Polymer Clay Leaves

Good evening.  It is late here in Pennsylvania... almost 11pm.  I spent the evening with my mother beading.  My dh is out of town on business tonight.  I got home around 9pm tonight and decided to play some more.  I am on a macramé and polymer clay kick lately.  But, I created these fall leaves out of polymer clay to use on some Fall themed ATC cards for a swap on Mini Album Scraps ning site.

I conditioned my clay and rolled it out with my roller (shame on me, can't find my pasta maker that is dedicated to my clay work), and I used a tear drop shape cutter to cut out the shapes.  Then I used a sharp piercing tool to do little dotted lines for the veins and then played connect the dots to fill in the lines.  I learned that trick on Pinterest.

Here is another trick I learned on Pinterest.  I found out that you can microwave Polymer clay.  You heard me right.  You use a microwave safe dish, put plenty of water in it and nuke it for about 10 - 15 minutes, depending on the thickness of the clay.  The only thing that I read was not to do this in a ceramic dish.  The ceramic changes the composition of the clay and it will break down or something like that.  IT WORKED LIKE A CHARM!!!!  I poured out the hot water and replaced it with ice water and my leaves are super hard.

Then I took red acrylic paint and painted them.  I used a damp paper towel to wipe most of the paint off, leaving it in the crevices.  I also dabbed some paint on the edges.  That was another Pinterest find too.  I didn't glaze them yet.  I am thinking I will leave them as is to make them look more organic than shiny.

Now, just if I could find my pasta machine.  I have not played with my clay in so long that I put it away somewhere.  I had to hunt for all my clay tools too.  Found those.  I looked all over my craft room.  I am either over looking it or it got packed into a tote and taken to the basement for storage when I cleared out my craft room to make room for all of my paper crafting stuff.

Some of My Clay Roses

Good evening.  Just thought I would jump on and share with you my clay roses that I make.  They are acid free and safe for scrapbooking and card making.  I am going to be selling these beauties.  I took a couple close ups of the red roses.  Not sure if you can see it or not but the leaves and the roses are made with mica clay..  has mica powder in them to give them some shimmer and sparkle.  Not all of my clay roses are made with mica clay.  Mica clay is only available in a couple colors.

The Large Roses with Leaves are about 30 mm ..................  .65 each

Med Roses (ones under the Large Ones) about 24 mm .......  .45 each

Smaller Roses are about 13 mm ............................................  .25 each

I can do custom orders with custom colors..    If you are interested in ordering, send me an email with the what size, color and quantity and I will send you an invoice via paypal.  This is how I am doing it until I decide if I want to try to set up a store here on my blog or continue to use Etsy.  Shipping will be reasonable.  Depending on quantity..  will probably ship first class mail.