Hi Brianna Dacosta, you can use blends like these for tons of polymer clay projects, including making canes. If you look through my tutorial playlist, you will see several examples of tutorials where I use a Teardrop Blend in them. th-cam.com/users/PolymerClayTutorvideos?shelf_id=6&sort=dd&tag_id=UCHnfmkZSQzXUcy71-VPtMlQ.3.polymer-clay-tutorials&view=46
I just discovered today that if I steam the clay over a pot of boiling water it softens quickly and I just dry the moisture off of the clay piece. It works really well to soften a large piece of clay.
Thank you Cindy. I have been tutorializing my learning over a couple months and I love your videos. I have gotten frustrated with blends and when you showed how you tuck in the ends, that made a lot of sense. Thanks for helping us all learn...You are so delightful to watch and I love your bubbly personality. Keep up the great work... those of us that watch you really appreciate you.
No problem, Cindy... its the truth. Sometimes, we never know when a "sweet answer" turns a heart. Your joy comes through in the way you talk to us. You never know what people are going through and a happy cheerful voice can make all the difference.. :0)
Don't know why I didn't think of that - I was fretting over not having a pasta machine. A friend sent me one but this was just too obvious. :) Great tip.
Interested on how you blend colors and turn them into shapes such as round beads as I don't want my colors to become all one colour. Could you do a tutorial on this?? Love your videos! Hugely helpful for a beginner like myself!
I've been so obsessed with clay lately. First I made the homemade clay. I made a bowl changing the colour with acrylic paint before it dried. Turned out so so but you could tell it was cheap clay. I appreciated the DIY I watched to make it but that just got me more addicted. So I bought white DAS air dry clay. I made a witch mushroom house that has turned out more beautiful then I could of ever hoped. Again I appreciated the DIY. I wanted to try polymer clay. All these beautiful canes. I just want to play and create! But I was very worried not having a pasta machine. I've been trying to find one that doesn't cost a fortune but the cheapest one I can find is around $100. I can't justify that right now 😞 but I have a bunch of colours of the polymer clay and some necessary tools to start. I'm so grateful that someone like you has taken the time to teach us how to DIY without a pasta machine. You are a gem. Thank you SO much. Very much appreciated. I have subscribed and liked and turn the bell on. Create away girl. You have lots that love and appreciate you!
💖💖💖 Wow thank you for the kind words! I can totally understand the addiction! Loved it so much that I dragged my husband in, and we have a full-time business with it! 💖💖💖
Love watching these polymer clay and wire jewellery videos. Also appreciate that you all do full explanation videos and this one is brilliant because you take into consideration those without a pasta machine. Thank you for the video tutorial.
As someone who can't afford all the fancy machines and only likes to dip into polymer clay occasionally, these tutorials are great. You present really well and your instructions are clear and concise. Thank you
Thank you for sharing at least I know what I was doing was on the ball. :-) I have the pasta machine and I love using it for doing my skinner blends but I have been cheating by rolling my blends and flattening them before putting into the machine back at number one and working my way down the numbers to 9 and then I roll it backup and start all over again I have found that it gives me as you say a faster mix but also I don't end up wasting some of the clay due to it stretching all out of shape in places. I found rolling it backup into a roll and tucking in the ends brings it all back square and I have ended up with a far better blend doing this :-) I love watching your little videos and when I finally can afford it I will be signing up so I can do some of your lessons special the one on the sweet peas :-) as I wanted to,learn this one so,I can adapt it to the Australian Sturt Desert Pea :-) which I know will make a stunning pair of earrings :-) Thank you for all of you time that you do share for free :-) it really does help those of use who are really short on pennies :-) Have a great day :-)
I love your tutorials, I dont want to use a pasta machine, and I found your blend so easy to do, I hated the strict rules of a skinner end, your method is fantastic
Have read your emails for MANY years now, but NEVER caught a video until tonite. THANK YOU soooo very much for this! I don't have a p.m. but DO have a rod so will now be practicing making these. I'm just THRILLED to finally be able to make this look! Cheers, and thanks for the many lessons over the years. :) ~JO
I don't understand, if you have been getting my emails for years, why have you not watched the videos? There has been hundreds of videos over the years. There is way more value in the videos than what is written in the newsletters. I feel bad that you have missed out all these years. Hopefully you will start watching the free videos now. There is a new one every week!
Oh Cindy,...MY BAD, I'm so sorry, you must think I'm simply Batty! :-/ I was in a hurry (as I write my notes 1st in Word then copy/paste to YT comments), ... & I apparently c/p'd the wrong edited paragraph without catching it! My comment SHOULD have read: "I've never caught a video ABOUT SKINNER BLENDS until tonite." (Why? It's something I've always Meant to go back and watch because it interests me, but frankly I felt Very Intimidated because those pieces in that style always look sooo complicated, so I'd tell myself to go back later & watch,... life would get busy, blah blah blah...) Now that I've seen this one though I understand it's not Nearly as complex as I'd imagined so I will go back and track those ones down! :)
Ohhh... that makes more sense! :) I am glad you have gotten over your fear of techniques that you thought were too hard. Everything I teach is doable. Some may need more practice than others, but you should never be intimidated by polymer clay... it is just a hunk of plastic after all!
