For my thing a day challenge I was experimenting with canes. I came up with this and I rather like it! I think it’s quite striking. Normally if I am experimenting I photograph the stages so I can recreate it if it works out. I didn’t this time but I think I can remember so I am off to try and recreate it!Pin ItI put this picture together so you could see the back and the front which are subtly different. The little petal dangle is...

I decided to take part in the Thing A Day challenge on the Polymer Clay Central forum. It’s for the month of February only, not the whole year which would be far too much of a commitment for me. Luckily this will work alongside the pair of earrings a week challenge as one of my days creations will be some earrings! I don’t think I will blog about every single day, I don’t want to overload you!  If you want to see all of them...

Well the inevitable happened – the hearts and the cats collided on my workbench and here they are ….The Love CatsPin ItDon’t forget you can find the free tutorial to make your own little cats here http://www.carajane.co.uk/2012/01/my-sleeping-cat-tutorial.htmlI am really happy to email you a PDF, couldn’t find an easy way to share the PDF for download – must look into that (feel free to let me know if you know...

Along with the heart earrings I also made some brooches. These took a bit longer to finish as I discovered I didn’t have any badge backs the right size, didn’t think about that when I started making them! I forgot to take a picture of the back which is a shame as they are very neatly finished. I will try and show you another brooch back when I have made some more. They were lovingly hand polished to a glass like shine with wet and...

On Sunday night I decided I had worked hard for the last few days and instead of getting on with the things on my ever increasing to-do list I would do something just for me! I went to my Pinterest Polymer Clay tutorials board and picked something that wouldn’t take too long. I picked thisfrom http://polymerandmetalclay.com.au/flowerpetaltute.html . This is a free tutorial and I really appreciate people sharing them for free.  I know how...

I called in to visit Penny Vingoe who runs www.clayaround.com just before Christmas and we had a play with some Lisa Pavelka Magic Glos resin. I really liked it so bought a bottle. It’s a UV cure resin and luckily I had a suitable light at home already, we don’t get enough sun in winter here in the UK!!I tried it for the first time earlier in the week on a flat polymer pendant but it was pulling away from the edges a lot, which...