Comments on: Glitter How To – Polymer Clay Supplies for Bead and Jewelry Making

By: Trudy M

Trudy M — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 21:50:47 +0000

Okay, the stickles can be mixed with clay and baked. It didn’t bubble or explode. With the translucent, I wound up with something that looked like a rock with purple-ish glitter. Of course this is all new to me, so I think I’ll follow one of your videos now instead of completely going off on my own just yet.

By the way Cindy, your advice on baking is A-1. No problems at all and I followed the instructions to the letter. And I must say, Amaco makes a great polymer clay oven. Not one spike throughout the hour.

By: Trudy M

Trudy M — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 05:50:03 +0000

Will do, Chief Polymer Clay woman!

By: Cindy Lietz@Number Jewelry using Tim Holtz Ideology Embellishments

Cindy Lietz@Number Jewelry using Tim Holtz Ideology Embellishments — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:33:18 +0000

@Trudy M: Tim Holtz’ Stickles are ‘purdy’ aren’t they! I haven’t tried mixing them in clay yet, so you’ll have to experiment with that and let us know how it goes. Since they are a liquid, they may or may not bubble inside the clay when baked. I am guessing they would work nicely ontop a baked piece, but since I haven’t tried that either, it’s only a guess. Please do try it and let us know. Now you have me curious!

By: Trudy M

Trudy M — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 02:18:35 +0000

I just bought stickles in 2 purty colors with polymer clay on my mind. Would the same method be used for inclusion – I’m thinking of mixing it into the clay. Thanks folks.

By: Phaedrakat

Phaedrakat — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:37:59 +0000

@Beverly Bullard: Hi Beverly, I found the Fimo White Glitter clay at JoAnn's a couple weeks ago. I just saw ran across this page, so I thought I'd mention it... Reading your question again, I realized that you could also use any white clay, and add glitter to it. It can be a bit messy, though. Mix the glitter into your clay little by little, being careful not to trap air in your clay. There are also less messy ways to do it. Let me know if you want more info on this~ :-D

By: Phaedrakat

Phaedrakat — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:14:15 +0000

Hi Beverly, nice to “meet” you! I’m pretty sure Fimo makes a white glitter clay, that may be what the ornament’s made with. I have Fimo Soft in red & blue glitter, & they’re just like you described (glitter throughout.) Fimo is now under the brand name “Staedtler,” and the glitter clays are in the “Fimo Effect’s” line. You should be able to find it; if not locally, then by mail order.

Good luck with this, and Happy Claying!

By: Phaedrakat

Phaedrakat — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:29:21 +0000

@margaret: I’ve seen sites where they warn about this, but they are just talking about using them on the outside of beads before curing because they get sticky and sometimes smear and/or mess-up other beads. If you take precautions, or use the powders on the inside of the bead, it works just fine. In fact, it’s a very commonly-used technique!

By: Beverly Bullard

Beverly Bullard — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 17:45:32 +0000

Hi, I have a Christmas ornament that I purchased last year. The white on the ornament is full of glitter front and back. I have been looking for this type of clay for several months and cannot find it. The entire color is glitter, its not translucent, it is actually white, just full of glitter. Do you have any idea what type of clay this would be?

By: Cindy Lietz@Fimo Polymer Clay Ideas

Cindy Lietz@Fimo Polymer Clay Ideas — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:33:48 +0000

Thanks for your question Margaret! I doubt there is any problem to use embossing powders in the oven since one of the companies that makes embossing powders (Ranger) has a project on their website, baking it into translucent polymer clay.

Also, in a previous post, one of my readers (Kimberlee) wrote about how she uses embossing powders on her clay. You can click the “Fimo Polymer Clay Ideas” link by my name above, to read her comment.

By: margaret

margaret — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 04:25:03 +0000

One site said To Never using embossing powders before the curing process and to wait till after and use a heat gun.
is it unsafe or what?
multiple sites say it’s ok to use it in your oven but that one didn’t