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Example of a Dream Card project Dream Card
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
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