Miniature teddy bears picnic 2.6cm high Picnic blanket 3 x 2.4cm
For the picnic blanket I used the new silkscreen I bought from MOIKO silk screens
Miniature choc chip cookies 3D printed plate: 2.5cm diameter
Miniature donuts in a box 4.7 x 3.4 cm
The box template I found online and with Gareth’s help, it became a miniature box
I didn’t want a white box, so I looked through all my scrapbooking papers and found this cute piece of paper 😍
Glasses Holder Pendant
I received a PNA voucher for my birthday and decided to buy myself a Fimo Clay Extruder. My other extruder decided to break, and because PNA had their annual SALE, it was the perfect opportunity to replace it.
And having a new toy meant I had to try it out 😀
So I decided to make a retro cane and use it to make this pendant
This was my first time making a retro cane and I loved it!! It was SO much fun!! I’m definitely going to make more retro canes in future! 🤩
A decorated glass coffee bottle to use for our coffee
SO much fun to make
A miniature mask 1.3cm high and 3cm long
I must admit, I like this mask a lot more than the one I have to wear every time I leave the house 😷🙁
Miniature hand sanitizer 2.8cm high
To go with the miniature mask
Miniature iced polka dot cookies 3D printed plate: 2.5cm diameter
Miniature waffle with ice cream 3D printed plate: 2.5cm diameter
Week 40!!! Time really flies when you’re having fun!
Miniature robot 3cm high
The clay has these specks inside, I love it! So much fun to work with.
Kawaii (in the context of Japanese popular culture) means “cute”, but Kawaii is so much more than just cute: it’s a huge part of Japanese culture and can be found in anime, fashion, art, music, lifestyle, and more.
A quilling owl fridge magnet
Because the quilling cupcake was so much fun to make, I decided to make another one
Miniature pizza slices on plates 3D printed plates: 2.5cm diameter
One of my favourite food groups – PIZZA!! (YES! it is a food group!!) 😆
A miniature bumble bee 3.2cm high
This bumble bee was so much fun to make, I’m very happy with it 😍
For the wings, I made a cane with Cernit translucent and black clay
Wow!! We’re halfway through the 2020 Polymer Clay Challenge!!!
Miniature ladybird 3cm high
Miniature kawaii moon 2cm high
I mixed glow in the dark and grey clay and it glows when it’s very dark
Miniature seahorse 3.2 cm high
I wasn’t sure what I wanted to make for this week 28, but then, I received an email from Kater’s Acres with a free tutorial. And I immediately knew I wanted to make it.
A miniature starfish 2.4cm high
To keep the miniature seahorse company 😄
Miniature cherry cupcakes on a cake stand 2.6cm high
This was lots of fun, even though it was a bit tricky 😊
This was something I wanted to try and this polymer clay challenge gave me the perfect excuse 😁
This was SO MUCH fun! And now I’m on a mission to collect soda can tabs 🤣🤣
Sea creatures
A while ago I made a fishing net type curtain for our bathroom and I decided to make sea creatures to add to it
Scrappy
I followed a tutorial – “No Such Thing as Scrap Clay Tutorial” by Katers Acres … I love this idea of blending scrap clay into new colours and will definitely do this more in future
And I used my new colours and followed another tutorial – “Scrappy Clay Tutorial” by Martin Pottjewijd and made my own mini version of a Scrappy
Handmade tools
I made canes using last week’s scrap clay and decorated my handmade tools. They definitely needed some colour
And I also made a new tool with an old exacto blade. Another tutorial by Katers Acres. The blade is rusted and very old, but perfect for cutting small things
I like following tutorials because I learn so much in the process
Miniature dentures 2cm long 1.9cm wide 1.6cm high
When I saw a tutorial by Stephanie Kilgast on YouTube – “How to sculpt miniature teeth”, I HAD to give it a try! 😄
Miniature Gingerbread House decorating scene
I had this small wooden table for a while now and decided this week was a good week to do something with it, so I gave it a paint job, made a serviette decoupage tablecloth (because the shops are closed due to lockdown and I can’t get fabric)
I had loads of fun making this
Sugarspoon
I made cupcake beads and decorated this sugarspoon (also something I had in my stash) 😆
A miniature cow 3.5cm high
I don’t know what it is about this cow, but I think she is the cutest cow I have ever made 😍
A quilling cupcake fridge magnet
For this week’s challenge I did something I’ve never tried before … quilling with polymer clay and it was lots of fun
I started reading about it, and it’s a commitment to work with polymer clay and complete one item per week. You can choose a theme or do whatever you like. It made me very excited, and I decided to give it a try in 2020.
On her Facebook group, I joined the challenge and got even more excited when I saw what the ladies did in 2019. Then I had to decide what I was going to do. I didn’t want to do a theme for the whole year (I know I will get bored) so I decided to do whatever I wanted and to have as much fun as possible.
So, this was the first week of the 2020 Polymer Clay Challenge and after thinking of so many options, I finally decided to start the challenge with something I’ve never done before. I was going to make a patchwork pendant, inspired by one of Kater’s Acres tutorials
I prepared squares of clay in different colours and textured them. Then I cut them into strips and put them together on another clay square. After that, I used a cookie cutter to cut the shape out.
It looked fine, but I wasn’t entirely happy with it, it needed something else. So I added thin strips of clay on top where the clay pieces join. It took a few tries before I was happy with the colours and the look. Lastly, I added some scrapbooking embellishments and a normal screw (that Gareth cut shorter for me).
Here it is, my first week’s item for the challenge – a patchwork pendant
I was very happy with the way it all came together
A heart cane
It is loads of fun to make and very rewarding when you slice it and you get the perfect picture
A pen, decorated with cupcakes and a pen holder in the shape of a cupcake
Loads of fun to make 😁
I love making cupcakes, whether they are edible or out of polymer clay
A miniature dachshund holding a cupcake 2.8cm high
My first attempt at making a miniature dachshund … not so easy 😆
Two miniature dachshunds
I used my first two dachshunds, Tinky and Gina as models (of course,Tinky’s tongue had to be out) 😄😄
I tried the mokume gane technique and made funky dachshund fridge magnets
Mokume Gane is a traditional Japanese method for laminating various colors of metals together and manipulating them to create patterns.
Polymer clay works perfectly to create patterns from layers of clay, manipulating them and removing slices.
I made a stack of clay out of layers of different colours of polymer clay and then pressed it full of holes etc. This is what creates the patterns.
Then I cut it into slices, but unfortunately, my clay was too soft and I couldn’t get perfect slices, so I decided to slice smaller pieces and put them together.
And that became my funky fridge magnets
I am going to try the mokume gane technique again with stiffer clay
Miniature penguin 2.6cm high
The more miniatures I make, the more I love doing them 😍
A Jelly Roll Cane
I followed a tutorial and it’s so simple to do … make a jelly roll cane, press holes in it, and slice it lengthwise
