{"id":3600,"date":"2009-04-09T03:12:10","date_gmt":"2009-04-09T10:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=3600"},"modified":"2009-04-08T15:04:30","modified_gmt":"2009-04-08T22:04:30","slug":"mixed-media-jewelry-projects-polymer-clay-scrapbooking-supplies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/mixed-media-jewelry-projects-polymer-clay-scrapbooking-supplies\/3600\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixed Media Jewelry Projects | Polymer Clay | Scrapbooking Supplies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2009-04\/09-polymer-clay-mixed-media-jewelry.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Mixed Media Jewelry\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" align=\"left\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Polymer Clay is an Ideal Media For Using In Creative Mixed Media Projects:<br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Most crafts these days seem to cross over from one medium to the next. In fact this Mixed Media approach to art has become extremely popular lately.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Finding multiple uses for your crafting tools and supplies makes a lot of sense too. Being able to use these things for more than a single purpose helps to justify the initial investment or cost outlay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Polymer clay is a prime example of a medium that crosses over very well from craft to craft. Here&#8217;s just some of the materials and techniques that can be used with polymer clay:<\/span><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Painting<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Drilling<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Carving<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Inking<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Stamping<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Screen Printing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Embossing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Folding<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>**<\/strong><\/span> Combine With Metals<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\">\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Caning<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Sanding<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Polishing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Gluing<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mosaic<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Inlaying<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Embedding<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Encase In Resin<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Sewing<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #ff0000;\"><strong>**<\/strong><\/span> For an example of combining polymer clay with metal, have a look at a post I wrote the other day&#8230; about combining metal scrapbooking embellishments and polymer cane slices to make a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/number-jewelry-metal-scrapbook-embellishments-fimo\/3329\/\">Number Jewelry Necklace<\/a> for my daughter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">For other creative ideas using scrapbooking supplies in your polymer clay projects, here&#8217;s 4 more articles to check out:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-projects-tim-holtz-ideology-scrapbooking-supplies\/3314\/\">Polymer Clay Projects Using Tim Holtz Ideology Scrapbooking Supplies<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/scrapbooking-tools-for-polymer-clay-projects-spellbinders-die-cut\/399\/\">Scrapbooking Tools for Polymer Clay Projects | Spellbinders Die Cut<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/alcohol-ink-polymer-clay-craft-supplies\/2051\/\">Using Alcohol Ink With Polymer Clay And Other Craft Supplies<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/pearl-ex-powdered-pigments-making-polymer-clay-beads\/2069\/\">Pearl Ex Powdered Pigments Perfect For Making Polymer Clay Beads<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/cindy-sig.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Cindy Lietz Signature\" width=\"114\" height=\"99\" align=\"right\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutor.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Tutor\" width=\"200\" height=\"26\" align=\"right\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Polymer Clay is an Ideal Media For Using In Creative Mixed Media Projects: Most crafts these days seem to cross over from one&#8230;&nbsp;<span class=\"cmtcnt\">9<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,18],"tags":[1686,2702],"class_list":["post-3600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-supplies","category-tools","tag-crafting","tag-mixed-media-scrapbooking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3600","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\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3600"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3600\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}