How to make a polymer clay shrine for Fall Decorating

Today we've got an awesome fun holiday tutorial to get you in the mood for autumn. Make cool polymer clay embellishments for a Halloween decorative shrine you can put anywhere.

On your mantle, on your table, in a cool holiday vignette you can show off to your Pinterest followers... you get the idea!

Getting Inspired by artwork

I have entered this challenge before, and somehow I keep making it a goal but I don't often achieve it! So this month I decided I really needed to, and I got really inspired by the muted color palette and organic shapes in the artwork. Here is the palette I made from the art:

I used Souffle clay in Key Lime for the base, which would provide a nice matte surface to play against the foiled clay I appliquéd on top. I also used a dye ink pad and my metal stamp tools to create background texture and color in the dark green prior to laying on the foiled pieces of clay.

I foiled my clay with Jones Tones and Lisa Pavelka foils- using Premo Bronze as the base clay color so that it would be a nice dark "antique" brown where ever it peeks through the foil.

Then I raided my *extensive* bead stash for some natural and glass beads that would go with my theme, and finally used Art Wire in Gunmetal (which is actually an antique gold color) to create a bead linked chain. www.createalong.com

This is the result!

Polymer Clay Shrine and Beads project ideas from the PCTV design team

Pat created this using the Large wing mold, butterfly 2 part mold, and mini flower plunger cutters. All you need is a base and Pat frequently uses little pieces of wood for that. Then just make your polymer clay pieces and glue them on using a strong glue such as Weldbond.

Cory created this bead set using the Border Cutters and Round floral stamps. Remember to always make the backs of your pieces look nice, especially jewelry! To make these beads you just need to create a basic shape, then cut strips using the border cutters and lay them on in different colors. So easy and fun!

How to make a pretty textured floral scarf pin with polymer clay

This is such a great project as the gift-giving season is upon us! All you need is something with a slight dome shape, and a couple of simple tools to make something really nice. What we used: www.createalong.com

Plum Blossom Plunger Cutters, Round & Square Borders, and Forest Leaves Mold

Other texture tools of your choice, such as the Metal texture stamps  or  Round Floral Stamps

Gorgeous jewelry set by PCTV Design Team member Deepa Pulickal

Isn't this beautiful! We just love Deepa's sense of color. She used our Round Floral Stamp set and Fancy Scallop border cutters to create this design. www.createalong.com

There are so many ways to use your polymer clay tools. Thanks Deepa!

Adding words and quotes to polymer clay was never so easy to do

I love adding inspiring words and quotes to my artwork but its hard to get stamped letters to be straight. I have the perfect tip to help with that so you can have words that are straight and not all over the place. www.createalong.com

How to Make some fun fridge magnets out of polymer clay to display artwork

In today's free polymer clay tutorial, Kira shows you how super easy it is to use polymer clay molds and little letter stamps to make magnets to stick up your important things on the fridge or a magnetic board!

Fun Bookmarks by Klavdija Kurent at PolymerClayTV

Klavdija is one of our talented Designers and this project is so pretty!

Look at what you can do with
- round stamps: with darker shade of red stamp pad and embossing powder
- bunting with white and red Kato Liquid
- flower punchinella with red shades stamp pads
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