Headwrap Charms

Good morning and welcome to another Creative Paperclay® post.  Today I am showing you a follow up from two weeks ago when I created some paperclay charms from "non" molds.  If you don't know what I am talking about go here.

So I started with one of the charms I created while it was still a bit wet.

When the clay is not yet hardened all the way

I took the original charm 

and laid it onto the clay and gently pressed

it into the clay 

it gives the clay some definition 

see. 

After the clay piece was completely hard

I painted it with Metallic Pure Gold

Acrylic paint. 

Then I used the Shimmering Garnet from 

Terri Sproul's Mixers and you can get 

those here.  Not only does this give the

crown a glitzy effect, but it also seals the

piece when you mix it with the 3D 

Crystal Lacquer.

I wanted to add some glitz to my crown and remembered a purchase 

I recently made from my favorite "Dollar Tree". 

In the health and beauty aisle I came across these

nail art bottles.  I knew I needed them for

my altered art projects and they came in

handy for this project. 

I added some rhinestones and these itty bitty

pink balls from the nail art with the 3D Crystal Lacquer 

and covered them again with it to seal it. 

Then I took an unfinished crown, (yes I

usually make more than 1 piece at a time

in case of mishaps) and traced it onto a scrap

of soft faux leather. 

I cut it out just a bit bigger than the piece itself. 

I also bought these elastic headwraps at 

the Dollar Tree that day, (but not knowing

what I would be doing with them).

I might have a buying problem lol.

I added some glue to the backside of the crown

and glued a part of the headwrap to it.

Then I glued the faux leather piece on top

of the elastic ribbon onto the crown. 

and now I have a gorgeous headwrap charm. 

Close up (it's hard to take a picture of yourself)

So...what do you think?  I think I might be making some of these for my granddaughter for Christmas.  

I hope you've enjoyed another tutorial from me using the Creative Paperclay®.  Remember, the possibilities are endless...just use your imagination.

As always, have a great day and God Bless.

Lock and Key Pendant

Good morning and welcome to my last post for Creative Paperclay®.  I am so sad to be leaving the design team, but room needs to be made for some fresh talent.  Believe me though, this is not the last you've seen of me using the paper clay.  Since I have been on the team I have found a new love and this week I am also showing another new love...

First I started with a mold I had received from Articus Studios.  Being on this design team has given me LOTS of fabulous opportunities to try different things.

I have a passion about keys.  Especially skeleton keys and this mold had just a great variety.

I pressed my clay into the mold and let it set overnight.  The next day I pulled my keys and locks out and let them air dry the rest of the way.  I always leave my clay pieces in the mold overnight so as I do not distort them trying to get them out of the mold before they are at least 3/4 of the way dry.

Then I used an emery board and sanded the keys and locks.  I even have used my dremel to get inside those little openings.  Love this tool.

Here is my key and lock all dried and sanded.  Now came the other portion of my new found passion.  Our very own Terri Sproul has come out with a new product called Mixers.  It's so awesome...you just "mix" it into some crystal lacquer and it creates a paint like product.  As soon as Terri released them I bought some and told hubby how much I loved them.  For valentine's day he surprised me with the entire product line.  I was so excited and now I have so many colors to play with.  It will also last a very long time because you don't need very much of the "mixer" at all.  Anyway...I chose the "bronze" color and a dabble of 3d crystal lacquer and this is how my new necklace looks.

Now, again I did say this is my last post for Creative Paperclay®, but if you are so inclined to see more of my creations, keep checking back here.  I have a huge project in the works and it involves my "new" craft room.  That is one of the reasons you haven't seen a lot of projects from me, but I should be back on track in a couple of weeks and joining in a few new DT teams also.