Giveaway and Dreamweaver Tutorial: Polymer Clay and Stencils by Cherylynn Moser

Hello all, it’s Cherylynn again! So by now hopefully everyone knows how AMAZING Dreamweaver Stencils are when used with paper and cardstock. But did you also know that the stencils can also be used with a variety of other mediums for home decor and jewelry products?

BUT first things first, let’s congratulate Miriam Pranter, who has won the LJ849 Bare Trees stencil after leaving some love on Wendy Jordan‘s beautiful Fall Tree tutorial. Miriam, please email Pam at phornschu@yahoo.com with your address. And for the rest of you, don’t forget that Dreamweaver Stencils gives out a stencil each week throughout our Tutorial Series to one random commenter. Be  sure to head over to Stencil with Style and pick your favorite  stencil and put the name of that plus your name and email in the comment section at the end of this post.

Okay, now on to my project. Today I am going to share with you a tutorial on how to make quick, easy, and very impressive jewelry using Dreamweaver Stencils, Metallic F/X powders and polymer Clay!

To start you will need the following basic materials:

Dreamweaver LJ906  Maple Leaf Branch stencil

Dreamweaver Metallic F/X in colors of your choice
2 oz. black polymer clay
clay slicing blade
dusting brush

polymer clay compatible glaze
acrylic Roller

fine mist spray bottle of water

toaster oven (designated for crafting only, non-food)
Ranger 2×2 Memory Frame (I used Polished Chrome and colored it with Dreamweaver Amber Color Solutions to appear copper)

pasta machine (optional)

Versamark cube (optional)

Basic Embossing and Coloring Clay

1. Condition clay by running though pasta machine at thickest setting several times.

2. Roll 1/4 cube of pre-conditioned (squished and softened) black clay to a 1/8″  thick sheet. If using pasta machine, keep on thickest setting.

3. Mist the backside of the metal “LG960 Maple Branch” stencil with water  and secure clay to the desired design area. Roll over the clay with a roller  tool or run both the clay and stencil through the clay machine together at the second thickest setting. Be careful not to bend  the stencil. Allow the water to dry!!

4. Realign stencil, use the paint brush to brush clay with Metallic F/X in the colors of your choice. Option: dab embossed clay with Versamark prior to brush with Metallic F/X. Option, after the clay had been colored with the Metallic F/X, I used my stylus tool to draw veins onto the leaves.

5. Press the frame upside down onto the clay to impress the shape and lift away. Using the blade cut carefully along the marked lines.

6. Bake clay as directed on the clay package you are using. When finished baking, let cool and then coat with 1-3  layers of polymer compatible glaze to the clay, allowing to dry between coats.

7. Secure in frame and hang from chain!!!! Easy and so striking!!! (Did I mention inexpensive and makes a great gift!)

Need some additional Dreamweaver inspiration? Then head on to the Dreamweaver blog (that is, of course, after you leave me some love!), and check out this month’s Festively Fall challenge. This month the challenge is even more incredible because we’ve teamed up with Ranger for the next four weeks and are incorporating Ranger’s Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Powders into our weekly Thursday challenges. I cannot wait to see all the amazing creations!

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Thanks for stopping by and thanks in advance for leaving me love.

Cherylynn