PLEASE DO NOT USE SCULPEY 111 IF YOU ARE MAKING JEWELLERY AS IT’S VERY BRITTLE IT’S BEST TO USE SCULPEY PREMO,SCULPEY SOUFFLÉ OR CERNIT THEY ARE THE BEST POLYMER CLAYS TO USE 💕💕💕OH AND A LITTLE POWDER GOES ALONG WAY 😆🤣😂😆🤣😂IT’S ALWAYS BEST TO SEAL YOUR CLAY IF YOU USE PIGMENT POWDERS 💕💕💕💕
Oh Claire the imprinted ones look like fossils 😍😍 the chameleon powders are insane the colours are so pigmented absolutely stunning and so glad you had a chill therapeutic play too 🥰🥰 sculpey will alway be my favourite the texture is just so soft and easy to mould thanks for sharing babes ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Very nice! You can save hard clay. Chop up the hard clay into small pieces. Put it in a container-I use plastic baggies, add some clay softener and seal the bag. Then massage the softener in by smushing the plastic bag until the softener is mixed in with the bits of clay. Leave it for a couple of days and you should have softer clay that you can knead and then roll out. It’s best to use firmer clay, like the Arteza or Sculpy Premo for your projects. I have been about to use clay that is at least 10 years old. Have fun!
These look fab! One great tip I picked up from Back to Earth Creations You Tube channel is to place cling film over the clay before cutting because it slightly rounds off the top edge and makes it look smoother. That channel is definitely worth checking out because she makes the most amazing polymer clay stuff. I've only dabbled a bit with it, but I have loads of colours here waiting for me to make pendants!
For the powders not to rub off you can mix with acrylic medium and paint on. Even after the baking. But yes chameleon powders really need a matte black behind them to really pop
@@ClairesCraftyCorner oh have fun with it. I haven't worked with polymer clay before and don't know if there is a big difference between white and coloured clay... There is always the option of using white and using black paint or spray paint to still create the effect and use the clay you already have. Love watching your videos!!
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The amonite was an excellent idea, it shows off the chameleon effect very well. The uv top coat gives an extra dimension to all of them. Fun fact: I did have soup for dinner but I still didn't cry! You did far better than when I first started with polymer clay ages ago.
These turn out beautiful as you say the black enhances the colours much better, I have never found UV resin works for me either, maybe need practice more, look forward to more of these on polymer xx🥰
Thank yoooo Vivienne xx oh this one definitely worked foe me .. so much easier than the ones I've had before foe sure! I am totally going to do more .. need to practice and get better xx ❤️❤️
I do polymer clay and yes mica powders are used a lot especially on the black clay. Never use Sculpey 111 for anything that you are going to wear. Good work for having a go.
Just beautiful ! I have received my chameleon powders yesterday but in France I can just have 4 colors 😒 I am not polymer clay expert but your experiment give me ideas (again 😁).
Lovely! And, yes, you can save the hard, crumbly polymer clay. It will be a lot of work without a clay rolling machine though. Of course, I find the whole clay conditioning process to be very relaxing, and I don’t mind the extra work. Fiona Abel-Smith has a nice video about conditioning polymer clay on her channel. I think it’s in her basics playlist. I can’t wait to see what polymer clay projects you come up with next. ✌🏼💜🛼
Thank you so kuch Beckie .. I will totally check her out .. 100% feel like I would need a rolling machine they really hurt my hands lol maybe I'm just weak but it's a new kind of muscle use 🤣
I have those powders. Galaxy and the gold are my favorites. I just use my finger from the get-go, and it seems to make it shiner than using the brush. I used to work with clay a million years ago, but it didn't do it for so I quit working with it for a long time. I started using uv resin a few years ago, and after the first year, I was not really feeling inspired that much by it as well. It wasn't until I started combining clay and resin that my heart started to flutter again. 😂 Having all the current tools helps tremendously as well. Love your work. Beautiful. 🎉
These are great! I have tried to use polymer clays, and UV resin. I am not a fan really of both. I was left feeling "meh" when I had a go with them. Maybe I will try again at a later date. Just wanted to say that your experiment looked great 👍🏻
Oh you crammed a lot in this video girl lol maybe you could take a small piece of the black clay and mix some mica in to it? do you think that would work? would probably dry it out but might be worth a try? I used to craft with polymer clay and gave it up because the tiny details used to get to me lol the slightest fingermark shows lol great video as always hun and more editing techniques on show 😀
Ohhhhh yes I tried that .. it does blend nicely but nothing spectacular .. still needs a top coat lol yesssssss spending longer editing now than filming 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
You can use chameleon paint on pre-baked clay let dry and the seal with resin or another sealer agreeable to clay. I bake then paint often with these paints
You must have making reach. Four out of five items I have tried to buy after watching one of you videos has been out of stock with no idea of when it will be available. Maybe you should warn these companies when you are going to feature their products so they can stock up first. Lol. Also would it be possible for you to link to Canadian sites as well as USA and UK? We do have more than 35 million people in Canada but we often miss out on these things. Love, love, love those ammonites !
