Polyform Products January 2013 Make It Your Own Challenge ~ My Entry

Polyform January 2013 Make It Your Own Challenge

 

This Months challenge was to make beads and a bracelet.

 

Inspiration

 

 

Quote from Polyform Products

 

"The inspiration for the January Make-It-Your-Own Contest

 

 is Richelle Hawks' Rustic Faceted Bead Bracelet.

 

 Create your own custom bead bracelet

 

and post your photo entry right here on our Facebook page.

 

The deadline is January 31st

 

and the winner will be announced the first week in February.

 

The prize is one of each of the premo! Accents colors.

 

Enter as many times as you'd like, Good Luck!

 

We all enjoy seeing the many different entries.

 

Link to her pretty bracelet and sculpey project:"

 

 

 

My Entry.

 

I chose to make a Faux Gemstone.

 

Faux Purple Fire Agate

 

Faux Purple Drusy Slices

 

Faux Clay Pearls

 

I Love the look of cha cha bracelets

They are such a fun way to display beautiful beads.

These beads are so lightweight and fun.

 

Premo Clays Used:

 

I will share the exact colors in my tutorial that will follow soon

 

Premo Purple Clays

Glitter white Premo

White Transparent

 

.I Made a few canes in several shapes and sizes.

 

Some very tiny and some large and thick.

 

 

Some of the canes I put together in odd shapes

 

to form the faux look that is not supposed to be consistent

 

in shapes or sizes. Which made it very fun.

 

 

 

I then made a Drusy style cane and sliced

left it in abstract shapes as slices of Drusy are not perfect.

 

Baked them on some great new thick wide aluminum pieces

 

I found at Hobby lobby. Will share more info later.

 

They baked up wonderful.

 

Put them all in a very cold ice bath right away

 

Was so excited to hold them up and see they were completely

 

Transparent. Yay it worked.

 

Wet sanded then buffed with my dremmel tool and Renissance

 

 

It is so hard to show the transparency in photos.

 

I messed around with so many ways to get it to show up.

 

Ive been extremely sick so I gave up trying to figure out how.

 

I will put aside a few hours one day to do some research on the

 

best way to take photos of something transparent. hmmm

 

Tips are welcome in comments :)...

 

I Wire wrapped all the clay beads and added some faux clay pearls.

 

Dangled them on my favorite type of links for Cha Chas

 

 

 

 

Here are my attempts at photos with light behind it.

 

They are not done very well.

 

Kind of me not well. LOL

 

But I love the bracelet and plan to wear it with the pendant.

 

 

So stay tuned in a few days a free tutorial for the

 

 

agate and Drusy will follow.

 

Have a few custom orders I'm finishing up

 

for Valentines day.

 

 

 Also have a giveaway / Blog Hop coming up

11 prizes just from me.

You must be a blog member to win.

Sign up for email notifications

then you wont miss out.

Each Blogger will have their

own Giveaway!!!

So be sure to stop by them all.

Will be a chance on a lot of

Valentine gifts just for you.

Plus all free.

Who doesn't love free :).

 

 

Will be a few fun things you have to do

 

But lots of ways to win and a lot of

 

beautiful prizes.

 

 

 

Create With Heart, Love, Color and Bling



PCAGOE FEBURARY MONTHLY CHALLENGE ~ FAUX ~ My Entry

 

 

I am a proud member of this amazing group

 

So many extremely talented artists.

 

Fun challenges every month

 

Supportive group that Pins on Pinterest

 

Many Treasury's made to support our members

 

I enjoy being a part of this group

 

Love looking at every ones progress

 

as artists and getting to know them.

 

 

 

 

This months challenge is Faux

 

That can be any type of Faux anything made with

 

Polymer Clay.

 

 

 

I chose a faux stone.

 

Looking for genuine stones Ugh the prices.

 

I love faux fire agate

 

Like the look of it being slightly transparent

 

Love the many shades it comes in.

 

So I experimented last night and had fun with it.

 

I of course choose purple

 

Since purple and pink are my favorite colors.

 

Here is a real Fire Agate

 

This is sold by someone on Ebay

 

To see the stone and seller click on the photo.

 

 

 

I will be making a tutorial on this.

 

Almost done with it just have to finish up editing photos.

 

It was fun and easy so I want to share. :)

 

 

 

 

Here is my Faux Purple Fire Agate Pendant

 

I Also made a faux druzy slice

 

All wire wrapped Just like a normal stone.

 

Was very fun and when the light shows through

 

It is so clear and you can see both sides and all the

 

pretty colors of clay.

 

 

 

 

 

 

I love Premo White transparent it is awesome

 

It really helped with this technique.

 

It is so hard to show in photos the true transparency.

 

I am very sick so I didn't have the time I wanted

 

and did not feel up to the other ideas I had to add to it.

 

But I had fun so that is all that matters.

 

 

I hope you stop by and Vote

 

Voting begins February 1st - 7th

 

Ill be sure to remind everyone.

 

Stop by and see every ones great Faux

 

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PCAGOE FLICKR PAGE

 

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and supporting me

 

and Handmade.

 

Hugs and blessings to all.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Create With Heart, Love, Color and Bling