Image Transfers by Donna Kato - Due Monday August 30

Hi Everyone!

For this tutorial craft along, I wanted to double up with a challenge I am doing for the Polymer Clay Artists Guild of Etsy of which I am the newest member.  Since I am learning new techniques for this month's challenge (image transfers) you can learn with me!

I have found a great tutorial on how to do the image transfer technique on Craftedu put out by none other than the famous Donna Kato!  Watch the tutorial here: http://craftedu.com/free-basic-laser-toner-image-transfers-on-polymer-clay/play-MzA0NDcxNjM3NQ

There are lots of image transfer tutorials out there, both on YouTube and on craft websites and blogs.  They all give the same basic directions.

Have fun!

If you want your version posted along with mine, please email me your photo (and a small caption if you so desire) no later than Monday August 30th at 6:00pm PST.  I'll update a post with results on Tuesday the 31st!

Ponsawan Sila's Texture Plate & Bubble Beads - Due Aug 18

I am going out of town this weekend (wearing my bangles from last weeks challenge at a wedding!)  so decided to do a double tutorial with a 2-week due date.

Both of these tutorials come from Ponsawan Sila's tutorial blog.  She makes the most lovely items and is so generous to put her tutorials out freely!

The first tutorial is the slide show below - make your own texture plates.  I think this is such a valuable and MONEY SAVING skill all of us polyclay artists need to learn.  I am going to use this tutorial to make myself the bubble texture plate Ponsawan uses in the second tutorial - Bubble Beads.

If you don't feel like making bubbles, this seems like a thing where you can make any shape for the texture plate and apply the plate design you create in the second tutorial so please feel free to make any sort of beads you feel! - I look forward to seeing Birdy Beads or Swirly Beads or Squiggle Beads or Flowery Beads if you so desire.  Have fun!  I know I will!

The texture plate tutorial (also embedded below):
http://polymerclaybeads.blogspot.com/2007/05/this-is-how-i-make-my-famous-cherry.html

The bubble beads
Find the tutorial here: http://polymerclaybeads.blogspot.com/2007/02/blog-post.html

If you want your version posted along with mine, please email me your photo (and a small caption if you so desire) no later than Wednesday August, 18 th at 6:00pm PST.  I'll update a post with results on Thursday the 19th!

Quick Bracelet Sets by Syndee Holt (due August 4)

Yay for the first tutorial (and keeping it really simple for this one)!  I have a wedding to go to next weekend and I am making my jewelry for the event.  I need a couple more bangles, and these are perfect-o!  The tutorial I am following can be found at:

http://www.pcpolyzine.com/february2001/bracelets.html

Here is the final look of their version:

If you want your version posted along with mine, please email me your photo (and a small caption if you so desire) no later than Wednesday August, 4th at 6:00pm PST.  I'll update this post with results on Thursday the 5th!