Just wanted to show you the new clay I got !
I received a comment a while ago showing me a listing to Studio Sculpey. It was a listing by ZigZag , a person I usually buy my clay from.

Now, in this particular listing, it was 10 x 79g Studio Sculpey bars for $35 + $6.50. That means the total was $41.50 ohoho
You might be thinking this is really expensive, but it’s actually quite cheap compared to normal prices. Altogether, this was about $3.50 per bar and it was 79 grams ! It’ll last me long long ! (Definitely better than buying Sculpey III 59g for $5.50 each T__T )

The only bad thing is that this was sort of a clearance listing, so that means all the colours were getting discontinued, and the seller wanted to get rid of them.

Although, it’s still not bad :D I’m quite happy, so I’ll be using more of these clays to make tutorials for your guys !  Can you think of anything you want from these colours ?

–

Clay clay clay !

English Garden, Spanish Olive, Avocado, Blush

Butterscotch, Lemon drop, Fuchsia Fury, Nutmeg, Dolphin

—

I actually asked for two “nutmeg” bars, and received two ‘dolphin’ instead. I emailed her and the seller was nice enough to send me another nutmeg for free ! It’s $6.50 for the courier so it must’ve been over $10 to send ! (including the price of clay).

–

For my Valentine Bear paperweight, the pink for the frosting is actually blush and the brown is the nutmeg colour. I had a draft post called “Update update” that I was going to post about these clays…. but I forgot about it TT___TT

That’s why I’m posting it now ohoho, I’m just really excited for new clay okay ? haha

-As usual, thanks for reading ! You are awesome !

-Cyn

So, if you’ve read my Quick Update post, you’ll see that I had edited it and striked out the “Cold Porcelain, Lying down pink Rilakkuma”.

Now, the reason why I don’t really want to post it is because Cold Porcelain is kind of hard to work with. As it an air dry clay, it does dry while you are working on it. If you don’t know already, I always make up things a long the way – this is why it takes long for me to make a creation, and why cold porcelain isn’t exactly suited to me.

In the comments of the site I got the recipe off, there were complaints about cracking, and that is exactly what happened to me. Like I said before, the CP dries as you work on it so when I was blending, it did get a bit difficult. The clay is also quite soft so it does lose its’ shape easily when you handle it a lot.

Here is the bear I made. As you can see, it is unfinished. I just needed to add the snout details, but still, I’m not very satisfied with this creation (that’s also why I don’t really want to upload it) :

I don’t really think it is a Rilakkuma anymore. It’s just going to be a normal bear D: It doesn’t meet the standard of Rilakkuma !

If you look closely, you’ll see little lines of where I had tried to blend. I didn’t want to press too hard when I was blending because it would have changed the shape.

This image is about a couple of hours after I left it:

As you can see, the cracks are VERY visible. Again, these are only a couple of hours since I made the bear. It has been a couple of days now, the shrinkage and cracks are even worse.I used toothpicks to attach the head to the body, and you can see a little bit of the toothpicks.

The cracks are just mainly where I blended pieces of clay together so I guess CP is okay if you aren’t going to blend a lot.

—

Just a note , I also made a second batch of CP using :

1 cup – Glue
1 cup – cornstarch
2 tbsp – mineral oil (I used vaseline)
2 tbsp – Lemon juice

Maybe I overcooked it or maybe this recipe isn’t correct ( the comment said it worked for them), but yeah. This is even worse than my first batch.
It’s REALLY elastic and you can’t blend AT ALL…. what am I going to do with all the wasted glue ? I was really looking forward to working with this Cold porcelain….

For now, I’m just going to use it for small things like adding volume to a clay creation or something. I don’t really know..

Any suggestions ?

-Thanks for reading this quite long post. I’m just a bit disappointed that CP didn’t work the way I wanted it to D;

-Cyn

So it’s only been a couple of days since my last update… ohoho..
I thought I would only be posting once or twice a week but, I have so many tutorials lined up for you…
That’s why I’m so tempted to post it allllll at once , uhuuu u__u.

—

So anywho,

If you read my other blog post, you’ll know that I recently bought  cash book and diary planner for school.
As I use these books quite often, it’s really annoying for me to flip through each page to find out what week I’m in , so , I made a bookmark!

This is EXTREMELY simple, and I’m pretty sure you could have figured this out for yourself… but in case you haven’t, here it is:
—

Materials:

• Notebook with a cover you can take off
• Scissors
• Ribbon of your choice
• Hot glue gun or craft glue

As you can see from my previous post, I was DEFINITELY going to post a Valentine themed craft on Tuesday ;D
Well, It’s Monday 11:30pm right now, I actually JUST finished the craft one hour ago…. yes, it took me very very long…

I was actually going to post the tutorial up tomorrow after school but,,, I don’t want to keep you waiting ><
(also, think about the editing x__x )

So I’ll leave you with this !
It is a  ”Bear paperweight + a card holder”.

