HERE'S MY HEARTS

Last Saturday a woman from Beads of Courage visited our Arizona Polymer Clay Guild meeting.  The Beads of Courage program is our charity that we support. Beads of Courage Needs You click here to find out more about the program.  Every child who goes through a procedure like chemo, or giving blood or surgery gets a necklace and they get a bead for every procedure.  Most large city hospitals have this program so you should check with your local hospitals to see if they need donations.  If not, contact the Beads of Courage on the web site.

The picture on the top is of polymer clay heart pendants that I made to donate.  They aren't exactly beads but the heart pendants are going to be given to some of the mother's and to the nurses who are involved in the program.

 The second picture of heart pendants were also made with polymer clay but then I covered them with Pebeo paint and Magic Glos.

This was another heart that I made and gave to my friend for her birthday.

I have been looking all over for the new Premo clay.  The only place I found them was at Sunny Day Crafts http://www.sunnydaycrafts.com/ and I get most of my clay from them because of the price, and I usually get my shipments in 2 to 3 days so I know it hasn't been sitting on a hot truck in Arizona for 4 days before I get it.  Their shipping prices are reasonable and they really package it well.  Unfortunately, they are out of the new clay colors right now but keep checking with them or ask them to send you an email when they come in.

The outer edge of the pendant on the left is made entirely of Premo White Glitter Clay.  This was an experiment that I did.  When you add glitter to clay and try to cut it, the blade usually drags and you are taking a chance of scratching your pasta machine depending on what type of glitter you use.  This clay does not drag, it works easy in the hands and the results to me were great.  The other thing I did by accident was mix some with another Premo color and I was left with beautiful purple glitter clay so I can make my own colors and add this clay to it.  In the top picture there is a black swirl heart.  That has a little of the new Premo Opal, white glitter and yellow glitter in it.  The opal clay does have pieces in it so you need to be careful how you cut it and use it.

I love this clay.  I sanded and buffed both of these pendants and the colors didn't change in the glitter clay.  The pendant on the right has Premo Yellow Glitter Clay in it.  I also bought Premo Rose Glitter which is so pretty in the package I can't wait to use it.  It looks to me like the base of the clay is translucent with a special glitter that is dense and sands and buffs really well.

If you find out some where else where the new Premo clay is being sold let me know.

THE SLING WAS SLUNG, POLYMER AND PEBEO, HERE I COME

The on-going experiment of using Pebeo Prisme in a mold has come to an end.

After 72 hours I tried to pop the paint out of the mold,  it didn't pop.  It shredded and was a mess.

I cleaned the mold with alcohol and Armor All.  This is what was left.  I put some Magic Glos in the mold and left it in the UV light for 30 minutes.  When I took it out, the side that touched the mold was really sticky.  I put it back in the UV light but that didn't solve the stickiness.  I cleaned the mold out again and put clay in it and it came out fine so the mold is not a loss.

This is the resin pendant I made after pulling the paint out.  On the sticky side, I painted it with Pebeo Vitrail paint which is a translucent paint.  Then I put Pebeo glitter paint on that.

After the glitter paint dried, I put Prisme colors on the other side.  I waited 2 days for it to dry and then I sprayed both sides with resin spray.  The back with Vitrail on stayed sticky for 2 days and the side with the Prisme wasn't sticky at all.  Might be the glitter paint.  I guess I'll have to put Magic Glos on that side.  The resin spray is really strong smelling.  The colors in this are emerald, violet, cinnamon and egg shell.

So, the moral of the story is, don't put the Pebeo paints in flexible rubber molds.

If you are interested, the molds come from Best Flexible Molds  These are my favorite molds.  You can use UV resin in them but not two part resin.

This is a set I just finished using Cherry Blossom and turquoise Prisme.  The great thing about these paints is, if you don't like how the pattern turns out or the color, you can pull it out and start over.  Unfortunately, you can't do that on a canvas.

The sling is gone so I can clay but I have to use a motor so it's very noisy.  I'm working on little bowls to put rings in.  I need one for my rings and my favorite earrings.

Four more weeks of therapy and I'll be able to iron, vacuum and mop floors. OH BOY!

THE MAD SCIENTIST IS FREE OF THAT NASTY SLING

Oh boy, Oh boy, Oh boy.  I'm so excited, I just can't hide it.  That nasty sling is hanging on the door.  I don't have to wear it during the day anymore, only at night so I don't forget I can't roll over and use my arm and shoulder to lift myself up.  Can't bowl or golf yet but soon I hope.

