skin :)

My fun supplies are as follows.

Makins Clay® - Glow in the Dark, Terra Cotta, Brown, Black, Olive, Grape Leaf

                        - Ultimate Clay Machine™ 

                        - Push Mold - Florals

Die cutting machine, pumpkin dies 

Beacon® Tacky Glue 

A couple of pieces of fun paper 

A standard 6 1/2 x 5 greeting card blank

7" ribbon of choice

1/2" punch, 1/4" punch (both of these are for eye detail)

Chalk ink in pinks, browns, oranges and dauber for rosy cheeks shading.

Instructions:

I must remind you that your sheets of clay should 100% be dried before using in your large dies (foam backed) so that your pieces don't get gummed into the crevice vortex.

Start rolling half of your 120g package of Terra Cotta clay into your machine starting with your largest setting (#1) and slowly working the clay to the eventual #3 setting. Do this repeatedly using 1/2 package of the Glow in the Dark (so it's big enough) and a 1/4 package of the other colors..same process.   Let all rolled clay dry 24 hours.  Die cut shapes.

Use Floral push mold to create leaves from green clays.  

Now I could have made some groovy curlies with my Ultimate Clay Extruder™ but the scissors were handy and they worked great. But as I said..if perfection is on the menu..The Ultimate Clay Extruder™ seriously cannot be beat. We'll get into my unnatural obsession with that in another post ;)

Use circle punches to punch pieces for eyes.  

Add shading to pumpkins with chalk inks. 

Assemble your pumpkin and mount to your card with Beacon® Tacky Glue. 

I want to thank you for coming by today and seeing all the fun projects that the Design Team and myself love sharing with you!

Key to My Heart Card

Makin's Clay® is perfect for making embellishments for cards and scrapbooks.  Whether you use a push mold, clay cutters, rubber stamps, or die cut the embellishments like the key & lock on this Valentine from our Pinterest Board - there are many options for crafting with Makin's®!