Great tutorial, thanks for sharing! One quick comment, I've been making polymer clay earrings for over 5 years, I have found that Sculpey III is the least strong of the Sculpey clays. Sculpey Premo and Souffle work great as well as Fimo and Kato for strength. You should be able to completely bend the earrings in half without them breaking or snapping IF they are baked long enough. My number one mistake starting out was not baking long enough, I wasted a lot of clay!
I just watched your video and thought that I would like to advise anyone that has never used polymer clay to please read all the instructions and not to use their regular oven to bake them in please use a toaster oven dedicated to hobies
there is no problem baking the clay in a home oven and small toaster ovens are bound to burn your clay. Just bake the clay in a covered dish or a pan covered with aluminum foil
@@spiritualsoulchild you can use your regular oven. Just make sure you either use a covered pan (used for polymer only) or a pan / tray covered with aluminum foil. Two of those disposible lasagna pans clipped together are great too. Plastizers are oily and hard to clean from the stove walls if you do a lot of clay.
After a lot of trial and error, I’ve learned that Sculpey III is awful for earrings. They will almost always break. It’s more for sculptures or larger thicker pieces
Outstanding tutorial. Fantastic information on creating stencils with Mylar or freezer paper, techniques to use for painting on polymer clay, and cutting polymer clay with a cricut or other cutting tools. Thank you!!! Wishing you Alisha and the entire MGL team a super week. Hugs Susan
I have been told by experienced polymer clay earring makers that Sculpey III is NOT the correct clay to use for earrings. It is not made for thin projects. It breaks easily when made into earrings, fyi.
Oh my goodness I didn’t know I can cut polymer clay with my Cricut, wow that’s going to make it so much easier. But what number you roll the clay on the machine ?
I was wondering if anyone can please help me. So I’m on an iPad and I’m using cricut design space but when I go to click import nothing opens up like how it used to. Please can anyone help me.
I have been making polymer clay for over 20 yrs and don't recommend using Sculpey III for jewelry. It is very brittle and not durable. Premo Souffle or Premo, Kato, Fimo, and Cernit are much better quality. E600 is also not good for use with polymer clay. it degrades over time and things will fall apart. Loctite super glue gel is better. My biggest tip is yo make sure you use a oven thermometer to check your oven temperature. Most oven do not cook at the temp on the dial. Almost all bad pieces of clay are either not cured or over baked.
Hmm it seems to me to be a whoooooooole lot of trouble to cut the shapes of clay with the machine, rather than just using cutters made for that. It also looks like it sticks a lot too. Also Sculpey III is the worst polymer clay to use. It is not strong, and is mostly for children to use. Absolutely no offense intended to the lady making this video. Its the machine. I dont think its intended to cut things like clay, as you have to cover it and use tape and all of these things just to get it to sort of work. I watched this to see the machine at work. I was considering buying one, but it looks like its mostly made for other things like cards and such. :)
Yes it is for just a few pieces. I have been cutting clay on digital cutters for quite awhile. It is most useful if you need to cut a lot of the same shape that isn't the shape of commercial cutters. Like 30 holly leaves for a holiday ornament. I'm not sure why she put another layer of freezer paper over the clay. That really isn't necessary.
Great tutorial, thanks for sharing! One quick comment, I've been making polymer clay earrings for over 5 years, I have found that Sculpey III is the least strong of the Sculpey clays. Sculpey Premo and Souffle work great as well as Fimo and Kato for strength. You should be able to completely bend the earrings in half without them breaking or snapping IF they are baked long enough. My number one mistake starting out was not baking long enough, I wasted a lot of clay!
Thanks for sharing!
I just watched your video and thought that I would like to advise anyone that has never used polymer clay to please read all the instructions and not to use their regular oven to bake them in please use a toaster oven dedicated to hobies
there is no problem baking the clay in a home oven and small toaster ovens are bound to burn your clay. Just bake the clay in a covered dish or a pan covered with aluminum foil
Why should you not use your regular oven? What if you don’t have enough for a toaster oven as well as other material?
