Gingerbread Man Earrings with Sculpey® Polymer Clay and Undrilled Glass Microbeads
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Design Idea RF42
-- Designer --
Patti, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
To learn more about Patti Miller, read her jewelry artist success story here.
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- Eye pin, silver-plated brass, 1-1/2 inches, 21 gauge
- Jump ring, sterling silver, 6mm round, 4.7mm inside diameter, 22 gauge
- Clay carving tool, stainless steel, 6-1/4 to 6-3/4 inches
- Clay cutter, Kemper®, brass, 9-19mm assorted circle with built-in pop-out tool
- Birch, embossing stylus light brown 5 inch mixed sizes
- Bead, Czech fire-polished glass, translucent light red, 6mm faceted round
- Polymer clay, Sculpey® PREMO, white
- Polymer clay, Sculpey® PREMO, black
- Bead, coated glass, opaque red, 1mm undrilled micro round
- Bead, coated glass, opaque green, 1mm undrilled micro round
- Glaze, Sculpey®, acrylic emulsion, glossy
- Polymer clay, Sculpey® PREMO, raw sienna
- Liquid polymer clay, opaque white Liquid Sculpey®
- Polymer clay, Sculpey® Soufflé™, cherry pie
- Polymer clay, Sculpey® Soufflé™, canary
- Polymer clay, Sculpey® Soufflé™, jade
- Polymer clay Sculpey® Soufflé™ French pink
- Ear wire fishhook angular / 3mm ball / perfect balance / open loop, 22 gauge brass
Instructions
Earring Instructions
Step 1
Create a paper template of a gingerbread man—approximately 2x1-1/2 inches—and cut it out.
Step 2
Roll out half of one bar of raw sienna Sculpey® PREMO polymer clay. Trace the gingerbread man template and cut out a gingerbread man.
Step 3
Use a toothbrush to add texture all over the surface of the gingerbread man.
Step 4
Roll tiny balls of clay to use for buttons, one of each color Sculpey Soufflé™ polymer clay: cherry pie, jade and canary. Use white Liquid Sculpey liquid polymer clay to attach the buttons to the gingerbread man.
Step 5
Roll two tiny balls of black Sculpey PREMO polymer clay for the gingerbread man’s eyes. Roll a tiny line of black polymer clay for the mouth.
Roll two even smaller balls of white Sculpey PREMO polymer clay for the highlights in the black eyes.
Roll two small balls of French pink Sculpey Soufflé polymer clay for the cheeks.
Attach the eyes, eye highlights, mouth and cheeks to the gingerbread man using white Liquid Sculpey liquid polymer clay.
Step 6
Using white Liquid Sculpey liquid polymer clay, make icing stripes on the gingerbread man’s arms and legs and the icing cap on his head.
Step 7
Shape holly leaves out of jade Sculpey Soufflé polymer clay and add a dot of cherry pie Sculpey Soufflé polymer clay. Attach to the gingerbread man using white Liquid Sculpey liquid polymer clay.
Step 8
Sprinkle red and green 1mm undrilled coated glass microbeads on the white icing on the gingerbread man’s head.
Step 9
Using a toothpick, make a hole in the top of the gingerbread man’s head. This will be the place the jump ring attaches.
Step 10
Bake at 275 degrees Fahrenheit (135 degrees Celsius) for 15 minutes. Let it cool completely.
Step 11
Glaze the gingerbread man with Sculpey acrylic emulsion glaze. Let it dry.
Step 12
Thread a 6mm translucent light red Czech fire-polished glass faceted round bead onto a 1-1/2 inch 21-gauge silver-plated eye pin to create a drop. Finish it with a simple loop.
Step 13
Attach the drop you just made to a 6mm 22-gauge sterling silver round jump ring and then attach the drop to the cookie.
Finish by attaching the ear wire to the drop.
Step 14
Repeat Steps 1 - 12 for the second earring.
Tip: For more information on using polymer clay, watch “Top 5 Tips for Working with Polymer Clay.”
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