Yes, it was a tiny bit cringe for anyone who knows how to deal with polymer clay, lol. That said, it's not as terrible as it could have been. 😅 I do think you missed an opportunity though. When you stamped the clay and exposed the raw black clay under the pigment powder you could have brushed a different color over that part. Might have given you a really cool effect! Try it! 👍 Edit: BTW, the Premo line and Souffle line of clay from Sculpey are probably your best bet due to the strength VS softness factor. When baking the clays they have different finish textures. Souffle has a more suede-like finish while Premo is more smooth. One thing you need to remember about polymer clay is that they can be mixed together! Yes, even across brands. Bake at the lowest recommended temperature for as long as you want (longest amount of time listed is now the minimum when mixing brands) because as long as your oven is at the correct temperature it shouldn't burn. As for softening your old clay, they do sell special clay softeners to help with that but liquid polymer clay would work similarly if a bit more messy. Even chopping up the old clay and tossing with a few drops of mineral oil before attempting to condition the clay works (but be careful of the amount with the oil, liquid clay is actually a better option but this works In a pinch). Personally, I actually bought a cheap electric mini food processor/chopper (a tiny thing) to help me deal with Fimo clay because it's notorious for being almost impossible to deal with once it gets old but it's also one of, if not the strongest polymer clay out there so it's still the best for certain projects, especially when you need really thin parts. Hope that helps!
Sculpey 111 Is Not Good For Jewellery It’s To Brittle Stay Away From It Sculpey Fimo & Cernit Are Great Hope This Helps And Chameleon Powders Work Great On Black or Dark Polymer Clay Wow You Are Wasting So Much 😮You Only Need A Small Amount 😆🤣😂Put A Small Amount Of Resin At A Time You Will Know When You Have Enough 😊
PLEASE DO NOT USE SCULPEY 111 IF YOU ARE MAKING JEWELLERY AS IT’S VERY BRITTLE IT’S BEST TO USE SCULPEY PREMO,SCULPEY SOUFFLÉ OR CERNIT THEY ARE THE BEST POLYMER CLAYS TO USE 💕💕💕OH AND A LITTLE POWDER GOES ALONG WAY 😆🤣😂😆🤣😂IT’S ALWAYS BEST TO SEAL YOUR CLAY IF YOU USE PIGMENT POWDERS 💕💕💕💕
Oh Claire the imprinted ones look like fossils 😍😍 the chameleon powders are insane the colours are so pigmented absolutely stunning and so glad you had a chill therapeutic play too 🥰🥰 sculpey will alway be my favourite the texture is just so soft and easy to mould thanks for sharing babes ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thanks so much babe ... ahhhh you use Sculpey ? Yes it was the softest by far ! Really liked ut .. xx can't wait to do more 😍😍
Christmas ornaments would be amazingly made like those.
I Love ❤️ polymer clay, please do some more polymer projects xx
Love the fossil ones 👍🏼 effects are awesome again.
Just found your channel while trying to work with resin and I’m obsessed!!! So informative and funny too! 🥰🥰
Very nice! You can save hard clay. Chop up the hard clay into small pieces. Put it in a container-I use plastic baggies, add some clay softener and seal the bag. Then massage the softener in by smushing the plastic bag until the softener is mixed in with the bits of clay. Leave it for a couple of days and you should have softer clay that you can knead and then roll out. It’s best to use firmer clay, like the Arteza or Sculpy Premo for your projects. I have been about to use clay that is at least 10 years old. Have fun!
These look fab! One great tip I picked up from Back to Earth Creations You Tube channel is to place cling film over the clay before cutting because it slightly rounds off the top edge and makes it look smoother. That channel is definitely worth checking out because she makes the most amazing polymer clay stuff. I've only dabbled a bit with it, but I have loads of colours here waiting for me to make pendants!
