Comments on: Fimo Nail Art – Polymer Clay Canes for Fingernail Art Designs

By: Debbie Doerrlamm

Debbie Doerrlamm — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 03:16:17 +0000

The Beautytech Shoppe stocks 300 different nail art clay canes and we ship world wide.

By: Natasha R

Natasha R — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:59:31 +0000

Hi I am from South Africa. And would like to know if you know where I can find the fimo clay designs here.

By: Elaine Faulks

Elaine Faulks — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:58:46 +0000

Hi Sara U.

Cindy has lots of advice on baking (curing) your polymer clay creations. Just make sure you get the temperature right for whatever brand of clay you are using. (I use an oven thermometer to check this out.).

Also make sure you “tent” your work using tin foil, especially when using white, as it can discolour. I use two tin foil trays to enclose my work and seal them with bulldog clips. You can add the slices to baked clay using liquid polymer clay or similar products and re-bake for 15 mins or even longer. If you are a member of Cindy’s polymer clay tutor site there is just loads of information about all these sort of questions, so if you are not yet a member it is worth while paying the small amount she charges for her courses and you get so much more!!!

Let us know how your cup-cake charms turn out and perhaps post your pictures to Cindy as everyone on her site is so friendly and we love to see each other’s work.

Good luck with your baking…………Best wishes…….Elaine F.

By: Sara U

Sara U — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 01:30:55 +0000

hi!
Im an experienced polymer clay charm maker and love experimenting with little cakes and sweets.
I have seen alot of people using canes in their cakes.
Do you know if it’s possible to BAKE these pre-baked canes with uncooked polymer clay?? (275 degrees for 10-15 minutes)

I don’t like making my own canes as it takes too much time and percision, i wanted to cut myself some slack *lol*

and I really really want to stay away from gluing the canes on after the clay’s baked.

thanks!
Sara

By: Phaedrakat

Phaedrakat — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 10:48:48 +0000

@Elaine Faulks: Just read about your cousin’s foray into PC. Kinda funny, timing-wize, anyway…in the past few months I’ve discovered “Amazing Wedding Cakes”. It’s a TV show on the WE Network, with renowned cake artists. Now, I’m a decent baker, and I can decorate a mean cake, but never a wedding cake. But I find myself fascinated by what they do…the edible flowers, and so many other cool things they make. Much of it is done just like polymer clay…unfortunately, we can’t eat our creations!

Anyway, I think it’s great your amazing cousin is giving polymer a try. Have you seen any of her toppers yet? I hope she’s enjoying it. I also had an idea…if she gets a computer, a membership to Cindy’s site would be an excellent way to learn more about clay techniques… (LOL!!! You know me, I want everyone watching Cindy!) ;D

Have fun, Kat

By: Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Community

Cindy Lietz@Polymer Clay Community — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:43:17 +0000

@Elaine Faulks: :-) :-) Thank you so much for your kind words :-) :-)

By: Elaine Faulks

Elaine Faulks — Wed, 15 Jun 2011 18:30:59 +0000

Hi Cindy, I love the way if anyone throws down a challenge you come right back with a reply, (even if it’s that you do not know!!)I am also amazed that your loyal followers will come right in and help out with some answers. So a big thank you to all of Cidy’s guys n gals.Being new here and still feeling my way around a computer (although not new to polymer clay) I am forever pushing the boundries and testing, experimenting and scribbling in my notebook, well I spend hours just reading some of the brilliant tips and tricks discovered by other members.
My cousin makes cakes and decorates them with sugar craft so I told her about polymer clay (She had not even heard of it!) I wrote to her, sent her some of my samples and she said she thought it would be a great idea to start making her cake toppers from PC instead of sugar paste. She is not into computers so I have had three phone calls so far from her asking health n safety aspects, what brand to use etc. She is no spring chicken and is also disabled but an amazing person. It is great to know that there are no barriers, no age limits, so can’t wait to see her “take” on Bride and Groom in PC.
Now back to my pasta machine and conditioning another teardrop blend as this is such a great timesaver so thanks Cindy, looking forward to more adventures with you…..Elaine

By: Cindy Lietz@Fimo Nail Art Trends

Cindy Lietz@Fimo Nail Art Trends — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 15:11:47 +0000

@Laura X: I am not really a fancy nail person (as you can tell if you’ve seen my videos). Not because I don’t like them, but because I can never keep nails nice for more than a day, with all the stuff I make my hands do. So even though I have made several Fimo nail art canes, I don’t actually apply them.

From what I gather, you put on a base of the uv nail gel and then cure, then place super thin slices of either baked or raw canes to your nails. I think for the baked you need a dab of nail glue under the slice, but for the raw canes you don’t. (There is no need to bake the raw slices when applied to nails, since they are temporary. Any long term reaction between the gel and the uncured clay would not be applicable.) Then you add more gel on top and cure again.

Hope that helps!

By: Laura X

Laura X — Fri, 10 Jun 2011 06:00:50 +0000

Hello I am looking at applying fimo slices to my nails I get acrylic nails done every month and am getting bored with the same designs month in month out, however the shops charge a fortune to but the fimo on for you so I was thinking how hard can it be???? I was wondering how I would go about it and what I would need to use (I have seen the fimo clay sticks on ebay and think they are a good price)
I was wondering if anyone can advise me and help me
Many thanks
Laura
P.s the blog was a good tube journey read

By: Cindy Lietz@Slicing Fimo Nail Art Canes

Cindy Lietz@Slicing Fimo Nail Art Canes — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 01:03:30 +0000

@Grace K: Hi Grace, great question! There are actually a few ways to go about it. You can bake the slices if you want, bake the canes first and then slice them or you can use raw canes slices on your nails. Whatever works best for you!

@Phaedrakat – just noticed that you posted right before more… thanks so much for responding to Grace’s question.