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.

Floral Wall Hook by Irit Shalom

FLORAL WALL HOOK

Designed by Irit Shalom 

Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my new Makin's Clay® post! Today I am going to share an altered/recycled project that became a lovely home deco piece.  I have this wall hanger for ages and I don't really like the cheap look of paper over it, also the roses are pretty. So with some work and some Makin's Clay® I made a hanger that I do like and will use on my wall.

Materials:

Makin's Clay® - Terra Cotta, Brown, Olive, White
Makin's® Ultimate Clay Machine™
Makin's® Texture Sheet Set D
Makin's® Clay Tools
Makin's Professional® Clay Tool Set
Makin's® Leaves Push Mold
Wall hook
Earth Safe Finishes Iridescents paints
Beacon™ Tacky Glue
Honecomb die, die cutting machine
Chipboard

Step by step instructions:


1.Roll 20 gram of Terra Cotta and 20 gram of Brown Makin's Clay® together to create a "log". Flatten it slightly with clay roller for use in the Ultimate Clay Machine™.

2. Use your Ultimate Clay Machine™ on setting #2 and make a mix that imitates wood. It should be the hanger size, around 3x4''.

3. Use clay roller from the tool set and wood grain texture from Texture Sheet Set D  over this piece.




4. Cut the textured clay with straight cutting tool from Makin's Clay Professional clay tools set to fit the hanger as shown. Glue the clay " wood" over the hanger with Tacky Glue.

5. Use Leaves push mold , the roller and olive green Makin's Clay to make some leaves .

6. Use flower and bee molds to make 2 big flower and 2 bees with white clay. I used some Russian molds that
work perfect with Makin's clay.Let then dry and trim the edges if needed.

7. Paint the leaves and flowers with Earth Safe Finishes Iridescents paints. Those paints are Gel Medium based and leave fantastic shiny look over
Makin's Clay shapes. The only problem is that this paint has a very long drying time, not minutes, but even hours.








8. And now  for the finished project! I added a heat embossed chipboard honeycomb die cut on the back and arranged those leaves, flowers and bees.


Close up to the shapes- can't show the shine on those photos, but it looks gorgeous.