{"id":18218,"date":"2014-01-09T03:05:35","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T11:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18218"},"modified":"2014-01-29T17:23:07","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T01:23:07","slug":"journals-and-altered-books-polymer-clay-tutes-vol-068","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/journals-and-altered-books-polymer-clay-tutes-vol-068\/18218\/","title":{"rendered":"Journals and Altered Books | Polymer Clay Tutes Vol-068"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=18218#video\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Journals and Altered Books - Polymer Clay Tutor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2014-01\/09-90468-polymer-clay-journals-068-1.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">6 Videos #468 to #473:<\/span> As many creative choices for making these art journals, as there are artists!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The beginning of a new year is the perfect time to reflect on your creative accomplishments, and on where it is that you want to go next. Creating art journals for recording your thoughts, ideas, sketches, and musings, or just for\u00a0 playing with materials, is a great place to start&#8230; and polymer clay is a wonderful medium to work into your next journals or altered book project!<br style=\"font-size: medium;\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Posted just below is a Sneak Peak and overview of my Polymer Clay Journals Tutorial. The rest of the 6 part video series will be posted tomorrow (Friday, January 10, 2014) in Vol-068 at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/back-issues-03\/#vol-068\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Polymer Clay Tutor Library<\/a>.<a name=\"video\"><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">BTW, if this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ILWrjb0kiEQ\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Polymer Clay Journals and Altered Books<\/a> tutorial looks exciting to you, please do click that YouTube Like button. Many of you have been giving the Thumbs Up to the weekly YouTube videos, which is great&#8230; <strong><em>Thank You!<\/em><\/strong> However, these monthly <em>intro<\/em> clips need some <em>love<\/em> as well. When they don&#8217;t get as many <em>likes<\/em>, it makes it look like they are not appreciated as much&#8230; which surely can&#8217;t be true with all the nice comments you all leave :)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ILWrjb0kiEQ?rel=0\" height=\"315\" width=\"560\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Vol-068-1: Video #468: <span style=\"color: #800000;\">Introduction:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In this 6 part video tutorial series, you will learn how to create three different polymer clay journal covers using several mixed media techniques. You will also learn many tips, tricks and techniques that you can use to create your own unique style of art journal. The ideas and techniques can not only be used for the projects I demonstrate in this tutorial series, but also for other home decor and jewelry projects as well.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/back-issues-03\/#vol-068\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" alt=\"Pt 2 Polymer Clay Journals &amp; Altered Books - Polymer Clay Tutor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2014-01\/09-90469-polymer-clay-journals-068-2.jpg\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Vol-068-2: Video #469:<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><br \/>\nRainbow Zebra Journal Cover:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In this video, I show how to make a funky rainbow zebra patterned journal cover, that will inspire you whenever you look at it. The youthful cover has a smooth, layered, dimensional design, that looks cool&#8230; and it feels great too, when you run your fingers over the raised stripe pattern. This technique works well for journal covers, and anywhere else that colorful zebra inspiration may roam.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/back-issues-03\/#vol-068\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" alt=\"Pt 3 Polymer Clay Journals &amp; Altered Books - Polymer Clay Tutor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2014-01\/09-90470-polymer-clay-journals-068-3.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Vol-068-3: Video #470:<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><br \/>\nPavelka Peel Technique:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In this video, I demonstrate the simple techniques and tools needed to do the Pavelka Peel treatment, originally created by well known polymer clay artist Lisa Pavelka. I&#8217;ll be teaching you how to use Lisa&#8217;s signature Transfer Foils as well as metal leaf, to create this wonderful technique with unlimited possibilities. The information you learn in this video will cross over to many other polymer clay projects as well.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/back-issues-03\/#vol-068\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" alt=\"Pt 4 Polymer Clay Journals &amp; Altered Books - Polymer Clay Tutor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2014-01\/09-90471-polymer-clay-journals-068-4.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Vol-068-4: Video #471:<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Make Time Altered Book:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In this video, I walk you through the process of creating an altered book, mixed media project, with a theme that I call <em>Make Time<\/em>. It has a rustic distressed looking polymer clay cover, that&#8217;s made using alcohol inks, rubber stamps, embossing powders, powdered pigments, metal embellishments and reclaimed watch parts. You can let your creativity run wild with this one, because the the possibilities are truly endless&#8230; and I&#8217;m not just saying that!<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/back-issues-03\/#vol-068\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" alt=\"Pt 5 Polymer Clay Journals &amp; Altered Books - Polymer Clay Tutor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2014-01\/09-90472-polymer-clay-journals-068-5.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Vol-068-5: Video #472:<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong><strong><strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong>Baking and Finishing:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In this video, I teach you how to how to properly bake and finish your Polymer Clay Journals so that they not only look great, but will also be strong and durable for many years to come. Just as there were many techniques and options for creating the actual journal covers, so are there many ways to finish them. I share with you many tips and ideas, that you can use to customize your creations with your own unique voice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/back-issues-03\/#vol-068\" class=\"external\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"margin: 0px; border: 0pt none;\" alt=\"Pt 6 Polymer Clay Journals &amp; Altered Books - Polymer Clay Tutor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2014-01\/09-90473-polymer-clay-journals-068-6.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"146\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Vol-068-6: Video #473:<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #800000;\">Creative Options And Ideas:<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">In this video, I give you a brain dump of ideas to pick and choose from, for working into your own Polymer Clay Journal and Altered Book projects. I show many examples of the options available for the actual journal base, as well as the crazy unlimited ways you can customize the inside pages. Basically, there are as many creative choices for making these art journals, as there are artists themselves! I can&#8217;t wait to see what you guys come up with!