Secrets to Polymer Clay Project 7: Bling Butterfly Focal
This blingy butterfly is the perfect project for practicing your rhinestone applications. Learn how to achieve brilliant sparkle with this mosaic-style embellishment.
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Secrets to Polymer Clay Project 6: Stained Glass Heart Pendant Video
Learn how to hollow out a faux stone pendant to create a secret, wearable window. Simple canes and transparent clay create a stained glass look with a truly magical effect.
Home Décor Dog
Make your own adorably lumpy version of your favorite furry friend using polymer clay with these simple step-by-step video and written instructions.
Triple-Strand Necklace
Only When Pigs Fly will we cease to be floored by our customers' creativity…and maybe not even then! Michela Verani's fun necklace uses metal clay and appropriately piggy-pink beads to bring this famous idiom to life.
Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set
Honor loved ones and preserve treasured memories with this sentimental project. The pendant features tiny blooms and a space for a personalized message.
Single-Strand Necklace
Resembling the intricate details found on heirloom jewelry, Konomi Ota's "Twinkle Roses" features realistically modeled metal clay blossoms.
Brooch
Flowers surround a serene rainbow moonstone, while a heart beats in time to the swaying of gemstone beads in Lyn Punkari's "Woman in the Flower Crown" brooch.
Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set
Hunt down great style with an Easter-egg themed jewelry project that's sure to spark hopping sales. The multicolored polymer clay bead sin this design resemble freshly dyed Easter eggs in fun spring colors.
Pendant
Citrine and Zircon add a golden glow to Sheila Schwede’s one-of-a-kind Flowers in Yellow pendant.
Kato Polyclay™ - The Skinner Blend Technique
The Skinner blend technique has revolutionized the process of blending colors. Learn how to create this gorgeous look with this instructional video.
Bib-Style Necklace
Bring out rustic, autumnal feelings with Katrina Lum’s "Falling Leaves" necklace, featuring an array of handmade bronze leaves, each one treated with Gilders Paste® for a ruddy and patinaed look.
Earrings
Celebrate summer with playful sunflower-inspired earrings with Sculpey® Soufflé™! Use Liquid Sculpey® to add a layer of polish to polymer clay creations.
Earrings
Create delicious-looking earrings with Sculpey® Soufflé™ polymer clay that you could just eat right up! Let this lightweight, flexible clay inspire a whole pâtisserie of scrumptious designs.
Using Metal Clay
Enjoy the fun and versatility of playing with clay with a twist ... firing the finished piece transforms it into a valuable, pure silver treasure to wear as jewelry.
Single-Strand Necklace
Metal clays let you turn any moment into bespoke jewelry! Ruth Baillie’s "Feed the Birds" pendant necklace does just that, with silver birds enjoying a delightfully detailed meal.
Single-Strand Necklace
There's some straight-up monkey business in Sally Parker's playful necklace design. An adorable Swinging Monkey takes center stage among glass leaves and wood beads.
Double-Strand Necklace
A metal clay turtle swims among pearls and metal clay marine plant life, expertly keeping his Head above Water, in Sheila Schwede's striking necklace.
How to Use Molding Compound
Want to make replicas of some of your unique stations or duplicate hard-to-find vintage buttons.? Learn how to use molding compound to recreate even fragile items.
Bowl
Laura Burlis created this deceptively complex, piece of décor filled with hidden details. You can really see the natural beauty from which she drew her inspiration.
Home Décor Dragon
You can find inspiration for your designs anywhere. Designer Laura Burlis found hers at the beach and transformed a piece of driftwood into "Drifting Dragon".
Home Décor Lamp
Bring the magic of a moonlit garden to the side table of your home with this embellished lamp by Becky Miller.
Bib-Style Necklace and Earring Set
Go wild in this explosive floral creation by Becky Miller.
Earrings
Take a stroll through Amanda Senger's twilight garden in this luminous earring set.
Bib-Style Necklace and Earring Set
Amanda Senger captures the color and joy of an early summer day with this art inspired jewelry set.
Earrings
Shiver me timbers! These here earrings ''arr'' full of piratical charm.
Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set
Polymer clay and wirework combine for a stunning look of classic sophistication.
Vase
Filigree components, polymer clay and flatback rhinestones turn a plain vase into a work of art.
Earrings
80's nostalgia is back with these fun and funky video game inspired earrings made with polymer clay.
Single-Strand Necklace
Every snowflake is unique, and Natasha Downs' The Snow Queen's Palace is especially so with its rich winter motif.
Double-Strand Necklace
Padme ("lotus" in Sanskrit) by Wanaree Tanner captures the beauty of its namesake flower with Labradorite cabochons and embossed designs on the settings.
Single-Strand Necklace
Crafted entirely from metal clay, the unique links and captivating clasp and pendant in Sheila Schwede's Chain of Shells make this necklace a treasure fit for a mermaid!
Earrings
Art Clay® Silver allows you to make custom focals for all your jewelry-making endeavors.
Ring
Custom rings are made easy with metal clay. Add desired motifs and intricate designs for one-of-a-kind statements.
Single-Strand Necklace
Making your own pendants is easy with metal clay. Follow this quick tutorial to learn how.
Earrings
Sculpt incredible custom focals, like these festive floral earrings, with Sculpey® Soufflé™.
Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set
This adorable owl jewelry set is a total hoot!
Bracelet
Subtle studs protrude from the complex pattern of this chunky bracelet design.
Earrings
Gather the family and build this pair of sweet treats to celebrate the holiday season.
Pendant
Little cubic zirconias twinkle amid the golden vines of this award-winning metal clay design like stars seen through an arbor on a warm spring evening.
Single-Strand Necklace
Inspired by the artistic style of the Ashanti region of Africa, Natasha Downs’ Ashanti Lace puts a modern spin on a unique style steeped in cultural heritage.
Pendant
O Gnomeo, Gnomeo, wherefore art thou Gnomeo? Right here, on this whimsical precious metal clay pendant made by designer-artist Ann Holden!
Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set
Dip into the warm glow of brick red and gold with this 70s-inspired jewelry set.
Bib-Style Necklace
Eriko Page delivers the glory of spring in this lively necklace design.
Single-Strand Necklace
Experience the artistry of Sheila Schwede, who claimed the Grand Prize Gold Medal in our 2017 contest with her remarkable metal clay craftsmanship. Captured Fire showcases a stunning Mexican opal embraced by intricate leaf motifs, extending to the necklace chain and evoking the fiery spirit of autumn.
Home Décor Sculpture
A scuttling crab, curious fish and an abundance of other marine animals decorate this ornate ocean scene.
Home Décor Tree
Marilyn Morrison's whimsical Lazy Summer Day evokes warm and fuzzy feelings of time spent at ease.
Ring
Create a fine-silver ring with PMC3™ by following this project. The addition of metal clay bezels creates a truly organic cocktail ring worthy of interest.
Single-Strand Necklace and Earring Set
Look at all those chickens! This jewelry set is sure to be the bock of the party.
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