Diane Nunn
Jewelry that is just as fun to wear as it is to make.
Getting Started
Preheat oven to 275 °F. Test temperature with oven thermometer for perfectly cured clay. Condition all clay by kneading until it’s soft and smooth or running it through the Clay Conditioning Machine for several passes on the widest setting. Fold the clay in half after each pass and insert the fold side into the rollers first.
Step 1
Start by mixing a ¾” ball of Translucent with a ¾” ball of each color: Cadmium Red Hue, Green Purple, Cadmium Yellow Hue and Orange. Set colors aside.
Step 1 Snowman
Flatten a 7/8” ball of White clay to a 1 - 1/2” circle. For the nose, shape a 3/16” Orange ball into a carrot, curve slightly and place in center of face.
Step 2 Snowman
Pick up seed beads with the Needle Tool. Place above the nose, for the eyes. Use tool to draw in the mouth. Blush cheeks. Use ¼” balls of premixed Cadmium Yellow Hue, Purple, Cadmium Red Hue, and Green. Shape into tiny gumdrops. Place randomly on head.
Step 1 Scarf
Flatten a 7/8” ball of White to 1 ¼” circle. For the nose, shape a 3/16” Orange ball into a carrot, curve slightly and place in center of face. Pick up seed beads with Needle Tool; place above nose for the eyes. Use tool to draw mouth.
Step 2 Scarf
Use 3/8” balls of pre - mixed Green, Purple, Yellow, Red and Orange (the ones mixes with the translucent). Roll into ¾” logs; lay side by side alternating colors; flatten to desired thickness. Trim sides, and place under snowman head. Fold the tail of the scarf back, and fringe it with Needle Tool.
Gumdrop Earrings
Shape 7/16” balls of Red and Green pre – mixed (with the translucent) clay into rounded triangles, resembling gumdrops. Cut eye pins to desired length. Insert in top. Sprinkle entire project with glitter. Sprinkle lightly with embossing powder. Bake according to package directions. After cooling, glue on pin back and add earring hooks.
Two seed beads
Glitter
White embossing powder
Blush
2 fish hook earrings
2 eye pins
1-2/3” pin back
Super Glue
