Happy Thanksgiving- Giving thanks and sharing some of my latest polymer clay creations :)

it has been crazy for me lately and i haven't had time to blog for a while, but i just wanted to drop a line to wish everyone a wonderful Thanksgiving :)

this is what i have been up to - try new things and building up stock for my upcoming holiday craft shows - hope you like them let me know what you think :)

these came from an polymer clay artist on YOU TUBE her channel is called

Kriquit & Friends- check her out she is amazing :)

i had some vintage cookie cutters and came up with these little ice cream cookies .

Happy Thanksgiving and Creating

Some many Projects So little clay--- polymer clay Penquins ,Turkeys and Pens

Busy getting ready  for a Holiday Craft Show this Sunday.  Once again i have been playing with the flower canes and making beads and Pens with them.
I also have been working on some polymer clay Penguins on top of bells.....i like trying to make them all a little different....give them there own personality kinda.
In honor of Thanksgiving i also tried my hand making PC turkeys....my favorite part is the beak. 
Let me know what u like and what you have been working on.

Some more diversions.....so easily distracted

I was in the mood to play with polymer clay today ... and this is what i came up with.  I made these canes and it is mostly made with translucent clay.  Thin layer of white...thick layer of translucent and mainly colorful pieces of scrap clay...rolled all together thru the pasta machine on the thickest setting and rolled.  Next take a credit card ..push it it long ways, ...then twist roll and above is what you might get.  This was my first time doing this cane but it looked nice and easy and those are my type of cane.  :)

I made a pendant with one of the canes i made.  The pendant underneath is a teal blue and then i tried to shave thin slices of the cane and layer them on the blue  (that's is why it has a blue hue to it , so what ever color you use as your base will totally change the  look of the cane).  Next time i am going to add as one of the layers gold leaving and see how that makes a difference.  I haven't glazed this one yet...not sure i am going to...?

Penguins are always a holiday favorite so i have been trying to assemble several of these little guys for the crafts shows I have coming up.  Let me know what you think...any comments , suggestions or tips.  Hope you have a great week :)

Polymer clay Faux Stones

 

Well i kinda shifted gears a bit - for some time i have been wanting to make Faux Polymer clay stones and i just went for it last night. Now remember these are my first attempts and i know i need to play with color mixing some more but for my first time out i was kinda proud of myself :)  I am hoping you can guess that the top picture is supposed to be turquoise. As for the 2nd picture i am not sure of the name but i have seen a red stone with black veins...?  I had some bezels and filled them up with the clay, baked them , put a little glaze on them and this is my end result.  Let me know what you think.

Slow progress

Because it takes 24 hours to dry it is a slow process but i am really liking working with the DAS air dry clay.  I was worried at the beginning mainly because i had never done it before and was reading from other blogs that piecing together was difficult and was hard to sculpt. I just used water to join pieces and blend and  it worked great. I sanded it lightly to smooth  some of the rough edges and seams. I will be painting it next the part that really makes it come alive i feel. Let me know what you think.

and i just took this picture and had to share- this is my baby :)

Craft-Room Explosion

Gee that is what i should have named the blog....CRAFT-ROOM EXPLOSION...kinda catchy oh well. :)
i hope you had a wonderful day. It was quite warm in my neck of the woods today and it put me in slow mode when it came to cleaning my disaster of a craft room. Needless to say i was too busy moving supplies from one area of the room to the other and didn't feel like much got accomplished.  I have a mission now to finish organizing the room and finish my skeleton dude...i feel kinda bad leaving him 1/2 dressed.  If you have any thoughts on organization or feel my pain leave a comment i would love to hear from you.

ecofroggy :) 

Skeleton Day of dead Project (in progress)- and Upcycled Shoebox Storage

Day of the Dead Skeleton--- this is my project i started with DAS air dry clay - i let it sit over night to completely dry and i was really surprised to see how sturdy and hard the clay actually appeared. I will be working on the pants and other items in the days to come - Let me know what you think :)

upcycled shoe box -- with a little Mod Podge, scrapbook paper and a little time it is a nice way to dress up a shoe box for storage and help the environment too. Its not perfect but it will be up on my shelf and hold some of my rubber stamps and look a lot better than just a plain shoe box. Dressed it up with a little ribbon to hid e the seams :)

Last item was from  http://nurturemama.blogspot.com/2010/10/glowing-faces-in-jar-and-other.html
had MP as one of the supplies so i had to try it--- so much FUN...they lit up my walk way for the little trick or treaters yesterday :)

Happy Halloween

My day is done and it is time for bed- and i didn't get a chance to craft all day .....so sad....but i hope everyone had a very Happy Halloween :)

DAS air dry clay- Day of the Dead Skeleton project

I bought a pack of the air dry clay and have been dying to use it. So today i opened up the package and started to play....  The project I am attempting to make is a Day of the Dead skeleton dressed with clothing I sculpt from DAS clay.  I bought the skeleton from the Dollar Tree so I wouldn't be worried about investing too much in my trial run. I didn't take any pictures yet but i will and i will post them hopefully tomorrow.  I am use to polymer clay and it is totally different - the texture- the flexibility and of course the color. I only made the jacket so far, since wanted to see how it dried first.  Argh I have to wait 24 hours .... patience is not a virtue of mine. I was searching the Internet trying to find projects that others have done with the DAS clay and only found projects for kids. I was hoping to find tips and tutorials but no such luck on my journey...so sad.  I hope you will check back with me to see how my project turns out...good or bad.?

Mod Podge Shelf

Hi
This is my first test at setting up a post so please be patient with me as i learn how all this works, and dont give up on me :) .  Hope you will share your ideas and comment all the time.
This little project was done out of frustration on not having enough space in my craft-room.
I had a couple of wooden boards in my garage just waiting to be useful.  As you will find out i need things to be easy ( but i also like messy sometimes )
Gonna give you a step by step on what i did , just in case you get inspired to do the same :)
1- glued (with wood glue ) 2 pieces of wood planks - then just let it dry overnite just to make sure it was dryed completely.
2- painted with white acrylic paint the whole piece ( but you could use whatever color you want )  I did a couple of coats.  Again let it dry... it was quick since acrylic is quick to dry ..yippie
3- measured the boards and cut my scrapbook paper to size.
4- Now the really fun part ---Break out the Mod Podge ( i used Matt ) ..apply a coat of MP (i did paper section by section to make sure MP didnt dry up...) I used foam brush.
5- make sure there are no wrinkles or bubbles in paper ( i had a slight bump where the board met :( )
6- After all sheets are applied let dry...again ( i know i hate the drying time part too.)
7- Apply a coat of MP on top of paper now. .... after that is dry i applied paper punch out embellishments to jazz it up alittle ..even though i knew i was gonna put stuff on top of it....go figure
8- My last step was to apply 2 more coat of MP. 
One shelf down now to start on the top one :)
Hope you enjoyed my 1st post - would luv to hear from you please leave me a comment

Ecofroggy