Potpourri Heart Picture Frame - Sculpey Clay Projects

Sculpey III "Potpourri" Heart Picture Frame

Materials:

Sculpey III in the following colors:

Knead and condition ½ package of Mint Sculpey III. Roll with pasta machine or brayer to 1/8" thickness.
Using the larger heart cutter, impress clay and peel away excess, leaving 5" heart shape.
Place the 3" heart cutter evenly over the large heart shape. Press carefully, and remove the inner shape, leaving a heart frame.
Make bullseye, jellyroll, and checkerboard canes using the Lavender and Mint clays.
Reduce the canes slightly; if the clay becomes too soft, place in the refrigerator for 20 minutes until it becomes firm.
Randomly place cane slices around the perimeter of the frame. There is no need to be too worried about symmetry, this is supposed to look like a "potpourri" of shapes and textures.
Make two ¼" snakes of the contrasting colors. Twist and entwine the snakes into a candy cane twist. Continue twisting and lengthening the snakes until they are 1/8" in diameter.
Curl and coil pieces of the thin, striped snake on top of the cane slices in a random pattern.
Bake the embellished frame at 275 degrees F (135 degrees C) for 20 minutes.
Frame may be glazed with a light coat of Sculpey glaze if desired.
Affix heart frame to a 5" square acrylic frame (with built in support ), and insert appropriately sized portrait into slot.