Ohhhh thankyoooo Mary .. I totally will check her out .. I have seen that technique too 😍😍
For the powders not to rub off you can mix with acrylic medium and paint on. Even after the baking. But yes chameleon powders really need a matte black behind them to really pop
Ohhhh that is so so helpful thank yoooo 😍😍 I cannot wait to play with the clay more .. some of the canes out here are mind blowing 😱😱
@@ClairesCraftyCorner oh have fun with it. I haven't worked with polymer clay before and don't know if there is a big difference between white and coloured clay... There is always the option of using white and using black paint or spray paint to still create the effect and use the clay you already have. Love watching your videos!!
@@christinawebster3937 ah yes that is so true .. paint it after is totally an option 😍😍😍
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Great work as usual Claire.💙🙂
I got into polymer clay in the last year and im still obsessed!! I understand your attraction to the craft x
Heyyyy Sean ... oh I totally love it even though I'm an utterly clueless beginner without the correct tools 🤣🤣 do you show your creations anywhere ?
The amonite was an excellent idea, it shows off the chameleon effect very well. The uv top coat gives an extra dimension to all of them.
Fun fact: I did have soup for dinner but I still didn't cry! You did far better than when I first started with polymer clay ages ago.
You had soup for dinner ... 🤣🤣 I love soup foe dinner! So glad you like these I am happy with the results considering I'm newish lol
@@ClairesCraftyCorner Home cooked chicken soup and a grilled cheese sandwich, my favourite!
These turn out beautiful as you say the black enhances the colours much better, I have never found UV resin works for me either, maybe need practice more, look forward to more of these on polymer xx🥰
Thank yoooo Vivienne xx oh this one definitely worked foe me .. so much easier than the ones I've had before foe sure! I am totally going to do more .. need to practice and get better xx ❤️❤️
What a great video! I'm interested in clay work too, and love UV resin. I'd be happy to see you work with clay again.
Great video. Very helpful. I have all this stuff. Have to play now
I do polymer clay and yes mica powders are used a lot especially on the black clay. Never use Sculpey 111 for anything that you are going to wear.
Good work for having a go.
Thankyoooooo so much Jane ... ohhhh no why ? I am clueless ... but I love how soft the 111 is 😍😍😍😍
@@ClairesCraftyCorner it isn’t as hard as others like Sculpey premo or soufflé so it’s more prone to break if pressure is applied or dropped.
Cool, that's great to know Claire. Thank you.
Thank yoooo Patricia ❤️❤️❤️
Oh my goodness...I'm already a huge fan of the Chameleon powders but those ammonites are out of this world amazing 🌎 ❤️
I love the possibilities that your experiment could lead to Claire. I love the ammonite ones best, beautiful 😍
Thankyoooo so much Yvonne ❤️❤️❤️
Great video 😍n such beautiful colours 😍 iv got a video on fimo years old from when i used to do nails i made zebra print fimo xx ❤️
Gorgeous results! Thank you for sharing these ideas with us!
Thankyoooo so much Giorgi ❤️❤️❤️
Just beautiful ! I have received my chameleon powders yesterday but in France I can just have 4 colors 😒
I am not polymer clay expert but your experiment give me ideas (again 😁).
Lovely! And, yes, you can save the hard, crumbly polymer clay. It will be a lot of work without a clay rolling machine though. Of course, I find the whole clay conditioning process to be very relaxing, and I don’t mind the extra work. Fiona Abel-Smith has a nice video about conditioning polymer clay on her channel. I think it’s in her basics playlist. I can’t wait to see what polymer clay projects you come up with next. ✌🏼💜🛼
Thank you so kuch Beckie .. I will totally check her out .. 100% feel like I would need a rolling machine they really hurt my hands lol maybe I'm just weak but it's a new kind of muscle use 🤣
I am definitely pausing this video to order black clay and some of those powders! 🎉🎉 Absolutely Amazing!!
The hard clay can be softened and used by incorporating some Sculpey Softener!!!! I won’t be without as a poly clay artist. Thanks for sharing!!!
Absolutely in love with these thankyou!
