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Product Review and Giveaway: Glitter Flower Pendant Kit Giveaway

December 11th, 2009 at 05:00am Under Product Reviews

Clay artist Marie Segal put together this great kit to create her favorite Glitter Flowers. The kit includes Cernit clay, glitter, adhesive, clay cutters and more. Use the kit to create a jewelry pedant or embellishment for a picture frame.  Read the full review here and enter to win the kit here.

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Book Review and Giveaway: Metal Clay, Beyond the Basics

December 1st, 2009 at 05:00am Under Book Reviews

Metal clay can be used in the same way as polymer clay, but once fired, metal clay leaves only the metal behind (silver, bronze or copper). This book features 24 suberb jewelry projects using metal clay, including earrings, pins, pendants and more. Read the full review and enter to win a copy here.

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Product Review and Giveaway: Bronze Metal Clay Review and Giveaway

November 13th, 2009 at 05:00am Under Product Reviews

Once fired, the clay median BronzClay™ becomes a solid bronze creation. The bonding materials of the clay completely vaporize during firing. The manufacturer, Rio Grande also makes a CopprClay™. You can use the same tools as you would for any other kind of clay but end up with a solid bronze creation! Learn more and [...]

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Product Review and Giveaway: Amaco Tools

October 2nd, 2009 at 05:00am Under Clay+ Product Reviews

AMACO has sent us 3 great tools for working with friendly plastic, clay and even paint: Marbling Comb, Needle Tool, Wood Sculpting Tool. The marbling tool allows you to make swirls and other patterns easily. The needle tool and the wood sculpting tool both allow you to manipulate the materials. These are great for clay [...]

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Halloween Costume Horns: Guest Contributor

September 18th, 2009 at 10:03am Under Guest Post

This Halloween dress yourself up as something completely different. Wear those horns and wear them proudly. Now you can create your own horns out of clay. We had a guest send in many different horns for you to make. Danielle Ackley-McPhail from Clay Sculpture knows just the kind of horns you’re looking for. Here she lists [...]

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Book Review and Giveaway: Polymer Clay Mixed Media Jewelry

August 18th, 2009 at 09:41am Under Book Reviews+ Clay

Polymer clay is a fantastic median for creating your own jewelry. The materials are inexpensive and you can get such colorful results! Polymer Clay Mixed Media Jewelry by Shirley Rufener is a great resource for this craft, even for beginners. The book will teach you how to correctly use the materials and also gives you [...]

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Mokume Gane Polymer Clay

July 29th, 2009 at 03:08am Under Clay

Mokume gane, literally translated as “wood-grain metal,” is orginally a Japanese technique of creating layered patterns in mixed metals. A fantastic artist and crafter Korinne Zimmerman of Crafterella sent over this amazing project for creating the look of mokume gane with polymer clay and gold silver leaf. The technique is really quite easy and the [...]

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Garden Fun For Kids

May 19th, 2009 at 09:02am Under Clay+ Garden Craft+ Kids

Well, there’s only one week left until June, which means now is the perfect time to start your garden if you haven’t already. The sun is shining bright and the rain keeps feeding those plants and veggies. Your kids want to help you in the garden but you just don’t want them ruining anything, well [...]

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Things to Avoid When Crafting (with kids)

April 30th, 2009 at 11:54am Under Kids

I have nieces and nephews who are just the cutest. I love hanging out with them and doing different crafts with them. It gives them a chance to use their imagination and be creative. Sometimes it’s hard though to keep my patience with them, in a general setting and while doing crafts. I know a [...]

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Product Review and Giveaway: Lisa Pavelka Signature Series

March 26th, 2009 at 11:42am Under Clay+ Product Reviews

CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR WINNER
#75 Jenny!

The Lisa Pavelka Signature Series JHB International includes a variety of tools for polymer clay: Border Molds, Texture Stamps, Craft Foil, Magic Gloss, Embossing Cutters, and Claying Around DVD.
Product Review By Maria Nerius

At least one member of the testing team has had the pleasure to watch Lisa Pavelka in action demonstrating [...]

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