Anyway,  I decided to try something with these Pebeo paints.  As you know, I love flexible molds but mostly  Best Flexible Molds.  I put the paint right in the mold.

When I first put it in, it made it's little cells like always but the next day, this is what I found.  It takes 72 hours for the paint to dry so tomorrow I'm going to try to get it out of the mold..  I'll let you know how it works.

Since I can't do clay because I can't use my shoulder, I'm still making pendants with the "magic paint".  I have 4 types of the Pebeo paints that I'm playing with.  The pendant on the top right has 3 of the 4 types of paint in it.  One of the paints is called Vitrail and it's like a translucent glass paint.  I love the lemon color.

Stay tuned for more of the Mad Scientist.

ANOTHER ADDICTION ---- I'M RUNNING OUT OF ROOM

About a month ago I saw something on facebook that a friend did.  I was absolutely fascinated.  I knew it wasn't clay but I couldn't figure out what it was.  Then someone mentioned the word "PEBEO".  So off to Google I went. 30 minutes later I ordered two sets of these paints.  After seeing this youtube I knew I had to try  Pebeo Youtube.  THEN, I saw something on facebook about two groups all about these paints.  Well, you saw a few things I did on the previous post.  I made a cross with Magic Glos in one of the Best Flexible Molds cross molds.  I put the paint on top of the resin and then put Magic Glos on the top of the paint.

So, I then I watched this video again and saw that she was using another Pebeo Paint called Cerne.  It comes in little tubes and it can be used for outlining or separating the paints.  So, I got myself a tube of gold, black and silver.  They come with two tubes on top.

The writing on the back is so small I couldn't read it and there were no instructions.  I took the gold tube and removed the black cap, squeezed it, AND, the whole bottom of the tube blew out.  I had gold paint all over my glasses, all over the floor, on my table, my clothes and in my hair.  Since I'm still wearing a sling, my husband came in and cleaned the floor.  Then he took me in the bathroom and used odorless mineral spirits to get the paint out of my hair.  Wasn't exactly odorless.  He could not believe what a mess this little tube of paint made.

Well, couldn't let it go.  It was operator error so I took the silver tube and poked a hole in the top of the foil, put the tubes back on and tried it in the rectangle pendant.  Worked great but I had to do two layers because the pendant was so deep.  The green and midnight blue pendant has a black squiggly line down the middle.  I don't really like it but I'm becoming the "MAD SCIENTIST" with all these paints.  Pebeo also makes two other paints called Moon and Vitrail.  Watch for upcoming posts about those two.  Hoping I won't be wearing them.

Now, where am I going to store them?

I WANT TO SLING THIS SLING

OK, it's been 9 days since I've had this shoulder surgery and enough is enough.  This sling is making me crazy.  I've never worn a cast but I can't imagine how nuts that would make me.

I downloaded Downton Abbey to my Kindle.  I wake up thinking about that family and go to bed thinking about that family.  I think it's the sling.  Brain cells are moving around to places they have never been before.  I have to wear pajama bottoms all day and my husbands shirt because I only have one hand that Ican pull my pants up and down with.  I'm going to burn these when this is over too.

I can't walk the dogs, I can't do polymer clay, I can't drive the car, I can't lift a coffee pot.  I guess I should have practiced being left handed.

I decided to work with the new Pebeo paints since I can do that with my hand and don't have to use my arm but sometimes I forget when I using Magic Glos and lift the bottle.  TORTURE.

These are some pieces I finished today but I can't decide if I want them to be pendants or not.  I made the crosses in molds with Magic Glos and then used the paint and put Magic Glos on them again.

I painted the backs with Pebeo Moon paint.  The violet cross has Magic Glos on the back but the white one doesn't yet.

I did these yesterday and used E6000 to put the bail on the cross.  I hate that smell.  I no sooner got it on and I was moving it to the small table and I hit the sling and dropped it in the garbage can.  Naturally there was a toothpick stuck to it that had paint on it.  Good thing Magic Glos cleans up easy, the E6000 not so much but it's fine now.

You should see me trying to eat eggs with my left hand.  They usually slide off the fork on to the table and I have to chase them.  Doesn't stop me from eating.