Glow in the Dark Rotten Molars Pendant

Glow in the Dark Rotten Molars Pendant by Lucy Reese

With it getting closer and closer to Halloween, I thought I would keep with the glow-in-the-dark theme. "Rotten Molars" is a project that will require manipulating the clay with your hands to get this scary look. This project is simple, and highly effective. Even the newest of the new to Makins Clay can perfect this technique.

SUPPLIES:

Makins Clay® Glow-in-the-Dark
Brown/Black/Red Paints
Diamond Flecto Varathane Gloss
2 Eye Screws
2 Jump Rings
Stretch Cord Necklace
Needle Tool
Big Ball Tool

INSTRUCTIONS:

1. Grab a small chunk of your Glow-in-the-Dark clay and form it in a chunky triangle. Flip it over and flatten the surface.








2.Take scissors and cut the pointed end in two and form the roots of the tooth.










3. Use your needle tool to form the gum line.








4. Using a large ball tool add a nice indentation on the surface of the tooth. At this point, this is where all the detail comes in. You can use whatever tools you have in your stash to create the ridges, crevices, and cavities in your tooth. Let it dry completely.







5. Here is a close-up to show you where I added my paints. I made a wash and wiped it off because I only wanted it in the nooks and crannies. I also added a bit of red to the roots to give the freshly extracted look. To complete the tooth, I used the Flecto only where the gum line started and up to cover the tooth. I wanted to give the perception of enamel. Just a tip about using the paint...don't cover up too much of your tooth, it may hinder the glowing. However, by just adding a little bit, your tooth will look decayed when glowing and that is what I was going for here.

I hope you enjoyed this months project and if you decide to give it a go, I would love to see your pictures or hear how it went for you. Remember, you can follow me at tecniquefreak.wordpress.com.

Halloween Plaque with Makin's Clay®

Halloween Home Decor
Designed by Irit Shalom

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my Halloween Home Decor project.  This is a tall decorative piece made over the recycled chipboard piece of packaging, but then every single piece of it is made with Makin's Clay® and arranged into this Halloween scene.

Products Used:

Makin’s Clay® 

• White, Plum Wine, Black, Neon Yellow Clay
• Cutters-3 pc Round
• Halloween set- 12 pieces
• Texture Sheets- Set D- Stars, Woodgrain

Makin’s Professional® 

• Roller and Cutters set
• Cutting Mat

Chipboard base 

Beacon™ 3-in-1 Adhesive 

Glaze

Gold glitter 

DecoArt® Media™ acrylic paint - orange

Permanent pigment crafters ink

Heat tool 

Background rubber stamps for adding details to cut shapes 

Die cutting machine

Halloween dies - spiderweb and haunted house 

Instructions:

So here is my step by step tutorial for you:

1. Add a bit of orange acrylic paint to white clay to make the orange colored clay. 

Add paint to clay

Blend to combine

Just blend the clay and paint to get the real color orange as seen on the second photo.

Roll to blend clay pieces

2. Roll black, plum wine and the mixed orange clay until it is very thin.  Just tear the rolled clay pieces and arrange them totally randomly over the chipboard then roll again to adhere all shades together over the chipboard.

Add textures 

3. Use two Texture sheets from set D (Stars and Woodgrain) to make the texture over the rolled clay. Use wooden texture on the bottom and star texture on the top of your piece. Let the background dry.

Cut assorted shapes

4. Use Clay Cutters from the Halloween set,  cut a few Halloween shapes using white, black and orange (blended) clay. In this photo you see more shapes than those finally used on the project. Let them dry.

Stamp your shapes

5. Stamp textures with background stamps over the dry cut shapes as shown. I used pigmented crafting ink and my heat gun to  make the ink permanent.

Die cut dry clay sheets

6. Roll a very thin piece of black clay with the roller, and let it dry.  Then die cut with your dies.  

7. Arrange your die cut and cut shapes over the background.

Arrange your elements 

As you can see I added a mixed clay circle under the funky moon shape (mixing plum wine and neon yellow clay together and using round cutter.  The I arranged the moon over the circle. Add a thin layer of neon yellow clay under the haunted house shape as shown before you glue the house over the piece.

Layer haunted house over neon yellow clay

Arrange  all other stamped shapes and glue them over the background using Beacon™ 3-in-1 Adhesive.

8. Cover the whole piece with glaze and add some golden glitter around the shapes and over the piece.

Hang your finished Halloween plaque

Glow in the Dark Ghosts - 2 Ways by Carole Monahan

A 2 For BOO FOR YOU!

