I am sort of a newbie on polymer clay and i was wondering what was your experience with the Fimo transparent colored polymer clays? I been looking online for reviews and i haven’t find any. Have you done any testing or any reviews on your site that could help me figure out if it’s good for me?

Thanks

Nydia

Immediately beneath my comment are offers from artists who were willing to create the jewelry for her. I feel confident they still make this type of jewelry.

Now, if you want to LEARN to make these beads, using translucent polymer clay and dried flowers, Cindy has a tutorial video called Dried Flower Inclusions (for Keepsake Jewelry.)

You can check out the preview video at that link. If you haven’t worked with it before, polymer clay is fun and easy to learn, especially if you use Cindy’s Polymer Clay Basics Course. Not to mention all of the resources here at the blog. Anyway, there are several examples of Flower Petal jewelry all over the blog. To find them, use the search box at the top left of any page and type in a few words, like “flower beads” “memorial jewelry” “preserved flowers,” etc. Here’s one of the articles that came up when I did a search. This post shows Flower Petal Beads Jewelry made by Marsha Nelson. The article has links to even more articles with information and pictures of other jewelry.

Sorry I was so long-winded here. I wasn’t sure which you were looking for, so I tried to answer both ways. Leave a comment if you have any other questions, or if you want someone to make jewelry for you. As you saw, there are several people eager to create Keepsake Jewelry for you! And if you want to make your beads, there’s all kinds of info — both written articles or full-on fantastic video tutorials! :-D

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Ok here goes, I have the names of all that I have used for finishing a polymer clay piece. Thanx for the responses,,,3GCL did not like at all too bubbly… 3GCL and Glamour Glaze… They dried well but had like a wavy crator effect… Meaning I would have to put many coats on the piece.. I have used EZ cast pouring… I have found no matter what it stays a little thicker than what I like… Does not dome on jewlry as well as the other products… Now I thought I found the cats meowwww.. It is a UV curred made by solarez.. I got more than the magic glo uv curred and it cost a lot less.. This product is used on surf boards to make them shine and dries within seconds… Well it smells ungodly lke the fumes will kill you in seconds.. Needs to be WELL ventilated and when it dried it either crackled or gooed up. Now I have not tried Lisa P MAgic Glo I know it will work well because of who created it BUT I can not see spending 50.00 on 2 oz. that is reidiculus. Especially when I found the stuff from Solarez in a 10 flo oz bottle for like 22.00.. That tells me Lisa P is very pricy for what she has becasue solarez has had the market a lot longer than Lisa P.. I will continue to investigate the Solarez. I’m thinking add water will help out..
The product I now use is Lowe’s Doming resin for jewelry.. And I will be switching to Colores Doming Resin… Which (I hope I can mention) Rio Grande has the best cost for it… 8 oz for 20.00…
Here’s the secret when using doming resin… I take the caps of each bottle fill them and put one cap in a plastic cup I cut down.. Stir for about 50 times. NExt put the mixture into another cut down 2 oz cup and continue to stir..Switching the cups guarantees no leftovers from either parts.. U need this resin to mix thoroughly.. NExt I take a heat gun hold it high up and heat the resin. Fo a count of fifty.. This helps with making the resin mix thinner and much easier to work with and usually no bubbles will form on your piece… All you use is a little and start in the middle move to sides with a popsicle stick..
As for the dust and such getting on your pieces. I use a scrapbookers paper storage hard container… It has a cover on it I open a corner with something to allow to breath… put down wax paper…
Even with my process there is a little of the dripping over the edge if the piece is not flat flat… I wish there was a cheaper quick drying solution… hope this helps… If anyone has a quick not expensive solution let me know…

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ADDED NOTE: @Kalatoo – thanks for sharing all of your valuable feedback above, about the resin products you have been testing. I’ve added a duplicate copy of your comment to the Polymer Clay Finishes post where you originally commented about this topic. This makes it easier for everyone over at that original post to also follow along with your thoughts and insights. ~Cindy

i received the preserve your memories spray, and i am disappointed in the way it darkened my gold leaf. i am sure i can use it for my transfers, though. can you tell me the absolute best finish for gold leaf ( i love to crackle gold and silver leaf) with the least amount of darkening? i have a show this thursday and was planning on using this crackling technique quite a bit.

i have some pledge future on hand, how does it perform over time? can it be applied to uncured clay and then baked? i believe you said not to use the mona lisa finish, as it does not perform well with the clay.

i want my gold and silver to remain as shiney and bright as possible. i have tried using the translucent clay and it just doesn’t do it for me.

thanks, cindy!

peggie