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The simple design for this handmade card can be used for Valentines Day
or any other romantic occasion. Polymer clay is very
lightweight when it is rolled out thinly and once baked it
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1) Break off a lump of red clay and knead it
until soft and flexible. Do the same with a smaller amount of
pink. Squeeze the colours together until they have blended,
losing the join. Either Premo Sculpey or FIMO polymer clay
will be fine for this project. |
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2) Roll out the clay to about 1mm thick using
the method in the following image 3) |
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3) You can use the plastic rolling strips
which can be found on our website, or you can use 2 rulers or
thick cardboard. Place the strips parallel on either side of
the clay an begin to roll. The surface of the clay will be
rolled out level and to the thickness of the strips. |
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4) A number of hearts
were cut out from the rolled clay and baked in the oven
following the instructions found on the clay packet. Any
imperfections can be carefully smoothed off before baking, or
they can be sanded off with fine sandpaper once the shapes
have been baked. |
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5) The same heart
shaped cutter was used as a template for the paper heart. This
is the large size Makin's heart which comes in a set of 3. |
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6) A close-up of the
card. The baked polymer clay hearts stick to paper and card
easily with PVA Tacky glue. |
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7) Finished cards decorated with
handmade paper and polymer clay heart shapes. |
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