{"id":16073,"date":"2012-08-23T03:05:56","date_gmt":"2012-08-23T10:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=16073"},"modified":"2012-08-16T21:28:29","modified_gmt":"2012-08-17T04:28:29","slug":"salvage-re-use-leftover-color-blend-pieces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/salvage-re-use-leftover-color-blend-pieces\/16073\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Salvage and Re-use Leftover Color Blend Pieces"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name=\"video\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=16073#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2012-08\/23-90278-saving-your-blends.jpg\" alt=\"Saving Your Color Blends - Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Video #278:<\/span> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> Plus a handy tip that lets you see all of beautiful color blends at a glance. <span style=\"color: #888888;\">~Cindy Lietz<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Here&#8217;s the situation&#8230; you&#8217;ve just made a beautiful pair of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/sweet-pea-earrings-polymer-clay-tutorials-vol-051\/15955\/#video\">Sweet Pea Earrings<\/a> or a few lovely pendants that have been cut out from a Teardrop Color Blend sheet&#8230; only to leave behind a long strip of blend with big gaping holes in it!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Well instead of balling up all that holey clay and adding it to your growing scrap pile, why not salvage the blend to save for another day?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In this quick little video, I&#8217;ll show you how to save and re-blend those cut up color gradient sheets&#8230; plus how to store them in a handy presentation binder for future use.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NKb-A4kLLQE?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"575\" height=\"323\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Like I mentioned in the video, the binder storage idea was one I learned from fellow polymer clay artist Carolyn Good of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.2goodclaymates.ca\" class=\"external external_icon\" target=\"_blank\">2GoodClayMates<\/a>. I don&#8217;t know if she was the first to come up with the idea, but it&#8217;s a good one!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Hopefully you found these tips handy for saving your blends from the scrap pile heap. Do you have any other cool scrap saving ideas? 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