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Design by Dimples

• Premo! Sculpey Clay: Note: ½ ounce = 1 bar or strip from the 2 ounce package

  

  • Cadmium Yellow Hue 5572: 2 bars
  • Fluorescent Red 5583: 2 bars
  • Turquoise 5505: 1 bar (Insert jpeg memory clay)
  • Green 5323: 1 bar
  • Fluorescent Green 5521: 1 bar
  • Translucent 5310: ¼ bar
  • White 5001: 1 bar
  • *Create Mint by mixing white with a bit of Green 5323

“Polyform’s chemists have been conducting tests on the clay for quite some time. All tests indicate that baked Premo! Sculpey and Sculpey III are acid free.”

• Sculpey Glaze (optional)
• Translucent Liquid Sculpey
• Card Stock*:
  • 11 ¾” x 12” of Yellow Green
  • 1 ¼” x 6”, 2 ½” x 3 ½”, 4 ½” x 6 5/8” and 3 ¾” x 10 ½” of Bright Yellow
  • 1 ¼” x 5 ½”, 4 ¼” x 11 ¼”, 5 ¼” x 7 ¼” and 3 ¼” x 4 ¼” of Bright Orange
    
• Artistic Wire Ltd:
  • Permanent Colored Copper Wire, 24 gauge:
    • Two 8” pieces of Powder Blue
    • Two 8” pieces of Kelly Green
    • Two 8” pieces of Red
• 2 Black seed beads (eyes)
• 3mm round Ruby Cabochon
• Fiskars® Paper Edgers: Ripple, Pinking
• Fiskars® Soft Grip Scissors
• Fiskars® Notch Corner Punch
• Kid’s Choice Glue™
• Sculpey® Craft knife
• Ruler
• Non-stick baking pan
• Oven preheated to 275 degrees (use an external oven thermometer)
• Waxed paper, optional
• Rolling pin, optional
• Paintbrush
  
  

Instructions:

• Condition each color of clay separately till soft and smooth.
  
• Letters: (Combine from two to all colors together, excluding Translucent and White for variegated colors.) Make a ½” ball of desired colors. Blend till slightly marbled.

• Work on a clean, smooth, flat surface. Roll ball into a long snake 3/16” in diameter.

• Shape letters as pictured. Some need to be made in sections then gently pressed together. Blend and smooth edges. Cut off excess and square ends with craft knife.
  

• Heart: Make a ¼” ball and flatten into a heart shape. Flatten evenly to 1/8” thickness with rolling pin.

• Balloons:

• Combine colors to make one 5/8” ball for each balloon as follows:
  • #1: Turquoise, Mint & Yellow
  • #2: Yellow & Fluorescent Green
  • #3: Yellow & Fluorescent Red



• Flatten each ball into a 1/8” thick pear shape. Apply Liquid Sculpey to one end of wire, insert 3/8” into bottom of balloon. Note: You may also use a dab of Super Glue Gel if you do not have Liquid Sculpey.

• Turquoise Clown Hat:

• Make one 5/8” ball of Turquoise. If you would like a lighter turquoise, mix a bit of white into it.
  • Flatten and shape into 1/8” thick cone as pictured.
  • Roll ¼” ball of Yellow into a long snake 1/8” in diameter.
  • Press one end of snake on hat even with bottom edge.
  • Cut side edges even with hat. Attach remaining stripes in same manner.
  • Press 1/8” ball of Yellow on top of hat.

• Shape Yellow Clown Hat in same manner:
  • Use 5/8” ball of Yellow.
  • Roll ¼” ball of Fluorescent Red into a long snake 1/16” in diameter.
  • Bend snake in squiggle pattern along bottom edge.
  • Cut side edges even with hat.
  • Make one 1/8” ball of Fluorescent Red, one 1/16” ball of Turquoise and one 1/16” ball of Lime. Press balls in place on hat as pictured.

 

• “1”:

• Roll ¾” ball of Fluorescent Red into a long snake approximately ¼” diameter.
• Flatten with rolling pin to 1/8” thick.
• Cut bottom end square with craft knife.
• Cut ½” off bottom.
• Press ½” piece centered across bottom of “1”.
• Fold top snake down to left side.
• Pinch together as pictured. Straighten sides if needed and cut off excess with craft knife.




• Clown:

• Hair: Roll ¾” ball of Fluorescent Red into a long snake 1/8” diameter. Cut into fifteen ½” long pieces. Set aside. (Insert jpeg clown hair)



• Collar: Make two ¼” balls of Lime, two ¼” balls of Yellow and one ¼” ball of Turquoise. Flatten into 1/8” thick ovals. Set aside. (Insert jpeg clown collar)



• Face: (Insert jpeg make clown face) Roll Translucent into a ball. Flatten into a 1/8” thick circle.



• Press hair in place on top and sides of head.
• Press collar sections in place along bottom edge of face.
• Roll White into a ½” long snake and shape. Press mouth, eyes and nose in place.




• Bow:

• Combine Yellow and Fluorescent Red together to make a ½” ball.
• Roll into a long snake.
• Shape bow as pictured. Flatten with finger. Stamp center of bow with button or small object to texture.
  
• Carefully place letters and shapes on non-stick baking dish. Bake in 275 degrees preheated oven according to package instructions. (Always check with an external oven thermometer.) Let cool.

• If desired, brush entire surface with Sculpey Glaze. Let dry.

• Prepare card stock: Refer to photo for position and placement.

• Cut hearts out of 2 ½” x 3 ½” of Bright Yellow and 3 ¼” x 4 ¼” of Bright Orange as pictured.

• Trim edge of 3 ¾” x 10 ½” of Bright Yellow with Pinking edgers.

• Trim edges of 4 ½” x 6 5/8” of Bright Yellow and 1 ¼” x 5 ½” of Bright Orange and Bright Orange heart with Ripple paper edgers.

• Punch notch in corners of 5 ¼” x 7 ¼” Bright Orange.

• Insert 4” x 6” photo into notched corners of card stock. Glue card stock together as pictured. Glue card stock on Yellow Green page. Glue letters, “1”, clown, balloons, hats and bow in place on page as pictured.

• Draw clown’s mouth with Red marker. Print details on card stock with colored markers.

• Bend balloon wires into shape. Wrap remaining wire around balloon wires. Shape into shoestring type bow.