Lil people ghost safety necklace

Big people ghost looking for BOOOOOs

Both these fun GLOW in the DARK ghosts start the same way.

Supplies

Makin's Clay® - Glow in the Dark clay 120g 

Aluminum foil 

Bottle to drape ghost on to dry

Battery powered  tea light

Lite up necklace

12 Gauge Wire about 10 inches

PYM II to seal the clay

Tools

Makin's Clay® Ultimate Clay Machine™

Makin's Clay® Roller and cutter set

Wire cutter

Makin’s Clay® Cutter Mat

x-acto knife

Directions

Roll out a package of the Makin's Clay® glow in the dark clay with your Ultimate Clay Machine™set at 3-4 for medium thickness.

I cut out the shapes by hand with the cutter sets you can trim them up later as well.

I like the irregular shapes for the ghosts. 1st shape was large about 6inches across for the “adult ghost”.  2^nd shape is much smaller about 3 inches across.  The size that you cut will also be determined by the size of your tea light and the size of your glow in the dark pendent.

Now to give your ghosts a place to hang out to dry.

Grab a bottle and make foil ball about the size of the head you want.

Tape the ball onto the top of the bottle and then cover in foil

I folded the foil in half to give it a little more body.

Now just drape the clay over the top of the bottle and form it

Around the head shape and finish the bottom to flair out.

After the clay is dry you can cut the eyes and mouth out while it is still on the foil form.

Carefully remove from the bottle form.

For the LIL Ghost all these steps can be done directly onto the necklace

    Boo-tiful

To make the sign holder 1^st mark a little hole and with a straight pin put a hole where his ghostly shoulder should be.  Then take one end of the wire and wrap it in a flat spiral.

Push the straight end through your hole in your ghost and then wrap the rest of the wire around your battery powered tea light.

You may have to tape it to secure the wire.

Your ghost also makes a great BOO-ffet guide.

Here are some additional signs he can hold!

Welcome to the BOO-FFET

Poison 100% organic

Ogre Boogers ( this one is great next to Salsa Verde! )

Fair Trade Bat Wings

You can see more of my designs here!

http://curiousclaycreations.com/    
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https://www.pinterest.com/compelledcraft/     

https://instagram.com/curiousclaycreations/

Bat Block by Pat Krauchune

Design Team Member Pat Krauchune has done it again - she has a knack for creating truly unique projects and this little Bat Block is no exception!  Find out more about this project, with it's little Makin's Clay® bat inside, here on Pat's blog.

Ghost Poop! by Patricia Krauchune

Halloween is such fun, and this adorable decorated jar of "ghost poop" made with Makin's® Glow-in-the-Dark Clay by Design Team Member Pat Krauchune is sure to add to the smiles!    Pat share this project recently here on her blog 

Getting Spooky on When Creativity Knocks with Makin's Clay®

http://whencreativityknocks.com/mycraftspace/m/videos/view/Glow-In-The-Dark-Ghost-Card

Makin's Clay® is the perfect accent for this adorable Halloween card created by Designer & owner of JudiKins stamps - Judi Watanabe!  Judi shows you how to create this fun clay accent along with her card on this new episode of When Creativity Knocks!  Click the link above to see Judi create this cute card.  Makin's Clay® is a sponsor of the 8 episodes in the WCK All-Star Designers' Holiday Series featuring Jonathan Fong, Judi Watanabe, Mark Montano, Ana Araujo and Cindi Bisson, and we'll be sharing many episodes where Makin's Clay® was used by the participating designers in their projects.  And, if you sign up to receive the newsletter on the When Creativity Knocks website, you'll be eligible to win one of 8 prize boxes full of product from the series sponsors, including a GREAT Makin's Clay® prize in each box!  - Cindi

Trick or Treat Board with Makin's Clay®

 

Autumn is fast approaching and it's time to start thinking about spooky October fun!  This cute Trick or Treat board is decorated with Makin's Clay® - and some of the elements even glow in the dark (Yes!  Makin's® makes a Glow in the Dark clay!) - Cindi

Find the instructions here: 

http://www.makinsclay.com/US/eng/project_gallery/seasonal/halloween02.htm

Holiday House - And it has a warm holiday glow in the dark!

This adorable holiday house with a wintery yard full of festive trees has a surprise - the windows and some of the ornaments glow in the dark!  Yes!  Makin's Clay® even has a GLOW IN THE DARK clay!   Find out how to create this cute decorative piece and see the glowing version at the Makin's Clay® website!  - Cindi
 
http://www.makinsclay.com/US/eng/project_gallery/seasonal/xmas04.htm