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March 22, 2008

How To Make Pendants Out Of Polymer Clay – A Quick Tip

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How To Make Pendents

Vid #33: Giving Your Polymer Clay Pendants A Professional Looking Beveled Edge:

Sometimes the simplest of tips can be very handy. For example, an easy way to create a professional looking beveled edge around your polymer clay pendant, is to use plastic wrap and a cookie cutter.

After conditioning your clay and rolling it out flat, cover the clay sheet with the plastic or saran wrap. Then use a cookie cutter to punch out your pendant shape… pushing down through the plastic wrap and then right through the clay as well. Be careful though, not to cut the plastic with the edge of the cookie cutter.

With this technique, you will end up with a very even bevel around the outer edge of your pendant jewelry piece. Quick. Easy. Simple.

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The full version of the "Beveled Edges On Flat Pendants" preview video shown above, is included in my Polymer Clay Bead Making Fundamentals Course [SEE Video #29 of 39]. The beveled edge, pendant making technique shown in this video is just one of many instructional tips you will learn in this comprehensive course.

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March 22, 2008

Cindy from Polymer Clay Rose Cane Color Recipe
12:30 pm #

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After making your beveled edge pendant, you will want to bake it so that it stays flat. Here's how: Tips for Baking Flat Sheets of Clay (video link will be posted soon)

Cindy, The Polymer Clay Tutor's last blog post..Sand Your Polymer Clay Beads! Or Else…

July 4, 2008

Donna
12:33 pm #

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Cindy, You have no idea how useful this tip is to me! I have been using my dremel with a coarse sanding tip to bevel each and every one of my pendants! What a waste of my time, when all I had to do was break out the Saran Wrap! Thank you so much for being there!
Donna

July 6, 2008

Cindy Lietz from Bead Making Classes
5:36 pm #

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Thank you Donna! Yeah I know, this is probably the only thing that isn't easier to do with your Dremel!

Cindy Lietz's last blog post..Dremel Multipro Tool for Buffing Polymer Clay Beads

February 8, 2009

Bonnie B
8:08 pm #

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Cindy,

For Valentine's Day, my husband decided to take me shopping (early) for all the polymer clay supplies my little heart desired. I've been designing jewelry with vintage pieces coupled with new beads…and I stumbled upon the idea for creating my own beads last week.

Been reading all I can find on the process, and came upon your site this evening. My head is pleasantly spinning! I don't know if I'll be able to sleep tonight!

Your work is amazing, Cindy, but even more amazing is your willingness to teach. Your site is better than chocolate.

And I really, REALLY like chocolate.

February 9, 2009

Cindy Lietz from How To Make Polymer Clay Beads
4:21 pm #

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You are so wonderful to say that Seedplanter! To be compared to chocolate is my dream come true!

Hope you enjoy the journey of making polymer clay beads. It's a fun one!

If you have any questions at all, don't hesitate to ask!

PS. Visited your blog today… it's great! I'll be back there often!

February 16, 2009

Seedplanter
8:14 am #

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Cindy, thank you for adding yourself as a follower of Blogspired. It was fun to see your picture appear there!

I have an Amazon Kindle and when I can't sleep, I turn it on and browse your polymer clay blog via Bloglines, where I've added it to my list of blogs. My husband knows so much about polymer clay now, because I'm constantly relaying what I've learned. :D

I made my very first set of beads over the weekend, from a cane. Oh. My. Gosh. How do you spell "addicted"? I used three layers: black/white/silver. I'm in the process of making a bracelet. You have inspired me to really dive into this. Wow. It's a creative blast!

Cindy Lietz from Simple Instructions For a Rose Cane
4:15 pm #

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Your beads sound great! So good to see you are getting addicted… it's fun isn't it!

Those Kindles seem cool. Would be fun to browse blogs in bed, though that would mean I would never be off the computer. I like the idea of reading books on them. They look like a great way to have lots of books in one tiny package.

Thanks for your comments!

March 29, 2009

Carmn
2:29 pm #

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I just bought the AMACO beveled edge cutters to make pendants, but they don't looke beveled what am I doing wrong?

March 30, 2009

Cindy Lietz from Beveled Edges on Flat Pendants
2:08 pm #

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Hi Carmn! I don't actually use those bevel cutters since I usually just use a regular cutter with plastic wrap to get a beveled edge.

My guess is the sheet of clay you are trying to cut is either too thin or too thick to work with those particular cutters. Experiment with the thickness and see if that works for you.

Carmn
3:14 pm #

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Thanks! I don't know why I didn't think of that I think I am make my clay too thin. How do you use plastic wrap to make your beveled edges?

March 31, 2009

Cindy Lietz from Beveled Edges on Flat Pendants
5:05 pm #

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Actually Carmn it is in the post I gave you the link to. Just lick the Beveled Edges link by my name to read about it.

October 16, 2009

carolyn
11:36 am #

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@Carmn:
I also have the Amaco beveled edge cutters. It seems to me that they are only beveled on the part that gets cut away. I've tried thick layers of clay and still just get a regular edge cut. Is there anyone out there who knows how to use these?

October 29, 2009

Cindy Lietz from Bead Making for Beginners
11:22 am #

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I'm sorry Carolyn and Carmn, I've seen those cutters available but haven't tried them. Seems to me I looked at them one time and decided that they probably wouldn't work. I would like to hear from others though. Maybe they just need to be used a certain way?

On another note, I just noticed that I told Carmn to lick the Beveled Edges link by my name instead of click the link, which is of course something entirely different! :-)

November 18, 2009

Joan Deichert
1:32 pm #

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Cindy,

I thought your Polymer Clay Beginners course was well worth the price. I got a couple of good ideas, like the saran wrap for making beveled edges. This improved my buttons immensely! I love the bonus videos.

Joan

Cindy from Making Polymer Clay Buttons
1:38 pm #

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Hi Joan,

Thank you for taking the time to send me your thoughts about the Polymer Basics Clay Course. Sharing feedback like this really gives others great insight about what they can expect from the video tutorials. I truly appreciate your help.

Very much looking forward to hearing more about how your button and bead projects are coming along. If you are interested in showcasing a few of your pieces in an upcoming Spotlight Feature here at my blog, you are welcome to email some of your favorite photos for me to have a look at. I'd love to see them.

February 8, 2010

Phaedrakat
10:15 pm #

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@Carmn & Carolyn: I have the Amaco Beveled Cutters, as well; but I couldn't get them to work for me, either. We could all be missing something, or…the cutters DO NOT WORK!

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