Fimo Clay Jewelry

Fimo Clay Jewelry can be made easily with a few cutters, acrylic paint or dried flowers.

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Enjoy these free projects from my Gift and Decoration Dough Art by You! ebook.  They will help you make quick jewery with a designer look. All you need is a little Fimo clay, scraps from your sewing basket, old jewelry pieces, or dried flowers.  You can also make clay flowers for a 3 dimension look. 

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Use any cutter shape and style you want to achieve, making sure that when you bake your jewelry you do not over bake your cut-outs. It can cause the surface to get a little bumpy.  A smooth surface is preferred for painting.  Check the clay after baking for about 15 minutes.  Take out of the oven if hard.  If you need more help painting flowers onto your Fimo Clay Jewelry, watch the painting videos I've provided. 
  

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Fimo Clay Jewelry General Instructions: 

• Use my Fimo Clay Instructions and the Fimo Instructions on the package to make your jewelry.
  

• Have ready a pallatte of basic acrylic paint, a thin line brush and a medium sized flat sable brush.  


• For enhancements gather left over materials and for accessories use ribboon, pinbacks and earring posts. 

 

ROSE BOUQUET HEART NECKLACE AND EARRINGS
(painted in acrylics)

Cut out three hearts, one large and one small.  Punch a hole at top center of the largest heart. Bake.  Check after 15 minutes to make sure the clay isn't forming bumps on the surface. 

Paint the pattern on the earrings in opposite directions for left and right.

1.  Use medium pink to paint the grid first with your thin line brush. When dry, use the same color to paint on the large curved line and smaller curved lines.

2.  Load dark rose onto the side edge of your flat sable brush and use a thin layer of paint to make a circle shape for each of the roses.  

3.  With light pink, make quick horizontal slashes through the wet dark rose circles to create the petals.  Make sure to let the dark rose color show through.  The rose will take shape with this step.  

4.  Use medium green to paint a few tiny leaves around the roses and to make a few curved lines and light shadows around the roses.  Keep your paint light when painting the slashes.  Varnish with a matte or gloss recommended Fimo varnish.  See Fimo Clay instructions. 

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PRESSED DRIED FLOWER TECHNIQUE

1.  Cut out any shape from Fimo Clay (bread clay can be used).  I like to use Fimo porcelain.

2.  Roll the clay with your rolling pin to about 1/8" or 1/4" thick.

3.  Press your dried flower arrangement into the top surface. Smooth over the flower with your index finger.

4.  Use a smooth piece of glass or a small flat dish to press the flowers into the dough or clay.  I do not always press every petal or leaf evenly into the clay.  However it is a design choice to have a completely smooth surface or not.

5.  Bake in the oven per the package instructions.  However, make sure not to leave in more than twenty minutes.  

6.  Varnish with 2 or 3 coats of Fimo Varnish.  Apply a thin coat of varnish at a time to avoid bubbling or a look that is over varnished.    

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