{"id":6498,"date":"2009-11-01T03:38:04","date_gmt":"2009-11-01T10:38:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/?p=6498"},"modified":"2009-11-01T18:55:18","modified_gmt":"2009-11-02T01:55:18","slug":"mica-powder-craft-glitter-gold-leaf-polymer-clay-bling-supplies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/mica-powder-craft-glitter-gold-leaf-polymer-clay-bling-supplies\/6498\/","title":{"rendered":"Mica Powder, Craft Glitter, Gold Leaf | Polymer Clay Bling Supplies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/images\/blog\/2009-11\/01-bling-on-your-beads-2009-07-03-121.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Polymer Clay Bling\" hspace=\"0\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" align=\"left\" \/><strong><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"> <\/span>&#8220;I am trying to think outside the box this year&#8230; trying to be a little more daring with the bling.&#8221; <span style=\"color: #808080;\">~Lupe-M<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"> <\/span><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">If you want to make your beads sing, you&#8217;ve got to add a little bling! And when I say bling, I&#8217;m referring to any kind of sparkle, both on and in your polymer clay beads. Here are a few quick tips to follow:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Add Metal to the Surface of Your Beads:<\/strong><\/span> Metal Leafs and Foils are great ways to add a little sparkle and glam to your beads. Listed below are a few articles that have already been posted about how to use and apply gold leaf and foils:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/easy-polymer-clay-tutorial-crackled-gold-leaf-on-round-fimo-beads\/591\/\">Crackled Gold Leaf on Round Beads<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/gold-leaf-polymer-clay-versus-gold-foil\/130\/\">Differences Between Gold Leaf and Gold Foil<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutorial-jones-tones-foil-mona-lisa-gold-leaf\/1763\/\">Jones Tones Foil and Mona Lisa Gold Leaf<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/jones-tones-foil-mona-lisa-leaf\/138\/\">Using Metal Leafs and Foils<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Add Metal to the Inside of Your Beads:<\/strong><\/span> Putting a layer of gold, silver or copper leaf in between layers of polymer clay, makes a lovely Mokume Gane. Here are a couple of articles on how to do the Mokume Gane Technique:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-tutorial-mokume-gane-techniques\/1467\/\">Getting Creative with Mokume Gane Techniques<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/mokume-gane-polymer-clay-jewelry\/66\/\">Mokume Gane Polymer Clay Jewelry<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>Add Sparkly Powder:<\/strong><\/span> There are lots of different sparkling powders you can use on and in your polymer clay. Think mica powders, pigment powders, glitter and even eye shadow! Read the following articles for more info:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/pearl-ex-powdered-pigments-making-polymer-clay-beads\/2069\/\">Pearl Ex Powdered Pigments for Polymer Clay<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/glitter-how-to-polymer-clay-supplies-for-bead-and-jewelry-making\/494\/\">How To Use Glitter with Polymer Clay<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Speaking of glitter&#8230; if you haven&#8217;t seen the video I posted back in June 2008 about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/polymer-clay-glitter-ellen-degeneres-crafty-chica\/122\/\">Ellen DeGeneres lobbying congress to ban glitter<\/a>, it&#8217;s a must see. In the video, my friend the Crafty Chica (Kathy Cano-Murillo), a self proclaimed lover of glitter, makes a valiant effort to try and win Ellen over. Very funny stuff.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">That was absolutely hysterical and I would have missed it totally if it had not been for The Treasure Hunt. <\/span><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>~Anna-S<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Now I&#8217;m not sure if Ellen and Kathy ended up seeing eye to eye on this matter, but I was happy to have least passed along some sparkly tips to Kathy and her canes.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Cindy &#8211; Thank you for the awesome glitter tips! I am going to try making canes with my clay, now I am all excited!! Thanks to you!! Hugs, Kathy :)<\/span> <span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>~Crafty Chica<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">As you can see, glitter certainly does stir up emotions. It seems to be one of those love hate things. In fact, there are certain readers here at the blog who would probably side with Ellen DeGeneres when it comes to glitter&#8230; <em>which I am totally fine with by the way. <\/em>Everyone is allowed to have an opinion here :)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Does anyone recall who amongst us, made the following rather passionate <em>(and recent)<\/em> remark?<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">This was also the cane that showed me how much I hate glitter in my clay!!! <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><strong>~:-)<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Please share your thoughts and opinions about glitter and bling in the comments section below.<\/span><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><span style=\"font-size: large; color: #ff0000;\"><strong> <\/strong><\/span><\/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>&#8220;I am trying to think outside the box this year&#8230; trying to be a little more daring with the bling.&#8221; ~Lupe-M<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2769,19],"tags":[2614,2760,1948],"class_list":["post-6498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pct-show-tell","category-supplies","tag-polymer-clay-crackle","tag-glitter-bling-sparkles","tag-inks-dyes-pigments-powders-pearlex"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6498","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=6498"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6498\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beadsandbeading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}