Patriotic Party Favors by Donna Budzynski

Design Team Member Donna Budzynski shares these fun patriotic party favors here on her blog.  Donna used Makin's Clay® and Makin's Star and Water Drop Clay Cutter Sets to decorate her treat jars.  (I want to come to her 4th of July festivities!) 

Patriotic Pinwheel Pins by Donna Budzynski

Patriotic Pinwheel Pins

Designed by: Donna Budzynski

Materials:

Makin’s Clay® VINEYARD TONES

Tac Pins

Tools:

Makin’s Clay® Cutting Mat

Makin's Professional® Ultimate Clay Machine®

Makin’s® Cutters - Square, Stars

Makin’s® Roller

Beacon Power Tac Adhesive

Instructions:

Gather all supplies needed.

 Using Makin's Professional® Ultimate Clay Machine® roll out Makin’s Clay® beginning on setting #1 and ending at setting #3.

Cut Concord Blue clay using Makin's® large square cutter from 3 piece set. 

Roll Merlot and Natural clay in Ultimate Clay Machine® to setting #3.  Cut into strips approximately 1/4".  Cut stars from Merlot clay.  (Hint:  Strips are small and will begin drying quickly, cover with a damp paper towel to keep your work from drying out before you are finished).

Use Merlot and Natural strips in an alternating pattern to cover the Concord Blue square.  Fresh clay will stick to fresh clay without additional adhesive.   Let dry for a couple of hours.  

Once the clay has begun to dry, find the center and cut as shown (this picture is my first attempt, not great.  Things don't always turn out as planned!) 

At alternating cuts, fold to center.  I used Beacon Power Tac adhesive to adhere to the center.  Adhere the stars to the centers of each pinwheel. 

Adhere the pin backs with Power Tac.

Christmas Bear Ornament by Martha Lucia Gomez

CHRISTMAS BEAR ORNAMENT

Designed By: Martha Lucia Gomez

Hello dear friends, Martha Lucia here to share with you a Christmas Ornament that I made using an acrylic ball and Makin's Clay® in Blue and White. As you noticed, I only used a few elements but I spent a wonderful time creating this ornament because I used my extruder and some push molds. So here we go:

Materials:

• Makin's Clay® Blue and White
• Makin's Clay® Ultimate Clay Extruder
• Makin's Clay® Push Molds Christmas Decor
• Makin's Clay® Cutting Mat
• Acrylic Ball or ornament

Instructions:

Roll with your hands a little amount of blue clay. Then put it inside of the extruder and use the  #3 disc that has a medium circle on the center.

Create a large cord to be rolled around the acrylic ball or ornament. Start on the center of the bottom part and go up. Spray the ball with water to facilitate the process.

You can make more cords to keep it fresh while you are working in the process. I used the entire package of the Makin's Clay® in blue to create my ornament. Easily push the cord down to avoid clear spaces in between. After you had covered the entire ball, just let it dry 24 hours.

To decorate the ball you can use the Push Molds Christmas Decor. I made three little white bears with blue bows.

I pasted them over my ornament using a few drops of water.

To finalize the decoration I added some little dots of white clay to simulate snow balls. I used these to cover the unions between the blue cords.

I hope you enjoyed our Christmas Ornament Tutorial I know we enjoyed having you. To see more of my projects visit my blog here.

See you soon!

Martha Lucia