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Jewelry: Impressions in Red
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Impressions in Red

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Category: Jewelry

Type of item: Accessory

For: Women

Style: Classic, Traditional, Casual, Romantic, Retro / Vintage

Materials

Polymer Clay Metal jewelry findings Bamboo cord mica powders upcycled vintage charms

What was your inspiration?

Color suggestion from my Aunt, who this is a gift for.

What are you most proud of?

How rich the red looks with the silver.

What advice would you give someone starting this project?

Try your hand at rubber stamp impressing on polymer clay, you can get some really nice effects.

 

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melsikes on craftsy.com
melsikes
Jan 04, 2012    Flag as inappropriate
This is beautiful! I bought polymer clay & lost all inspiration. Mine didn't bake well. How thick & how long do you bake? If you put it in a bezel, do you bake it in there or just do an outline & glue in there? I need help!
LynzCraftz on craftsy.com
LynzCraftz
Jan 04, 2012   Flag as inappropriate
Thank you so much. This peice is about 1/4''- 3/8'' thick & I always bake at the recommended temp,(270 -275) although clays differ according to brand. Another tip( I didn't think it was important till I burned my first peice) an oven thermometer. I check my temp every 10 or so peices because I use a large toaster type oven. Pre-heating the oven can also help keep the temp more even while baking. As far as a bezel I've never used a metal premade bezel although I would like to try (my local craft store is 65 miles away so I dont get there too often). So I would probably just use glue, or you could use a thin layer of liquid clay between your peice & the bezel & then bake or rebake. I hope I was of some help, I love questions so feel free to ask & I try to answer the best I can.
cdraz on craftsy.com
cdraz
Dec 07, 2011    Flag as inappropriate
Very nice!!
LynzCraftz on craftsy.com
LynzCraftz
Dec 07, 2011   Flag as inappropriate
Thanks, I hope my Aunt will like it.
sfgrrl on craftsy.com
sfgrrl
Dec 07, 2011    Flag as inappropriate
Really rich looking!
LynzCraftz on craftsy.com
LynzCraftz
Dec 07, 2011   Flag as inappropriate
Thank you, though it really looks better in person.
sewmom on craftsy.com
sewmom
Dec 07, 2011    Flag as inappropriate
Cool! I need to try some mica powders for my next polymer clay project.
LynzCraftz on craftsy.com
LynzCraftz
Dec 07, 2011   Flag as inappropriate
I'm not very good at comission work. My Aunt ordered these after she saw a peice I did before...all she said was red, blue & brown but like that, as she pointed to it. It's just a disk with a snowflake impressed in it. I hope she will like them, I'm mailimg them out today.
sewmom on craftsy.com
sewmom
Dec 07, 2011   Flag as inappropriate
She will love them!

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