By Maureen Carlson

Materials

AMACO® Designer Push Molds: Sun, Moon
Fimo® Soft Polymer Clay: White, Sunflower
12″ x 12″ Scrapbook Paper or Folded Card of Your Choice
Blank Slide Mount, Small
Suede Leather Lace: 18″ of Blue
Lumiere Paint: Metallic Gold, Pearlescent Blue
Acrylic Paint: White, Brown
Cream Card Stock and Paper Scraps
Glue
Sponges for Paint
Water
Flat Plastic Disposable Surface for Paint
Paper Towels
Baking Pan or Ceramic Tile
Oven
Leather Alphabet Stamps
Round Toothpicks

Note: Used by permission from the book “Art Faces In Clay,” No. 5228, published by Design Originals

Note: The pictured card shape was created by folding a piece of 12″ x 12″ scrapbook paper into a wrap-around card. The steps for folding the paper to make this card are shown in the book, “Art Faces In Clay,” by Maureen Carlson, published by Design Originals. You may substitute a plain greeting card, size of your choice, for the folded paper card.

Step 1
Condition FIMO® Soft polymer clay. Create face and any clay embellishments using AMACO® Designer Push Molds, as well as rubber stamps or leather stamps for faces and words. Alter clay shapes as desired by curving, cutting or indenting. A toothpick makes a great tool for indenting corners of mouths and eyes in molded faces. The pictured card uses one large sun face, one small moon, two stars, one word “dream” made from the moon mold, and one word “dream” made with leather stamps. Poke holes in clay if pieces are to be strung.

Step 2
Bake clay in preheated oven following directions on package. Let cool.

Step 3
Paint or antique clay pieces, wiping away excess paint with a paper towel.

Step 4
Type or print words onto cardstock. Tear out words or cut with deckle- edged scissors. Layer words with torn pieces of collage papers on both card and envelope. Embellish papers and blank slide mount by sponge painting, stippling, or dotting with paint colors of your choice. If paint gets too dark, sponge white or pale color over top.

Step 5
Use Crafter’s Pick Decoupage & Collage Gel to glue papers to card and envelope and into opening of slide mount.

Step 6
Use Crafter’s Pick The Ultimate! to glue faces and any other trims in place on card.

Resource Guide
Fimo® Soft is a registered trademark of Eberhard Faber, GmbH and distributed by American Art Clay Co., Inc. (AMACO®), 6060 Guion Road, Indianapolis, IN 46254, (800) 374-1600, www.amaco.com

Designer Push Molds: Sun, Moon — American Art Clay Co., Inc., 6060 Guion Road, Indianapolis, IN 46254, (800) 374-1600, www.amaco.com

Crafter’s Pick™ The Ultimate! and Crafter’s Pick™ Decoupage Collage Gel — The Adhesive Products, Inc., 520 Cleveland Avenue, Albany, CA 94710, (510) 526-7616, www.crafterspick.com

Book, “Art Faces In Clay”; 12″ x 12″ Legacy Collage Papers (#0548, #0483, #0551) and Blank Slide Mount (#0988) — Design Originals, 2425 Cullen Street, Fort Worth, TX 76107, (800) 877-7820, www.d-originals.com

Leather Alphabet Stamps and Suede Leather Lace — The Leather Factory, 3847 E. Loop 820 S., Fort Worth, TX 76119, (817) 496-4414, www.leatherfactory.com

Lumiere Paint: Metallic Gold (#561), Pearlescent Blue (#570) — Jacquard Products by Rupert, Gibbon & Spider, Inc., P.O. Box 425, Healdsburg, CA, (800) 442-0455, www.jacquardproducts.com

Dream Card in PDF format