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Collection of Lentil Bead Making Tutorial Videos All In One Place

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Thursday, February 26th, 2009 in Bead Shapes, Promotions | Comments (11)

Lentil Swirly Beads

The Jewelry Bead that’s Super Fun to Wear and Very Addictive to Make:

A bead shape I haven’t talked about in awhile, though I truly love the design of, is the lentil bead. Often refereed to by polymer clay artists as the swirly lentil, this Read More→

Tutorial: Adding Polymer Canes to Baked Premo, Sculpey + Fimo Beads

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Monday, September 15th, 2008 in Cane Work, Techniques | Comments (9)

Adding Cane Slices To Round Beads

Two methods for covering base beads with polymer clay cane slices:

Q: To put the cane slices on a bead, do you first make and bake a plain bead, and then cover it with the cane slices? Read More→

A Polymer Clay Tutorial About Adding Fimo Cane Slices to Round Beads

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Saturday, August 23rd, 2008 in Bead Shapes, Cane Work, Techniques | Comments (23)

Applying Cane Slices To Round Beads

Vid #72: Here’s 7 quick tips for applying unbaked polymer clay cane slices to your round shaped Fimo base beads:

1) Cool the raw canes before slicing them with your sharp cutting blade. Read More→

Flower Beads for Jewelry Making, Created from Polymer Clay Canes

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Thursday, July 17th, 2008 in Bead Shapes, Cane Work | Comments (11)

Cane Slice Flower Bead

How to transform a single cane slice into a flower shaped bead… make jewelry that will attract buyers to your Etsy shop:

Yesterday I wrote about how polymer clay canework can make your handmade beads really Read More→

USA Clay Cane Designs Absent From Fimo Nail Art Trends in Google

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Monday, June 30th, 2008 in Cane Work, Feature Guests, Musings-News | Comments (16)

Nail Art Google Trends Graphs

Nailart design craze – Is Malta winning the race?

Just yesterday I received an email from nail artist Debbie Doerrlamm at the Beauty Tech Shoppe. She referred to the current fingernail Fimo canes frenzy as being "…very hot and heavy now. I will Read More→

Fimo Nail Art – Polymer Clay Canes for Fingernail Art Designs

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 in Cane Work, Feature Guests, Musings-News | Comments (53)

Fimo Nail Art Designs

Ever put tiny slices of pretty polymer clay canes onto your fingernails?

Because I’m not much of a girlie-girl certain things like fancy manicures and pretty nail art are things I have not had much exposure to. Read More→

Adding Polymer Clay Cane Slices to Lentil Beads

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Thursday, June 5th, 2008 in Bead Shapes, Cane Work, Techniques | Comments (30)

Cane Slice Lentil Beads

Vid #58: Here’s how to keep your cane slice patterns from getting all muddled:

Once you start learning how to make polymer clay canes, you will want to make some pretty beads with them. A stunning bead design combines the Read More→

How To Sand Polymer Clay Beads Using Drywall Sandpaper

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Sunday, May 18th, 2008 in Cane Work, Finishing, Tools | Comments (13)

Sanding Polymer Clay

Vid #61: Drywall sandpaper works best for aggressive bead sanding jobs:

You may not have thought to look in the drywall and painting section of your local home improvement store for polymer clay bead sanding supplies. But now you will… Read More→

Slicing Polymer Clay Canes With A Dull Knife Sucks

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Friday, May 2nd, 2008 in Cane Work, Tools | Comments (16)

Slicing Polymer Clay Canes

Vid #46: Here’s How to Keep Your Polymer Clay Cutting Blade Sharp:

First of all, the reason why it sucks to use a dull knife for slicing canes is because your delicate cane patterns will become smudged, making the Read More→

Re-Baking Polymer Clay Will Not Harm Your Beads

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Tuesday, March 18th, 2008 in Cane Work, Finishing | Comments (15)

Re-Baking Polymer Clay

Vid #39: Here’s A Good Reason Why You Might Want to Bake Your Polymer Clay Beads More Than Once:

It’s absolutely OK to bake your clay beads as many times as you like. This won’t damage them at all. In fact Read More→

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