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I have always wanted to learn Japanese but it is quite challenging to learn such a difficult language especially when I am living in rural England with no access to Japanese language classes or tutors. Since I am learning a 3rd language by myself, I relied on free tutorials online and even Google translate. I
Yeah, I admit it, I get obsessed with a color from time to time (okay, ALL THE TIME). Right now it’s Souffle Guava – a regular pink in the package that somehow transforms to a warm pink when cured (although it doesn’t actually change color). And look how nice it looks with the 18% grey background.
Ah now, we have some Spring/Summer colors here! I am fascinated at how boldly Souffle Canary mixes with other colors. And I have a new color crush – Guava. In the package it looks a little to blah pink, but it’s magic once it’s baked. I don’t think it shifts color, but it like solidifies
Liquid Sculpey bakeable medium is one of the newest products from Polyform and more than once I heard the question: “What can you do with it?” Well sometimes it is kind of hard to answer that just using words. So I thought I would share some of my experiments with you and point you to
Wow, I didn’t know when I picked that title that April would actually be the “January 96th”. My heart goes out to all those caught up in the huge storms this week! It really makes those of us in the sunshine states feel guilty (like, why am I inside writing on my computer when I
By Anke Humpert It´s April…spring time! I know for some of us it still feels very much like winter, but we do hope spring will soon come for all of us in the Northern Hemisphere! In Spring time a lot of us get that urge to clean and get everything tidy. You want to get the
The week was an interesting experiment. I took the three Souffle colors that have captured my Squirrel!-like attention lately and mixed them with Premo Accents Silver (another color that I tend to forget about). All three of the mixes are beautiful and elegant. The Silver toned down the “hey look at me” portion of the
by Anke Humpert “People observe the colors of a day only at its beginnings and its ends, but to me it’s quite clear that a day merges through a multitude of shades and intonations, with each passing moment. A single hour can consist of thousands of different colors. Waxy yellows, cloud-spat blues. Murky darknesses. In
April…already? Come on! Well, it did give me an opportunity to play a little with my newest clay crush – Souffle Jade. Jade is a green with blue roots. Normally, I’m a warm green girl, but I really kinda like what I can do with this trickster green. Mix it with a yellow and it
Playing with clay is so fun!! But sometimes my nail polish needs a refresh after working with my favorite crafting medium. Getting a manicure is the best feeling… When my nails look good I feel good…. I happen to be one of those people who gets their nails done almost every week. I also happen
The last NCT for March? Well, January might have dragged on a bit, but I don’t even remember having coffee in February and now it’s the end of March? Sheeshh. I love these four colors together right out of the package – Robin Egg, Latte, Cinnamon and Jade – so earthy! If I look at
HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING!! I’m bringing you some soft spring greens today too. Now you know that I love me some greens and these are NO exception! The BIG surprise to me was that the Souffle Robin Egg, mixed with Latte 1:1 made a lovely soft green! I was thinking I would get a
As I mentioned in my last blog post I’ve always been a sculptor. I’ve also been teaching sculpting for a long time. One thing I hear over and over from students is “I can’t sculpt” or “I’m afraid to sculpt. I’m always surprised by it because these aren’t always beginners sometimes it’s people who do
Look Ma! No Cinnamon! LOL I’ve moved the Premo Gold into the Main Mix Three, along with Guava and our Robin Egg. I’ve added Souffle Canary as our Mix Agent this week. And I got some surprises in the 1:1 mixes. First, Canary and Robin Egg make a killer green that is not quite
When I started working with polymer clay I started sculpting with it. The minute the clay is in my hands that’s my first thought. Imagine my surprise when I joined my local guild. I went to my first meeting and discovered that with the exception of one other person in the guild every single person
Celebrating International Women’s Day We would like to celebrate International Women’s day by showcasing our amazing CEO Denice Steinmann. She has been the leader of Polyform for over 10 years. Her vision and passion for the business are an inspiration to us all and we feel very lucky to have her at the helm of
I’m attempting to wean myself off Souffle Cinnamon and I decided to explore Souffle Robin Egg a little more. It always seems to surprise me when I add it to a color palette or mix it with other colors. As you can see, I’m not quite weaned off my precious Cinnamon, it makes an appearance
Table of Contents: How to Prepare to Make Polymer Clay Earrings Tools You Will Need to Make Clay Earrings at Home Polymer Clay Earring Ideas for Patterns Different Types of Earrings How to Make Polymer Clay Stud, Unicorn Horn and Other Earrings Bring Your Polymer Clay Earring Designs to Life With Sculpey Polymer clay is
About 40 years ago while on a business trip my aunt Kathy discovered polymer clay. It was Sculpey original, she brought it home and gave it to me. I was 9 or 10 at the time. I was obsessed with sculpting things out of modeling clay and always sad when they didn’t survive. Little did
Winter decided to visit us in February after a spectacularly glorious January of 75 degrees, cool breezes, sleep weather nights.. It was actually colder when I got home here to SoCal than it was in New Jersey at the Clayathon! My new format here for the NCT is still evolving and you will notice that
Raise your hand if you fork up the extra bit of money for the more expensive facial tissue because the design on the box is nice. Yeah, I’m totally guilty of that. Maybe it’s just because I’m an artsy-fartsy person, but I can’t seem to bring myself to spend less and end up
I’m on the road at the New York Clayathon this week, but I’m checking in with my NCT blog for this week! Some of our mix colors this month are sticking around – Souffle Cinnamon, Turnip and Latte. I’m also adding Souffle Robin Egg this week. I keep forgetting about Robin Egg and it’s a
Before moving to my new workspace, I had a small sandwich board style dry-erase board. The dry-erase board is a great tool to have; I use it to write down reminders on what I need to finish working on first thing in the morning. Over time, the dry-erase board I had been using became too
Okay, I’m starting with Souffle Cinnamon again since it’s the my color of the month (as well as my current color crush), AND I’m keeping the Souffle Sea Glass as well as putting my mixer from last week, Souffle Latte into the base trio – Cinnamon, Latte, Sea Glass. This week’s Mixer is Souffle Turnip
Souffle Cinnamon – I love the color by itself, but I’m finding that it’s an excellent mix color as well. For instance, want a soft maize yellow? Mix 2 parts Canary and 1 part Cinnamon. But I’m ALREADY digressing.. I’m using Cinnamon as my “base color” this month in our trio mixes this month. So
New job and new digs. OK, technically the job is not new since I have been with the company a year, but after some musical chairs, our department seems to have finally landed in a permanent location. I am pleased to announce I am now out of the ever-popular grey walled cubicle and in a
I don’t often mix with a black clay. And I can’t really tell you why, except I love vibrant colors. But when I DO mix with a Black color (or Poppy Seed Souffle here), I usually fall in love. My kids showed me many years ago that you can get that cool acid green/yellow by