Tutorial will be up as soon as I finish editing ! Happy Valentines day !

I tried to make it “Valentined themed” as much as possible… but .. I really could not think of anything else but chocolate.
And we all know chocolate for Valentines is abused every year – so I do not that for this post !

(see the heart shaped ears and nose ? ohoho ! The rosy cheeks and pink colour theme :D = valentines okay ? )

- Hope you’re satisfied with this creation !

-Cyn

This is just a quick update on what I’ll be making soon/ be uploading, so be waiting !

• Lying down pink Rilakkuma (cold porcelain)  decided it was too ugly TT, you can still request it but, I don’t know..
• Kerokeropi Cake or another character (polymer clay)
• Different ways to make whipped cream (alternatives to polymer clay)
• Valentine themed creation-  (either cold porcelain or polymer clay) Post is up ! Tutorial soon !
• Household items for texturing + items to use in your clay
• Quick bookmark for your book
• Comparison of Cold porcelain to polymer clay

So there we go ;D

Today is Sunday in NZ, so that means I have school tomorrow. I MIGHT make something today if I have time and upload it sometime next week. Ialready made the “Lying down Rilakkuma” and the “Quick bookmark for books” so yeah. They’re just in the editing stage where I have to change the sizes and what not.

The Valentine theme creation will DEFINITELY be uploaded on my Tuesday, which is 14 Feb in NZ.

Ohoho, I should actually get started on that :/

- I hope you like what is going to be uploaded soon !

As always, requests are welcome, and honestly, more convenient for me because then ,I don’t have to think so hard on what to made xD.

Thanks for reading !

-Cyn

So the other day, I had a comment on deviant art saying I could make cold porcelain, and use that for my crafting needs. I did mention in my other post that I would make it in the weekend – and today I did ^^.

I used the recipe from here, but I didn’t use it exactly:

3/4 cup glue

1/2 cup water

1 tsp pond’s cold cream

1 tsp glycerin

1 cup cornstarch

—-

When I saw these ingredients, I thought cold cream was some some sort of cream – as in the dairy product….
After some research, I found out it was actually some sort of heavy hand cream. Many sites recommended using “Ponds” hand cream but, since I didn’t really want to buy it, I used Neutrogena hand cream instead. 

Neutrogena hand cream works just as well. I think it just needs to be a non-greasy formula. I also had some sort of tub at home containing either potato starch or corn starch. I’m not actually sure which one is in the tub, but I’m pretty sure it was potato. It also worked – I don’t think there is a big difference between corn and potato starch.

Edit : So I asked what flour was in the tub, and it was Tapioca. COMPLETELY different.. haha.. well, I guess it worked, so yeah. For my next batch, I’ll use all the right ingredients so I can accurately make comparisons (between polymer clay). 

—

When I was making the mixture, the fumes- oh my life. The brand of glue I was using was “Selley’s PVA wood glue”. THE FUMES ! It smelt so bad, I had to hold the saucepan away for stirring (which was hard because the mixture was reallly thick).

—

The author of that post also said to knead the mixture for about 5 minutes with cornstarch until it wasn’t sticky anymore. I did this for probably longer, and wasted a lot of cornstarch. My CP (cold porcelain) was nice and smooth on the outside, but when you kneaded it, the inside went all sticky again.

So I did some more research and found out that you should use hand cream to knead the CP. I used the hand cream and it made such a difference ! It make my CP a lot smoother, and ofc, it did not stick to my hands.

This was after kneading it for more than 5 minutes. I was actually just going to leave it like this until I read it wasn’t supposed to be sticky any more. I kneaded it more – but it still remained sticky :(

Here is what my CP looked like after I kneaded it using the hand cream to coat my hands. I’m not sure if you can tell, but the surface is glossy and much better than the first time I made it. Keep CP in a ziploc bag with the inside coated with hand cream to prevent drying out.

—

I also read some comments saying that the cold porcelain they made cracked when it was drying. This is a little troubling because I don’t want my creations to crack…. and the amount of glue I used seemed like a waste….

Ah.. aparently it’s due to the water evaporating.

Next time, I’ll try this recipe:

1 Cup Cornstarch
1 Cup  of white glue
1 Tbs vinegar/lime juice or lemon juice
1 Tbs Baby Oil

–

So there we go !

I have made my porcelain, and I’ll see if I can make any tutorials with it. I don’t think texturing will work too well because the CP is very smooth and soft. I think I’ll concentrate more on things like figurines/characters.

-Thanks for reading !

-Cyn

Edit: May I also add that the texture of CP is VERY similiar to Sculpey Mold maker. VERY VERY SIMILAR.

So in this post, I want to show you how I made the gift box for my friend’s present.

The only reason I made it was because I had no cute packaging available for the present. You see, I made some cute mini macaroons and needed some sort of cute way to store it.

