Tip for Creative Paperclay®

Hi everyone, and welcome.

It's my turn to share with you a tip or technique.... today I have chosen to share a quick tip....  this is something I came up with while trying to make sure I keep my paperclay in new condition after I have opened a new pack...

Being that I enjoy scrapbooking along with many other creative endeavours, I was searching around for the best way to store my opened Creative Paperclay® when I spied my Fuse tool.  For those unfamiliar with this tool, it was designed with the pocket page scrapper in mind, to seal off the small pockets on the multi pocket pages, a great little tool that I have found many fabulous uses for, and now I can add one more to that list - re-sealing my Creative Paperclay® packets.

So we begin with an open packet of paperclay.

next you need to push all the air out of the packet

Then you start to roll the Fuse tool (as close as possible to the clay) across the package.

Now I did learn that the Creative Paperclay® packaging requires more pressure and several runs across on both sides, but the Fuse tool did seal the package just like new, so my paperclay will stay as fresh as the day I first opened the pack.

I do hope this little tip is helpful and you can enjoy many good times with that new pack feeling right down to the last speck of your Creative Paperclay®.

You can get your Creative Paperclay® here.

and you can find the Fuse tool here.

Until next time, 

Happy Creating  

xCindy.

Mother

Hi all, today I'd like to share with you a layout I created using some of the latest Scrap FX releases...

"Mother"

I began with a mono-tonal background I created on my Gel Press... 

 the new She stamp made a great addition to my background ...

 I added the new Denise stencil, love this stencil...  I added her with coloured modelling paste to match my background and flipped the stencil to add her a second time.... to complete a very soft mono-tonal background.

 I added the large Scribble heart this is still one of my favourite pieces.

To finish off my layout, I used this fabulous new  Mother title... no truer words.... "all love begins and ends there"

Scrap FX products used:
Scribble heart
Denise stencil
She stamp
Mother

till next time
Happy Creating
xC

Natures Pen

Hi Creative Paper Clay ® fans, it's Cindy here, welcome to my very first post as a member of this fabulous Design Team! I am so excited to share with you my "Nature's Pen" and show you how to create your own. I chose to create this pen from the Delight Air Dry Modeling Compound, to ensure that the pen remained very light and because once dry the Delight remains very soft and is spongy even after it has dried thus making it very comfortable to use.... there will be no callous' here when I'm writing my memoirs (lol)...

Supplies:

So for this project you'll need the following:

Delight Air Dry Modeling Compound

Clay shaping tools

Rolling pin

Water for smoothing clay

Acrylic paints (I used Vivid Ultra Metallics on mine)

Gel medium

Rhinestones

Paint brushes

Water for your brushes

Spay varnish

Directions:

So I began with some Delight and made some rough 'snakes' ready to form my wooded base of the pen..

Next up with my regular old Bic pen I removed the ink nib from the barrel and started wrapping the barrel with the "snake" strips...

continue wrapping the pen barrel until it is fully covered...

 it is time to add detail and make it look more like a log... I achieved this by using small ball tools and silicone tools

 

I added smaller details using a scalpel blade.. 

Time for making the leaves, roll out some more Delight.... cut out some tear drop shapes, and shape and then mark and curl them up....

 

I rolled out some more Delight and used a small cap to press out circles.... you need 6 circles to form one flower... I made three flowers in total...

I also rolled out some very thin snakes... to make into the tendrils.... 

Now it's time to paint.... hmmm

no rude comments about what it looks like at this stage.... lol...

Paint up all the pieces...

Time to assemble Nature's Pen...

I used Gel medium to adhere the painted flowers, tendrils and the rhinestones in the flower centres...

To finish off my pen, I gave it a spray over with varnish, and re-inserted the ink nib

some close ups of the finished pen

thank you for stopping by and joining me here today,

Till next time
Happy Creating
xC

Art Journal Fun with Waratahs and Gum Leaves....

Hi all, today I'd like to share with you Art Journal Fun I had creating for Scrap FX,

I created a couple of different Art Journal pages using the new stencils and stamps...such fun.

First up "Passion"

I used Dylusions paints to paint my background...

 I used the Waratah stencil with modelling paste to create my centre piece... a fabulous stencil...

 I also played with the Seed Pods Stencil, coloured it using Scribble sticks... and added rough pen work detail...

 for the page title I used the Create with Passion stencil, and rough penned in my title...

Next up "vision is the art" journal page...

 I had lots of fun creating this art journal page... using just paint, pens and ink...

I stamped all my leaves with Dylusions paint layered on the gum leaf from the Gum Leaves Stamp (this is a stamp with four gum leaves on it, I cut mine apart to use individually)

I layered the paint on the stamp so as to create a shaded image once stamped ...

 I used the Wallabies stamp to create a couple of Wallabies on the page...

 for the land.... I blended different brown paints on the gum leaves stamp and stamped it horizontally...

I hope you enjoyed seeing the fun I had creating with the Scrap FX stamps and stencils,

till next time

Happy Creating

xC

Treasured Memories & Wild About You...... for Scrap FX

Hi all, today I'd like to share with you a couple of pieces I created for Scrap FX: Treasured Memories and Wild About You...

first up I have Treasured Memories...

I love this gorgeous pic of my niece.... she had invited me to come with her to the strawberry farm, so we could pick some fresh strawberries.... she was so excited to tell me how she could eat the strawberries as we were picking them.... lol...

The new 'Treasured Memories' title was perfect for this pic...  I painted it up with Vivid Ultra Metallic paint, the coverage is sensational on the quality Scrap FX chipboard...

the new Waratah Stencil, is so fabulous done up with Radiant Gels to resemble strawberries... well stubby strawberries sort of, lol....

I decided to add a #lovethis from the #moments pack.... again painted up with Vivid Ultra Metallics...

the completed layout...

Next up I have another layout to share with you..... Wild about You....

this is yet another pic from one of the many many times I visited the tiger cubs when I was in Thailand.... this is probably one of my favourite pics from that trip... 

The title Wild about You was just perfect for this pic.... I was/am totally 'wild' about these adorable tigers.... I am totally fascinated by them....

For my background I used the new Seed Pod Stencil, with the oxide distress inks and some Vivid Ultra Metallics for the seeds...

I added the new Floral Corner to my pic along with the year from the 2015 Year pack... these are painted up again with Vivid Ultra Metallics paint...

for a final touch... I used the #special moments from the #moments pack...

the completed layout...

thanks for joining me today... I hope you enjoyed the projects...

till next time

happy creating

xC