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Help… My Polymer Clay is Too Soft from these Hot Summer Days

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Thursday, June 4th, 2009 in Supplies | Comments (31)

Polymer Clay On Ice Packs

Tips For Chilling Hot Mushy Polymer Clay To Firm It Up:

No doubt about it, Summer is underway… at least it is up here in the northern hemisphere. With the warm weather comes soft mushy clay that shows finger prints like crazy. Great time for Read More→

Cornstarch and Polymer Clay Beads | Things That Belong Together

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Thursday, May 14th, 2009 in Handling, Supplies | Comments (37)

Baking Polymer Clay Beads In Cornstarch

Wondering if Alex Trebek Ever Used this as a TV Game Show Category on Jeopardy… LOL:

Last week I posted an informal survey asking for feedback about your favorite polymer clay tools and supplies. However, after a total of 23 comments, no Read More→

Rubbing Alcohol – A Must Have Item For Any Polymer Clay Bead Studio

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Friday, March 27th, 2009 in Supplies, Tools | Comments (29)

Rubbing Alcohol Cleaner

Perfect For Cleaning All Kinds of Polymer Clay Supplies and Crafting Tools:

One very useful item that should always be included with your polymer clay supplies is a bottle of isopropyl rubbing alcohol. Outlined below are 6 ways to use Read More→

Making Polymer Clay Flower Beads For Your Spring Jewelry Projects

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Wednesday, February 18th, 2009 in Bead Projects, Bead Shapes, Sell Your Stuff | Comments (9)

Cane Slice Flower Bead

How To Make Your Handmade Bead Jewelry Items Even More Desirable:

It’s only natural that springtime and flower jewelry designs go hand in hand. So it goes without saying that flower-shaped polymer clay beads should be popular at Read More→

Polymer Clay Techniques | Textured Faux Raku Beads for Jewelry

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Friday, February 13th, 2009 in Techniques | Comments (3)

Texture Faux Raku Beads

Create Texture On Your Polymer Clay Beads Using Drywall Sandpaper Mesh:

When making polymer clay beads for jewelry, a nice way to add some dimension to them is to give the surface a bit of texture. Adding this texture effect is also Read More→

Polymer Clay Tutorial | How To Make Mobius Beads From Cane Slices

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Tuesday, February 10th, 2009 in Bead Shapes, Cane Work, Promotions | Comments (13)

Polymer Clay Mobius Bead

Vid #94: A Complicated Bead Shape that’s Surprisingly Easy to Make:

When your handmade jewelry making projects call for something a bit more intricate or fancy, then a fun polymer clay bead to make is the Mobius Bead. Read More→

Heart Beads For Valentines Jewelry Made Using a Polymer Clay Mold

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Saturday, January 31st, 2009 in Bead Shapes, Techniques | Comments (16)

Molded Heart Bead

7 Easy Steps For Making A Molded Polymer Clay Heart Bead:

This molded heart shape bead was made in several steps. The process started by first using a metal heart pendant I had on hand, to make a polymer clay mold. The Read More→

Learn How to Make Polymer Clay Beads & Canes From Your Own Home

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Sunday, January 25th, 2009 in Bead Shapes, Cane Work, Color Theory, Courses, Finishing, Handling, Promotions, Supplies, Techniques, Tools | Comments (37)

Winter Twigs

No Need To Go Out Into The Cold When You Can Learn All About Making Polymer Clay Beads Via The Web:

Look at the frost on these branches! Baby it’s cold outside! So why freeze your butt off driving to a class, when you can be Read More→

Selling Jewelry On Etsy… A Rose Pendant Necklace Designed by Bren

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Thursday, October 9th, 2008 in Feature Guests, Sell Your Stuff | Comments (6)

Polymer Clay Rose Pendant Necklace

Accomplished Digital Artist and Self Proclaimed “Crazy-In-Love-With-Roses” Person, Learns Polymer Clay… Quickly!

Brenda Landers-Smith (Bren) was a polymer clay newbie just a few short months ago. That’s Read More→

Easy Polymer Clay Tutorial – Crackled Gold Leaf on Round Fimo Beads

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Friday, September 26th, 2008 in Bead Shapes, Techniques, Tools | Comments (10)

Applying Crackled Gold Leaf To Round Beads

Vid #75: How to Apply Already Crackled Strips of Metal Leaf To a Polymer Clay Base Bead:

Gold Leaf is a product used by polymer clay artists to create stunning effects on all kinds of beads and jewelry pieces. It comes in ultra thin flat sheets and 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→

Rose Pendant Necklace – A Summer Polymer Clay Jewelry Making Project

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Thursday, August 7th, 2008 in Bead Projects, Bead Shapes, Techniques | Comments (12)

Polymer Clay Rose Pendant Necklace

Sculpted Fimo clay rose bead jewellery created with warm colors of the season:

The flowers are blooming. Birds are chirping. Time to make some beautiful summer rose jewelry inspired by the bright and sunny days here in Vancouver Read More→

Polymer Clay Tutorials | Piercing Lentil Beads | Unique Bead Shapes

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Wednesday, August 6th, 2008 in Bead Shapes, Techniques, Tools | Comments (5)

Hole Piercing Through Lentil Swirly Bead

6 tips on how to pierce holes through swirly lentils for jewelry making projects:

The polymer clay lentil bead (aka swirly beads) has a very unique shape that resembles natural lentils used in various culinary dishes. But it’s Read More→

A Polymer Clay How To Tip for Making Beads Using White Fimo Clay

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Saturday, July 26th, 2008 in Handling, Supplies, Tools | Comments (14)

Using Rubbing Alcohol to Clean White Fimo Clay

Vid #67: For making jewelry beads with bright white clay, always keep rubbing alcohol handy for cleaning:

Have you ever been frustrated after your pasta machine left streaks of color on some brand new white polymer clay 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→

Buffing Polymer Clay Beads with a Dremel Multipro Rotary Tool

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Saturday, July 5th, 2008 in Finishing, Promotions, Tools | Comments (45)

Buffing Polymer Clay With a Dremel Tool

Vid #65: Are you still polishing polymer clay by hand? Kick it up a notch and learn how to use the Dremel power tool:

There is nothing like using a power rotary machine to really bring a shine to your beads. Although polishing can Read More→

Phthalate-Free Premo Polymer Clay – Blessing or Curse

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Tuesday, May 13th, 2008 in Musings-News, Supplies | Comments (50)

Premo Sculpey Clay

The Removal of Phthalates from Premo Is Certainly Causing a Stir. Have You Tried the New Formula Yet?

With recent concerns over the safety of different types of plastics, many companies have decided to remove Read More→

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