I don’t actually make my own packaging often, so this is actually my first time in about a year ? Luckily, I was into scrap booking a long time back and happen to have all this nice patterned paper with me :)

So without further ado —

Food box tutorial 

Materials:

As you know, I often make things up along the way so this image  is what I thought I needed.

• Two types of patterned paper
• Pencil
• Ruler
• Scissors
• Ribbon (colour of your choice)
• Hot glue gun, or craft glue
• Paint brush
• Paint (colour of your choice)
• Square sticks ( They’re like matchsticks without the top red part ) OR popsicle sticks
• Cardboard ( can be cereal boxes or something like that)

• Decide the size of your base and the height of your edges. My base was 16cm x 16cm and  the edges were the width of my ruler. (The black lines are to show my pencil lines)
• Fold along the lines you made
• Tuck the corners in and glue where the places that are in blue ( colour coding :D )

• On the cardboard, measure out your base. This means I cut out a 16cm x 16cm square.
• Glue it onto the centre. This is to strengthen the box.
• Cut out 4 strips that will be stuck on the edges. Mine was the width of my ruler x 16cm

• Glue the strips onto the edges
• On the next piece of patterned paper, make the same measurements as your first paper. This is the lining to cover the cardboard.
• This time, instead of folding in the corners, cut them out (as shown)

• Glue on that patterned paper over the cardboard.
• Now, at this point, you’ll see that the edges are really ugly TT___TT (You can trim the edges to make them more even)
• Use the ribbon and glue it over the edges to hide them.

These are the matchstick things I was talking about. I bought them for some weird reason and never had a use until now.
For the next few steps, you can replace these matchsticks with popsicle sticks. You’ll see what it’s for soon. 

• If you have these square stick things, just glue and stack them on top of each other. The height will depend on the edges of your box. My edges were about 10 matchsticks tall, so I stacked 8 matchsticks.
• Make 12 of these stacks.
• ( Hot glue gun is better for this because it dries faster. If you do have time, craft glue WILL make it look more cleaner. If you can’t see in the image, there are actually blobs of glue that oozed from the edges TT__TT)

Just updating and letting you know that it’s that time again !

What time do you ask? That time that school starts TT____TT
Yeah… this means that I will be posting less frequently, so please forgive me.. I will aim to post about once a week or maybe two if I get a lot done in the weekend.

Maybe I should just dedicate one day to making crafts and make a lot of tutorials lined up for posting :) Yesyes, that sounds like a good plan.

–

In other news, I will be posting more felt tutorials because:

A) I have a lot of material I could use
B) Material is A LOT cheaper than clay

Although, I’m not sure what you guys want to see ? Please request something TT__TT uhard for me to come up with ideas that will actually appeal to the internet.. uhuu

Maybe I should ride the whole “Apple” trend, and start making D.I.Y cases for them ohoho..
Or maybe you (I’m assuming you’re female) want to know how to make your own accessories ?

–

Thanks for taking your time to read !

-Cyn

Edit: I just re-read this post, and ” a lot ” is used many times… I should widen my vocabulary.

Before I start, I want to apologize for the sizing on the pictures because they are not all the same size like my clay tutorials. The instructions (pictures) are also not as step-by-step because my friend was with me and she thought I was weird taking pictures every 10 minutes TT___TT

Forgive me .. 

Let’s start !

You will need

• White felt
• Pink felt
• Black felt
• Pins
• Black thread
• Pink thread
• Needle
• Scissors
• Paper
• Hot glue gun ( or fabric glue)
• Pink pastel
• Fabric of choice ( to make the bows )
• Stuffing

1. Cut out the pattern and pin to felt. Cut out two of each piece (ears, head, limbs, etc).

2. Sew two lines down the snout of the plush. Try to choose a thread that is darker than the colour of your felt.
- Sew the pink parts onto the ears

3.  Using the blanket stitch, sew the ears together. Remember to stuff it with some stuffing.

• Attach the ears to the head, and use the blanket stitch to sew the two head pieces together. Remember to fill
• Next, sew all the limbs pieces together + fill

Filed under: Felt, Tutorial Tagged: bunny, cute, drama, felt, kdrama, korean, pig, plush, plushie, rabbit, tutorial, you're beautiful ]]> http://craftcandies.wordpress.com/2012/02/03/felt-tutorial-pig-rabbit-plush/feed/ 0 cynnaminroll First steps Second Third Fourth Finished http://craftcandies.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/coming-soon-felt-pig-rabbit-tutorial/ http://craftcandies.wordpress.com/2012/01/31/coming-soon-felt-pig-rabbit-tutorial/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:39:23 +0000 -Cyn http://craftcandies.wordpress.com/?p=333 ]]> Ohoho, I said I was going to make it later this week, but decided to do it today ;D

This is actually for my friend’s birthday present, and it’s also from a Korean drama. It’s basically a mix between the pig and rabbit- hence the name “Pig-rabbit”.

Here it is: