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Spotlight:<\/span> “The owners of my local bead shop took one look and offered to sell them for me!” ~Silverleaf <\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n It is very exciting to see someone take what they have learned, put their own spin on it, and turn it into something that people<\/span> want to buy… like today’s Spotlight guest did. Her name is Anna… aka Silverleaf.<\/span><\/p>\n Related links for this Spotlight feature include: (1) Ink Effects on Crackled Gold Leaf<\/a>; (2) Translucent Polymer Clay<\/a>; (3) Future Floor Polish<\/a>; (4) Making Disc Beads<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n Here is What Silverleaf Wrote…<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n Cindy,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I thought I’d show you my version of your ink on crackled leaf pendants. I loved the look of your pendants but I had problems with getting the translucent clay thin enough – my pendants ended up very milky and pale rather than bright. They looked nice, but not what I wanted, so I thought I’d substitute liquid clay instead.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I added leaf and ink to the black clay and crackled it, then cut out pendants and baked. Once they were cool I trimmed any rough edges with a craft knife and applied a thin layer of Fimo Deko gel with a paintbrush then rebaked. To add more depth to the pendants I used another layer of the gel, baked, then finished with Klear (Future Floor Polish).<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n I also made some little disc beads in the same way which I’m using to make bracelets and earrings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n
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