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There are some wonderful tools available for the Polymer Clay artist.   One of these that I have used quite extensively in my projects involving fairies is the flexible mold.

You can purchase them at your craft store.  There will be a wide variety of molds for you to use, everything from feet, emblems, leafs, flowers, hands, faces, even body molds.  These molds are made of a flexible rubberized material. However, I have learned there are some tricks to using these molds to your advantage.

First if you have never worked with Polymer Clay the first thing you should learn is to condition it.  That means take a small amount of clay off of the block and knead it with your fingers until it becomes very pliable.

Check out what’s happening at CreateForLess this month. May 2 was National Scrapbooking Day, but they are celebrating all month long with these great promotions…

It’s a celebration of scrapbooking this month at CreateForLess. Our Scrapbooking Sale is featuring some of our most popular scrapbooking supplies at great low prices. Sale items change weekly – this week we’re featuring scrapbooking albums, then adhesives, punches and Bazzill Cardstock. This is the perfect promotion to add to your scrapbooking section, especially if you’re already promoting National Scrapbooking Day.

Shop, Crop and Save at the CreateForLess Scrapbooking Sale.

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When its cold out there’s no better time to stay indoors and craft the day away.

Brand-tastic Sale

This month our featured promotion is the Brand-tastic Sale. Each week we’ll feature a different must-have brand, with extra savings on our entire selection. Brands that will be on sale are Sculpey clay, Clover crochet and knitting needles, Gingher scissors and K&Co scrapbooking items. These are all top selling brands, which mean top commissions for your site this month.

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Shade-Tex Rubbing Plates

Everyone from kids to professional artists will enjoy adding instant energy and drama to paper or clay projects with these fun textured rubbing plates. The intricate textured designs are molded right into the flexible and sturdy 8½” × 11″ (22 cm × 28 cm) plastic plates. Easily add detailed patterns to drawings, greeting cards, murals, or collages by placing the plate under the paper and rubbing. Or use them to emboss detailed designs onto clay projects. Simply impress a pattern by using a brayer, or applying pressure by hand. Add even more texture by running the rubbing plate and a thin clay slab through a pasta machine. Start with the patterns on the sheets, and then create new ones by twisting and turning the plates to create cross hatching, half tones, and more. Sheets are washable and sturdy enough to use in project after project. Each 6-sheet set contains many different designs.

Polyform Sculpey Keepsake Clay Frame Set will hold a keepsake of your little loved ones hands forever! They are also great for your favorite pet. Includes everything you will need and it only takes 20 minutes from start to finish. This no-mess clay and frame set is a perfect gift for the parents of a newborn. Just push clay into the frame, press the baby’s hand into the clay or pets paws, then bake! Put a sweet picture in the frame and you are set! Best of all there is no messy plaster mess to clean up. Kit includes 10 oz. of specially formulated extra-soft Sculpey Oven-Bake Clay, a hinged metal frame for clay imprint and a 4″x 6″ to 5″x 7″ photo, Photo pane and mat, clay roller, modeling tool for writing name, age, and date and easy to follow directions. Double Girl- Includes a Metallic Silver frame, White photo mat and Pink clay for a girl.

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Place paper over the top of these high impact plastic plates and rub with crayons to transfer fabulous designs and patterns. Or use them to emboss clay projects. Each unique set contains several different plates. An idea guide and reference chart are included. I also use these plates for polymer clay projects!
Roylco Rubbing Plate Sets

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No more drawing your own letters! No more wasting time creating your own alphabet templates!

Reusable Alphabet Patterns save you time!

Alphabet Patterns are available by immediate download and are perfect for creating templates of letters, words and phrases for all your craft projects. Simply cut out the printable alphabet letter patterns and use them as templates to trace alphabet letters onto objects, paper, fabric or other craft material. Or, use the negative cutout as alphabet stencils for painting letters on walls, floors, fabric, tile, glass, furniture, vehicles and any other paintable surface. All alphabet letter pattern sets include upper and lowercase letters, numbers and punctuation unless otherwise noted above the “add to cart” buttons.