Liquid Sculpey® Sea Life Napkin Rings

Getting Started:

Please make sure your work area is covered and you are not working on an unprotected surface. We recommend working on the Sculpey® Oven Safe Work Mat, wax paper, metal baking sheet, or disposable foil. Uncured Liquid Polymer Clay may damage unprotected furniture or finished surfaces. Be sure to cover your crafting area appropriately. - Stir Liquid Sculpey® completely. Thin with Sculpey® Liquid Clay Softener as needed - Wash hands after use (we have found that baby wipes work best)

Baking:

•It is important to use oven thermometer when you bake the liquids so that you can ensure your oven is at the correct temperature.•Do not microwave the liquids. They must be baked in a Preheated oven at 275 ºF (130 ºC) for liquid colors and 300 ºF (149 ºC) for Clear – Do not exceed baking temperatures.•If your piece is less than 1/4” bake for 15 minutes. For thicker pieces that are 1/4” or above bake for 30 minutes. •If your liquid project has become yellowed or discolored in the oven, when you remake it, tent it by placing either – folding an index card in half and placing your project under it or by using aluminum foil over your project.

Squeeze a small amount of Gold LS into a small plastic cup, add a couple drops of alcohol ink and a couple drops of the Clay Softener. Mix well using a toothpick. You may want to do a bake test to see how your color comes out. If you are satisfied with the color (or you just want to make something useful with your test!) Use the toothpick to help your fill the mold and spread the liquid through the mold. Finally, use the mini scraper to remove the excess clay from the top of the mold. I find that it works better to scrape from the bottom to the top of the coral.

Once you have a coral filled, mix some more of the Gold LS with Softener (If needed) and fill one of the other sea creatures. I prefer to poor the liquid into the center of the mold and use a toothpick to guide the clay into the mold areas. Repeat for the turtle, seahorse, starfish and dolphin. You don’t have to fill all of them in one baking, because you will do more baking for the 4 corals needed. Bake according to the directions above (I baked 30 minutes each time).

Once the clay is baked and cooled, remove from the mold. Use the pink eraser to remove the thin pieces of baked clay that may remain on the surface of the mold. Refill and rebake! While the other pieces are baking, wash the baked and cooled pieces with the light blue metallic paint and quickly wipe the sufaces, leaving the paint in the recesses. Set aside to dry.

While the clay is baking in the molds, I sheeted out some conditioned Souffle Sea Glass and textured it with a universal texture (this is a soap saver sponge). I trimmed it to fit into the channel on my metal napkin rings. Once all the rings were filled, they were baked at 275 degrees for 30 minutes.

Use the instant glue to layer the coral and sea creature onto your selected napkin rings. Allow the glue to dry.