Holiday Ornament

Design Team Member Patricia Roberts-Thompson recently shared this holiday ornament created with polymer clay.  Pat used the Makin's® Floral Push Mold to create the decorative raised elements on her ornament. 

Pretty Paper Clips by Donna Budzynski

Design Team Member Donna Budzynksi shares these pretty embellished paper clips with a bit of a country feel.    Makin's Clay® is very versatile - it can have a rustic or vintage feel, or be bright and modern.

Embroidery Hoop by Patricia Krauchune

MAKIN'S® EMBROIDERY HOOP

Designed by Patricia Krauchune

I was at a yard sale a few weeks ago and saw this cute little embroidery hoop and thought, "what can I do with that outside the box"?. So I bought it, got home and came up with this idea. And the new Makin's® Square Pattern Roller really worked well for this application!

We also think this would make for an amazing wedding cake idea! An embroidered cake! Makin's® tools work great with fondant and gum paste too!

Supply List:

Makin's Clay® 120g White/a pinch of Green	Diamond Glaze™	5" Embroidery hoop
Beacon's Tacky™ Glue	Adirondack® Alcohol Ink: Clover/Meadow
Krazy® Glue	Acrylic paints of your choice

Recommended Makin’s® Tools:

Makin's Professional® Ultimate Clay Machine®

Makin's® Push Mold: Floral

Makin's Professional® Ultimate Clay Extruder®  Disc item # 35055 # 1

Makin's® Square Pattern Roller

Instructions:

Using the Makin's Professional® Ultimate Clay Machine®, roll out the white clay on the #1 setting.

The new Makin's® Square Pattern Roller gives the clay a neat "fabric" appearance.

Press the 5" embroidery  hoop over the textured clay and let dry for 24 hours.   

 

When the clay is dry, trim around the hoop with a craft knife then glue the clay onto the hoop with Beacon's™ Tacky Glue.

Push some white clay into the Floral mold to form some leaves and flowers.  Let dry.

I made six flowers and seven leaves.  I then used a craft knife to trim away any excess clay.

The leaves got their color from a mixture of alcohol inks mixed into some Diamond Glaze™.

The flowers were painted in colors that pleased me... I used:  white/red/yellow/petunia

/purple/concord grape/wild iris. 

The flowers and leaves were then arranged on the clay "fabric" and glued in place using Beacon's™ Tacky Glue.

I extruded some green clay using the Makin's Professional® Ultimate Clay Extruder® and used the Disc item # 35055 # 1 to form some embroidery thread.  Then the "thread" was cut into small pieces and using Krazy® Glue attached to the background.

Here it is all finished and ready to give to your favorite needle crafter.

Anything is possible using Makin's Clay® and your imagination!