Yayyyyyy thanks girl 🙌🙌🙌😍😍😍
I have those powders. Galaxy and the gold are my favorites. I just use my finger from the get-go, and it seems to make it shiner than using the brush. I used to work with clay a million years ago, but it didn't do it for so I quit working with it for a long time. I started using uv resin a few years ago, and after the first year, I was not really feeling inspired that much by it as well. It wasn't until I started combining clay and resin that my heart started to flutter again. 😂 Having all the current tools helps tremendously as well. Love your work. Beautiful. 🎉
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Wow they turned out well! Well done Claire! 😀
Thankyoooo Val ❤️❤️
Will try the Arteza and the powders are beautiful!👌🏽❤️
Thank yooooo Luisa ❤️❤️ so glad you like them xxx
These are great! I have tried to use polymer clays, and UV resin. I am not a fan really of both. I was left feeling "meh" when I had a go with them. Maybe I will try again at a later date. Just wanted to say that your experiment looked great 👍🏻
Oh you crammed a lot in this video girl lol
maybe you could take a small piece of the black clay and mix some mica in to it? do you think that would work? would probably dry it out but might be worth a try?
I used to craft with polymer clay and gave it up because the tiny details used to get to me lol the slightest fingermark shows lol
great video as always hun and more editing techniques on show 😀
Ohhhhh yes I tried that .. it does blend nicely but nothing spectacular .. still needs a top coat lol yesssssss spending longer editing now than filming 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Love this idea!!! You could always add little names on them with your cricut vinyl?! Xx
Gorgeous! Did you use a wet brush when applying the chameleon mica powder onto the polymer clay pieces or just a dry brush?
Oh my god, those amonites are AWESOME! Can you use epoxy on polymer? X
Did you bake first then use the mica? Looks beautiful!
You can use chameleon paint on pre-baked clay let dry and the seal with resin or another sealer agreeable to clay. I bake then paint often with these paints
Love the Amonite
Thank yooooo ❤️
Place hardened clay in zip lock bag and add a few drops of baby oil. Close bag and work with fingers 1to blend. It will soften but takes time.
Ohhh that's really helpful thank yoooo ❤️
You must have making reach. Four out of five items I have tried to buy after watching one of you videos has been out of stock with no idea of when it will be available. Maybe you should warn these companies when you are going to feature their products so they can stock up first. Lol. Also would it be possible for you to link to Canadian sites as well as USA and UK? We do have more than 35 million people in Canada but we often miss out on these things.
Love, love, love those ammonites !
Can Air Dry Clay be used in place of the baked clay?
Love love love!!! Powder or flakes? Both?
Oooooo wonder how the Flakes will work 😱😱😍😍
Will this work with air dry clay?
Get some clay softner.. it will fix the fimo. Also ignore Sculpeys I structions lol.. it usually needs 30 mins or more in oven
can you use chameleon powder on normal clay, love your video
Heyyyyy Jenny ... ooooo great question. I want to say yes ... but I've never tried it xx
It's snapped because you're using sculpey three.
You could make them into magnets x
Yes, it was a tiny bit cringe for anyone who knows how to deal with polymer clay, lol. That said, it's not as terrible as it could have been. 😅 I do think you missed an opportunity though. When you stamped the clay and exposed the raw black clay under the pigment powder you could have brushed a different color over that part. Might have given you a really cool effect! Try it! 👍
Edit: BTW, the Premo line and Souffle line of clay from Sculpey are probably your best bet due to the strength VS softness factor. When baking the clays they have different finish textures. Souffle has a more suede-like finish while Premo is more smooth. One thing you need to remember about polymer clay is that they can be mixed together! Yes, even across brands. Bake at the lowest recommended temperature for as long as you want (longest amount of time listed is now the minimum when mixing brands) because as long as your oven is at the correct temperature it shouldn't burn.
As for softening your old clay, they do sell special clay softeners to help with that but liquid polymer clay would work similarly if a bit more messy. Even chopping up the old clay and tossing with a few drops of mineral oil before attempting to condition the clay works (but be careful of the amount with the oil, liquid clay is actually a better option but this works In a pinch). Personally, I actually bought a cheap electric mini food processor/chopper (a tiny thing) to help me deal with Fimo clay because it's notorious for being almost impossible to deal with once it gets old but it's also one of, if not the strongest polymer clay out there so it's still the best for certain projects, especially when you need really thin parts. Hope that helps!
Wow .... thankyooooo for giving me so much informstion ... This is so incredibly helpful thankyou so much 🙌🙌
Did the resin actually fully set
It appeared to yes 😁😁
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Sculpey 111 Is Not Good For Jewellery It’s To Brittle Stay Away From It Sculpey Fimo & Cernit Are Great Hope This Helps And Chameleon Powders Work Great On Black or Dark Polymer Clay Wow You Are Wasting So Much 😮You Only Need A Small Amount 😆🤣😂Put A Small Amount Of Resin At A Time You Will Know When You Have Enough 😊
@kerryhall7506 thank yooooo so muchxx great advice 😍😍