The first thing I did when I got ready to paint my ornament was to paint it black. I started using black as a basecoat years ago when I was into painting 25mm lead fantasy figurines and I still prefer black as my primary basecoat when I paint nearly anything. For this ornament [...]
Here is the finished ornament ready to be placed in the oven and baked according to the manufacturers directions on the package of polymer clay. I am in the process of remolding my bedroom and office, so my Deni convection oven is not set up for firing at the moment, so this ornament was instead [...]
Step three in creating the hand made holiday ornament from polymer clay is to smooth the polymer clay over the surface of the aluminum foil. I use only a thin layer of clay to start with, then build it up a little where necessary to create a smooth surface on the finished ornament.
Once the aluminum [...]
The first step in making the holiday ornament is to create a base for the ornament. I used aluminum foil for this ornament. I started with a crumpled ball of aluminum foil, then added a length of foil which I twisted into decorative ends, looping the foil on one end to create a [...]
Creating hand made ornaments for the holidays is a great activity that anyone can enjoy and you can even have kids help you with this project as long as you oversee the baking of the clay.
I started making ornaments for the tree out of polymer clay and have discovered that there are endless ways that [...]
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