@@spiritualsoulchild you can use your regular oven. Just make sure you either use a covered pan (used for polymer only) or a pan / tray covered with aluminum foil. Two of those disposible lasagna pans clipped together are great too. Plastizers are oily and hard to clean from the stove walls if you do a lot of clay.
After a lot of trial and error, I’ve learned that Sculpey III is awful for earrings. They will almost always break. It’s more for sculptures or larger thicker pieces
Outstanding tutorial. Fantastic information on creating stencils with Mylar or freezer paper, techniques to use for painting on polymer clay, and cutting polymer clay with a cricut or other cutting tools. Thank you!!! Wishing you Alisha and the entire MGL team a super week. Hugs Susan
Thank you so much for your help!
Glad it helped!
I have been told by experienced polymer clay earring makers that Sculpey III is NOT the correct clay to use for earrings. It is not made for thin projects. It breaks easily when made into earrings, fyi.
I sell polymer earrings for a living, definitely sculpey premo or soufflé!
Oh my goodness I didn’t know I can cut polymer clay with my Cricut, wow that’s going to make it so much easier. But what number you roll the clay on the machine ?
Ok glad I’m not the only one who uses tape on their cricut map as a standard practice 😂
Thanks for the tips. I have an Expolore Air 2 and figured out how to cut polymer clay about 4 years ago, it can be done with the Explore.
You're welcome!
At what setting do you cut the clay with explore air 2?
What setting on the pasta maker do I need for final pass
What oven do you use for your polymer clay crafts?
Cold you cut clay with an explore 2?
Wouldn't it be easier to bake it before cutting?
I've seen that e 6000 glue actually melts the clay over time
Sculpey III is more brittle than Premo or Souffle. Bake for 60 min.
Yes, sculpey III is not to be used for making jewelry items. It is a kid friendly clay, not for real makers, no matter how long you bake it.
Will cutting polymer clay with your cricut ruin the machine or the blade with repeated cuttings?
Thanks for this video love love love it. I would love to see if you have a video on making the stencils.
So glad you loved it!
Great tutorial! Please know that you shouldn't use the pasta machine for pasta AND you should NOT wash it, as it will cause rust.
I was wondering if anyone can please help me. So I’m on an iPad and I’m using cricut design space but when I go to click import nothing opens up like how it used to. Please can anyone help me.
What is snap matt
It’s basically taking a picture of ur mat so u know where to cut
Hi from Washington state,
Hello there!
Sculpey III shouldn't be used to make earrings, it's not durable enough. Premo or Souffle only
I have been making polymer clay for over 20 yrs and don't recommend using Sculpey III for jewelry. It is very brittle and not durable. Premo Souffle or Premo, Kato, Fimo, and Cernit are much better quality. E600 is also not good for use with polymer clay. it degrades over time and things will fall apart. Loctite super glue gel is better. My biggest tip is yo make sure you use a oven thermometer to check your oven temperature. Most oven do not cook at the temp on the dial. Almost all bad pieces of clay are either not cured or over baked.
Sculpy 3 is bad for earrings
Why not just use a clay cutters? You still ended up with rough edges and it's such a long process!!
Hmm it seems to me to be a whoooooooole lot of trouble to cut the shapes of clay with the machine, rather than just using cutters made for that. It also looks like it sticks a lot too. Also Sculpey III is the worst polymer clay to use. It is not strong, and is mostly for children to use. Absolutely no offense intended to the lady making this video. Its the machine. I dont think its intended to cut things like clay, as you have to cover it and use tape and all of these things just to get it to sort of work. I watched this to see the machine at work. I was considering buying one, but it looks like its mostly made for other things like cards and such. :)
Yes it is for just a few pieces. I have been cutting clay on digital cutters for quite awhile. It is most useful if you need to cut a lot of the same shape that isn't the shape of commercial cutters. Like 30 holly leaves for a holiday ornament. I'm not sure why she put another layer of freezer paper over the clay. That really isn't necessary.
Love this, but the uptalk is annoying. Seems to be a thing with some here at mgl.