Artsy Blogger Link-Ups for Saturday

It's hard to believe that another week has gone by in a jiffy now hasn't it? Well I've got a few bloggers that need their information posted so that you can  do a good look around. These are the links I have this week for the Artsy Bloggers Group:

Beading Arts Want to add a bezel to a curved surface? Cyndi shows you one easy way to do it! http://www.beading-arts.com/2011/08/making-easy-bezel-for-watch-face.html
Blue and Teal Garden Glass Sculpture Another glass sculpture! This one uses blue and teal glass. http://cherieblogs.com/2011/08/24/blue-and-teal-garden-glass-sculptures/
Creative Dreamer June's red bird turned out so well, she's made a blue bird... a blue bird of happiness, of course! And she's giving it away... get entered by September 4th! http://acreativedreamer.blogspot.com/2011/08/little-bluebird-told-me.html
Creative Paperclay Necklace Something new with paperclay! http://barbara-moorewhimsies.blogspot.com/2011/08/creative-paperclay-necklace.html
Eileen - The Artful Crafter Eileen tries her hand at 3D paper tole. It's not as difficult as it looks, but does require a bit of patience. http://the-artful-crafter.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-to-create-your-own-3d-cards-using.html

You really need to check out these wonderful blogs! You might win something or learn something new! Keep your eyes peeled for some exciting news that I want to share. I won something on my gourd art and will share as soon as I get pictures. Woot! Have a great weekend.

 

Barbara

Creative Paperclay Necklace

I must say that I totally enjoy going to other people's blogs and reading about their creative endeavors in whatever the mediums and techniques are that they use and I hope that you enjoy mine. Today I'll be showing you how easy it is to make a necklace. You can just use your imagination to design your own.

To begin with I rolled out some paperclay and cut it into this shape:

(Don't pay attention to the marbling in the clay, it had a little paint mixed in it by mistake)

Also don't pay attention to the splotches under the clay as that is on the plastic covering the table. The clay has a piece of stencil material under it and you can see through it. Anyways after cutting out the piece for my necklace, I used a rubber stamp and stamped this on it:

I then took some of the paperclay and rolled out a thin rope that I placed around the other clay piece like so:

After I reached that stage of the necklace I let the piece dry for a couple of days. I didn't have to, I just went on to other things for awhile. It probably would have been dry in just a few hours as it wasn't very thick.

Once I was ready to work on the piece again, I painted it, sealed it, and hung it on a chain. Here's what it looked like when I finished it:

                             

 

I'm telling you again folks, you're only limited by your imagination. Remember that you can purchase Creative Paperclay at Hobby Lobby, Michaels and of course: Creative Paperclay!  I hope that you give this clay a try and let me know how you like it!

Barbara

Artsy Bloggers Link-Up Saturday

I do hope that everyone is having a wonderful weekend! Since you are now checking out different blogs, I want you to try the following:

Beading Arts:

Cyndi shares step by step how she engineered one of her recent bead embroidery pieces.
http://www.beading-arts.com/2011/07/blossoms-of-moonlit-waves.html

Eileen - The Artful Crafter

Consider the profit potential of jewelry repair and redesign.
http://the-artful-crafter.blogspot.com/2011/05/how-to-find-someone-to-repair-treasured.html


Make a Friendship Journal

Since Sunday is Friendship Day, Cherie describes how to create a friendship journal.
http://friendship.about.com/od/Gift-Giving/ht/How-To-Create-A-Memory-Journal-For-Friends.htm

Mo(o)re Gourd Whimsies

Whimsical Memory/Gift Boxes made with Creative Paperclay

http://barbara-moorewhimsies.blogspot.com/2011/08/whimsical-memorygift-boxes-made-with.html


These are some terrific blogs and I do hope that you check them out.

I want you all to know that I appreciate each and every comment that I receive and that I notice every time that a new person signs up to follow my blog. You are all appreciated!

Whimsical Memory/Gift Boxes made with Creative Paperclay!

A little bit of information before starting on this post...... The beginning pictures of my project all got lost. :-( I was in a real tizzy after finding out that the card in the camera that I was using was not working. I thought maybe that the pictures were still on the camera and not on the card since I had reviewed them on the camera, anyway when I got ready to take more pictures, the first ones on there weren't there. Uh Oh! I had already gone beyond those pictures and wasn't able to start over with that project. Hmmm what to do? Well start over I suppose! I used a smaller box (jewelry) this time.Here's a list of the items that I used on the project:

Creative Paperclay                              Paint (acrylic)
A candy box or jewelry box                  Stamps
Brushes                                               Molds
Embellishments                                    Glue


Here's the start of the project:

After I rolled out some paperclay, ( I use a fondant roller ) I attached it to the box lid. I used glue between the clay and box as I didn't want the box to get to wet and disintegrate. lol I pressed the stamp into the clay to make an impression and thought it turned out quite nicely:         

After I stamped into the creative paperclay I used a copper metallic paint and got it into all the creases and crevices. I then used champagne metallic paint to go over the rest of the clay and sponged a couple of colors into the the clay lightly. Once the paints were dry I glued embellishments onto the clay, making my box just adorable I think. What about you?

 I gave you two different pictures to look at  'cause I couldn't get the lighting just right. The little round thing by the key is a button. Now this lid goes on a small jewelry box, but I think it would also be great as a little memory box also.

     Since I did get started on the candy box to be used as a memory box, I felt that I should finish that box also. I used stamps on the big box also and used a lacy looking stamp in one corner of the top of the box and also on the sides. I used different metallic paints on this box also but I also used glitter, and a few different embellishments such as buttons, a head which was created from paperclay and a mold, butterflies cut out of paper, a tiny key and ruffles around the whole thing. See....

 

Here's a couple of pictures of both boxes together:

 



What do you think of the hummingbird that I stamped into the lid of the bigger box? I had a lot of fun making these Creative Paperclay memory boxes and I think I will put things in them as kind of a time capsule of my life. Working with Creative Paperclay is a great time and you can purchase it at Michaels or Hobby Lobby or from guess where else? Yep, Creative Paperclay!!

Barbara