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Purple Beads for Purple Pendants and Jewelry – Sculpey Color Mixing

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Sunday, August 17th, 2008 in Color Recipes, Feature Guests, Inspiration | Comments (7)

Kimberlee Johnson's Plum Color Recipes

Making beads to support a cause… Kimberlee Johnson graciously shares her plum-colored, polymer clay recipe ideas:

In a previous post Kimberlee said… "I have to share with you that this article gave me the Read More→

Fimo Clay, Premo, Sculpey – Which is Best for Cane Making + Sculpting

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Thursday, August 14th, 2008 in Cane Work, Color Recipes, Supplies | Comments (51)

Your Questions Answered

1) With so many polyclay brands to choose from, how do you know which one is best for (a) polymer clay sculpting and (b) making polymer clay canes.

2) Instructions for mixing up your own Emerald Green Premo polymer clay recipe. Read More→

Make Pendant Spoon Jewelry using Polymer Clay Mokume Gane Techniques

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Wednesday, August 13th, 2008 in Bead Projects | Comments (12)

Polymer Clay Spoon Pendant Jewelry

How to make polymer clay jewelry pendants that get lots of compliments:

Sometimes it’s the jewellery pieces that are easiest to make, which get you the most compliments! This is definitely the case with my pretty silver spoon pendant Read More→

Cool Polymer Clay Tutorial – A Fimo and Sculpey Cane Making Tip

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Saturday, August 9th, 2008 in Cane Work, Tools | Comments (6)

Chilling Polymer Clay Canes

Vid #70: How to use frozen ice packs for chilling polymer clay canes:

Here is a neat little tip for making polymer clay canes easier to slice thin without distortion… cool them on a frozen lunch box ice pack! A lot more portable then a Read More→

Tube Beads for Jewelry Making using Gold Leaf and Fimo Polymer Clay

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Saturday, August 2nd, 2008 in Bead Shapes, Supplies, Techniques | Comments (13)

Crackled Gold Leaf Tube Beads

Vid #74: How to make jewelry tube beads with crackled metal leaf Fimo clay:

I’ve talked a lot lately about about using metals & foils with polyclay. The cool thing about these products is the crackling effect that you can Read More→

Best Craft Storage Boxes for Your Fimo Clay, Premo and Jewelry Beads

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Wednesday, July 30th, 2008 in Handling, Supplies | Comments (5)

Polymer Clay Storage Box Idea

A plastic fish tackle box is perfect for storing polymer clay and jewellry findings:

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Slicing Fimo Nail Art Canes | Sculpey Polymer Clay Cake Toppers

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Monday, July 28th, 2008 in Cane Work, Handling | Comments (21)

Your Questions Answered

1) How to cut super thin fimo cane slices for fingernail art designs, from polymer clay canes that are already baked.

2) Need some advice on making a cute cake topper decoration out of sculpey clay (also know as sculpy and sculpty)? 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→

Jewellery Making Beads Using Blue Gingham Polymer Clay Cane Designs

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Friday, July 25th, 2008 in Bead Shapes, Cane Work, Tools | Comments (3)

Blue Gingham Lentil Bead and Cube Bead

Make these fun Sculpey and Fimo Beads based on 50′s style caning patterns and beginner polymer clay techniques:

Old meets new with this unique gingham design on lentil and cube beads! Originally created in Read More→

Green Beads For Polymer Clay Faux Fashion Jewelry – Fimo Colors

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Friday, July 11th, 2008 in Color Recipes, Musings-News | Comments (9)

Green Beads - Gone Camping

Forests, leaves, grass, emerald colored mountain lakes… OK that’s it… I’m going camping!

Production of my polymer clay jewelry making classes and cane design courses is going to come to a grinding halt for the next Read More→

New Premo Formula a Problem for Beginners Making Polymer Clay Canes

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 in Cane Work, Promotions, Techniques | Comments (48)

Beginner Cane Design

Some newbies even giving up on canework altogether and selling off their Sculpey polymer clay supplies on Ebay. Don’t do that!

Lately, many clayers have been blaming their cane making woes on the recent phthalate-free 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→

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→

More About Mixing Polymer Clay Colors with a Summer Sunflower Theme

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Friday, June 27th, 2008 in Color Theory, Inspiration | Comments (8)

Polymer Clay Summer Palette

Understanding how to mix Primo / Fimo / Sculpey colors so they flow together, is a big part of creating great polymer clay beads and jewelry!

In today’s post I’m going to talk about choosing clay colors for creating palettes, as well Read More→

Gold Leaf Polymer Clay versus Gold Foil – What’s the Difference

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Wednesday, June 25th, 2008 in Promotions, Supplies, Techniques | Comments (10)

Metal Leaf vs Metal Foil Introduction

Vid #68: Although the names sound similar, Gold Metal Leaf and Gold Metal Foils are very different from each other:

The ‘leaf’ product is actually made with real metal, whereas the ‘foil’ is plastic based. Confused? Well there’s no Read More→

How to Bake Sculpey, Premo and Fimo Polymer Clay in a Toaster Oven

Posted by Polymer Clay Tutor Cindy Lietz on Monday, June 23rd, 2008 in Finishing, Tools | Comments (76)

Baking Sculpey Using a Parchment Paper Tent

The only time to use a full size kitchen oven for baking polymer clay, would be if you make enormous dinosaur beads :-)

There are so many reasons why a toaster oven is the preferred polymer clay tool for baking 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→

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