Floral Heart Pendant

Design Team Member Nancy Nickel recently shared this pretty pendant made with Makin's Clay®.

FALL Mixed-Media Wall Art

Design Team Member Steph Ackerman recently shared this fun mixed-media wall art project with Makin's Clay® accents.  Steph used Makin's Clay® and the Makin's® Leaves Push Mold to create her embellishments,

"Cute Scary" Little Pumpkins

Do you like Halloween?  Me too, but not too scary, rather cute scary. I think these little pumpkins are perfect.

Supplies

About 30 gr (1 ounce) of white Makin's Clay® for each little pumpkin

Makin's Professional® Clay Texture Set

Ball point tool with a rather small ball

Makin's Professional® Cutting Mat

Acrylic paint

Materials

I started with creating a rolled ball approx 4 cm or 2 ¾ “ diameter. Then I squished it somewhat flat.

For the arm, I made a log, which I made somewhat flat and then cut some fingers. Some have 3 fingers, some have 5 fingers.

Slightly dampen your fingers and  shape the pumpkin's fingers further.

 

I used the clay texture set tool to make a hole where I can insert the little arms.

I also have made the typical pumpkin ridges. For the eyes, I used the professional clay texture set, but this time the tip you can see in the picture below.

I simply twisted it above the mouth and then with the pointy tool I added some nostrils.

I made a long slit for the mouth with the pointy tool and then added either teeth or a tongue.

As some last steps I added a twisted piece to the top and textured the whole pumpkin with the small ballpoint tool.

In the end I had 3 little pumpkins which now had to dry for about 2 days. 

 

 

I used different acrylic paint mainly orange, some yellow a tiny bit of a bronze color, for the body. 

I added patina to the ridges with a flat brush with the some brown as I have used for the little stem at the top.

With some fluorescent color I added some dots to the eyes.

 

Creating Texture with Makin's® Texture Sheets

Design Team Member Leila Bidler recently shared this project on her blog.  She used Makin's® Texture sheets to create texture. 

Vampire Bats Bracelet

There's still time to whip up this simple little vampire bat bracelet for Halloween!  This simple project would be fun for kids to make too.

Materials:

Makin's Clay® - Black
Makin's® Halloween Cutter Set - Bat
Makin's® Tool Set
Jump rings, head pins, closure
Jewelry pliers
DecoArt® Dazzling Metallics™ - Red
DecoArt® Metallic Lustre™ - Lightening Black
Cloth towel or fabric for texturing
Black chain

Instructions:

Open black clay and cut off enough from package for the project.  Place the remaining clay in a zipper bag with a damp paper towel or moist towelette for later use.

Roll clay to a little less than 1/4" thick.

I used a towel and gently pressed it into the clay sheet to add a bit of texture (real bats have fuzzy bodies after all...)

Use bat cutter to cut desired number of bats.

Fold one wing inward, and the second wing inward overlapping as shown to create closed wig bats. I made 5 of these, but later decided to use 3 in my bracelet.

Use clay tool to make holes in each wing for the open winged bats.

Insert head pin through center of each closed wing bat body.

Use head pin to add a tiny bit of the red metallic paint to make eyes on each bat.

Let dry 24 hours.

Use jewelry pliers to make loops in pins on either side of the hanging bats.  Trim excess wire.

Add jump rings to the flying bat wings.

Cut small sections of chain (how much will depend on how big you want your bracelet to be).  Working one at a time, put the chain through the large jump rings on the flying bats, fold each section in half, add a tiny jump ring to connect the ends, and then connect to one side of the upside down hanging bats.  Continue until all bats are connected.  Add closure.

I decided my bats needed a bit of highlighting, so I used my finger to apply a light touch of Metallic Lustre to the edges of each bat.

Witches Bat Necklace

Design Team Member Naomi Scarparo recently shared this cute yet creepy bat necklace just in time for Halloween.  Naomi made her necklace with Makin's Clay®.

Halloween Spider Bottle

Design Team Member Bea Grob recently shared this spooky fun altered bottle made 

with Makin's Clay® here on her blog.