<\/span><br \/>\n<script charset=\"utf-8\" type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fhubp0da1-20%2F8001%2F81dc5783-8186-421b-825f-6ea7f3e2e33a\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n<p><noscript><A HREF=\"http:\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&#038;MarketPlace=US&#038;ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Fhubp0da1-20%2F8001%2F81dc5783-8186-421b-825f-6ea7f3e2e33a&#038;Operation=NoScript\">Amazon.com Widgets<\/A><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong style=\"font-size: medium;\"> Other Suggested Supplies:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Paper Towels<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Rubbing Alcohol<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Mister Bottle<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Soft cloth or fabric for waxing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Tile for baking on<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">File Folder or Cardstock for baking and tenting<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Soapy Water for Sanding<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Old Hardcover Books or New\/Old Journal Booklet for covering<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Unmounted Rubber Stamps like the Amstamps in my <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/liquid-clay-transfers-polymer-clay-tutorials-vol-061\/17192\/\">Clay Transfers Tutorial<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">PYMII (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/craft-spray-fixative-polymer-clay-safe\/3659\/\">Preserve Your Memories 2<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">By the way, many of the <em>&#8220;shopping&#8221;<\/em> links I provide for the various tools and supplies used in my tutorials, are <em>&#8220;affiliate&#8221;<\/em> resources. That means companies like Amazon and the other suppliers I refer, pay me a small commission if you click on the links <em>and<\/em> end up making a purchase at their site. It&#8217;s not a lot, but every little bit helps in keeping the cost of my tutorials down. And, the prices for products that you may purchase through my links, are exactly the same as what you would normally pay, even if it is a <em>&#8220;sale&#8221;<\/em> price. So please feel free to click whenever you need to pick up a few things for your studio. Thanks so much for your support.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The full video series for the <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Polymer Clay Journals &amp; Altered Books <\/strong><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">tutorial described above, is available in Vol-068 at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/back-issues-03\/#vol-068\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Polymer Clay Library<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you would like to receive 3 free beginner videos right now, plus some free color recipes that get sent out each week in my Friday email newsletter, please click this link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Polymer Clay Tutorials<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>***********************************************************************************************<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n[wp_ad_camp_1]<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">&#8230;<\/span><strong> Please Note:<\/strong><\/span> A general prerequisite for all of my monthly library tutorials is that you have a good understanding of the polymer clay basics, including: conditioning clay, using a pasta machine, clay blade and other simple tools, making Skinner Blends, baking clay, as well as sanding and finishing. If you need help in these areas, my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/crse\/01-more.html\" target=\"_blank\">Polymer Clay Beginners Course<\/a> will get you up to speed quickly. There is also plenty of free information on this blog. Use the search box at the top of the page to find articles on specific topics.<\/span><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>***********************************************************************************************<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #808080;\"><span style=\"font-size: x-large; color: #000000;\">Customer Feedback About Membership Value:<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Ooh, I love this! One of many things I appreciate, Cindy, is how you encourage us to push creative boundaries. <\/span><\/span><strong><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">~Elizabeth-S<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">My Husband <em>(a retired computer engineer\/scientist)<\/em> has always drilled into me &#8220;work smarter not harder.&#8221; I think it is finally sinking in because that seems to be what Cindy&#8217;s tutorials are all about. Thank you Cindy! <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">~Cheyrl-B<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Hi Cindy, Thank you I&#8217;m all signed up after deliberating about it for a few months. Just watched your Faux Abalone tutorial it was totally amazing and just ordered loads of polymer clay to do the project. Your tutorials are very easy to follow wish I had done it ages ago. Thank you, From a newbie. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #000000;\"><strong>~Pamela-S<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Cindy, I am so excited about this Faux Abalone Shell tutorial. Not only is it beautiful when finished, the techniques and tips you teach us to help create it, is so well thought out, easy to follow and helps lead us to a failure rate of zero. I love every tutorial you do but especially the ones that involve canes that create these beautiful faux stones and gems. They are precise, easy to follow step by step and make us all winners.\u00a0 Providing links to the materials we might use are also a plus for us as it shows how much you want us to succeed. 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Love it. <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium; color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">~Helen-S<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">The full video series for the <\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Polymer Journals and Altered Books <\/strong><\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">tutorial described above, is available in Vol-068 at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadvideos.com\/back-issues-03\/#vol-068\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"external external_icon\">Polymer Clay Library<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you would like to receive 3 free beginner videos right now, plus some free color recipes that get sent out each week in my Friday email newsletter, please click this link: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Polymer Clay Tutorials<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 575px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 200px;\"><\/td>\n<td align=\"right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>6 Videos #468 to #473: As many creative choices for making these art journals, as there are artists!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2664],"tags":[2614,2702,2776,2629,1162,2736],"class_list":["post-18218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-polymer-clay-tutorials","tag-polymer-clay-crackle","tag-mixed-media-scrapbooking","tag-painting-coloring-distressed","tag-pets-wildlife","tag-molds-stamps-stencils","tag-silverware-upcycle-recycle-trash-treasures-steampunk"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}