Thank you so much for this totorial it was really useful when I was 5 I started doing polymer clay and I was never able to figure out how to blend thanks
thank you so much, I've only just started experimenting with polymer clay, and so far I've only made handles for my crochet hooks. but I've really been envious of all the amazing skinner blends I've seen (there's no way I can afford a pasta roller in the near future) and now I can give it a go by hand :)
Cindy, my favorite part of this technique is that you can use smaller amounts of clay! I have a pasta machine (with a motor) but sometimes a smaller quantity of clay is needed for a project. NO WASTE!!! Big giant YAY!! :)
Was really struggling with Skinner Blend with pasta machine, Being a beginner it gave me a headache. This process really helped me learn the technique and once mastered I will try again with pasta machine. Wish I had seen this tutorial before I started :-) Thank you.
You are so very welcome! Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with me. It means a lot. Enjoy this crazy polymer clay journey... it's a fun ride! :)
That's so helpful, I usually end up with brown sludge but I will give this method a try and maybe I will master the technique at last! Beautifully demonstrated, thank you.
Wow. This is so useful. I am not "new" to polymer clay, but I dont expand my techniques. So, I needed a video explaining how to do it. Thank you so much! :)
Thanks for this video. I am just getting into polymer clay & don't want to get a pasta machine just yet. But I do love the look of the skinner blends. So, pretty. Thanks again.
You are one of my go to tutors for techniques and I love this teardrop idea. Works well for me. thanks for sharing. BTW, hope you will be making more videos soon.
Thankyou so much PolymerClayTutor I have not yet got a pasta machine since I am so new to polymer clay. But tgis has helped me so much with some of your designs and other youtubers designs. Once again THANKYOU !!!!!¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡!!!!!
I love this! I have a pasta machine for my clay but when my husband is sleeping I can't get it out so through the day I just use your technique! Thank you ☺️✌️ much love from Tennessee
Thanks for sharing, I don't have a pasta machine and am new to PC but your tut has helped me understand easily how to obtain the results for the skinner blend!!
Don't have a pasta machine yet and still want to make Skinner Blends? This video shows you how to make a Teardrop Blend with No Pasta Machine... #polymerclaytutorials #teardropblend
I am pretty new to Polymer Clay and have just ordered a load of Premo, you need a lot of equipment to go with, so for now I will buy a roller and invest in a pasta machine soon! These tutorials are so helpful to novices like myself, thank you!!
im new to polymer clay also and the only things i have brought are some blades and varnish, any kind works you dont need sculpy brands. i use skewers,stamps, spoon and cutlery handles with patterns anything with texture. i have a bottle as my rolling pin and pulled apert pens for small circles. just look round your house with clay in mind and im sure u will find some useful things. o also soda cans make cuff templates and bend and u can make cutters easy by cutting the cans into strips,fold/bend to the shapes u want and cellotape them down the join but take care when using them as sometimes they can cut. hope this helps and good luck with your clay journey.
Thank you so much for this! 😊 I don't have a pasta maker and decided to try a skinner blend for the first time. It came out so great! I did 3 colors as well.
thank you so much for these videos! they are extremely helpful! I am a beginner in terms of polymer clay (any clay actually o.O) and your videos are by far the best - easy to understand and follow and loads of good tips! thank you!
Thanks for this tutorial on how to do it by hand. I had a hard time in visioning it until you actually showed us in your demonstration that is easier than we think, just a bit more time work, but not much. Love your channel Cindy, and love you as our hostess and teacher. I'd love to pop over a bout 15000kms east and have you teach me something in person someday, it is my dream. Hugs
Kimberly G I'd love to meet you too Kimberly! Maybe on a PcT Roadtrip sometime? Are you in Alberta? We might be going to Calgary this summer. Don't know yet though...
I just made my very first skinner blend with this teardrop method, I've put it off for a very long time but I finally did it and it turned out PERFECT ❤️
thanks for sharing! It could be even a way to make a cane for example when you need to use small quantities of clay or for simple caning by hand when pasta-machine in busy with other projects!
Thank you SO much for your videos, they are very clear and helpful! Also, you are the first person/tutorial I've seen that actually uses small amounts of clay rather than monster amounts. As a beginner, I appreciate this since I am not trying to mass produce humongous canes (especially when I'm not good enough to guarantee success yet, lol) and potentially waste a lot of clay making a bad item. I did a reasonable job on my first attempt making a teardrop rainbow blend :D
Thank you Connie Morrisroe for saying that! It has always been my thought that unless you are a professional selling your canes, it doesn't make sense to make large canes. If you do a poor job of making or reducing your cane and you have used a lot of clay making it, you may not feel confident enough to make another one. But if it is small, it doesn't matter if you make a mistake. Then when you are good at it, you may not want miles of the same design in the same color. Either way, smaller canes make a lot more sense for the average clayer!
How thick should the clay be when you're finished blending it and are ready to start making a piece of jewelry, like a pendant and matching earrings? Thank you so much for making this video, I just recently started using polymer clay and resin. My son passed away in December and my granddaughters, my mom, and myself really want Pandora style beads, however I also want the pendant and earrings. Do you have any ideas on the best way to add a straight line around the bead, I've tried rolling the bead through a line of ashes, but it seems to roll the ashes out of the line and ends up covering the width of the bead, after baking it, and cooling I added the resin, by putting the bead on a tooth pick and rolling it through the resin that was in a 2 oz cup, then I left the toothpick resting on the cup to let it dry, which was a really bad idea because the resin actually puddled at the bottom pulling a lot of ashes with it. If you have any suggestions please let me know. I really enjoyed your video and look forward to seeing more. Thank you again, I apologize for changing the subject. Kim
I just love your video s. I can see in the background it appears you have many pliers,what do you do those ? I would love to learn how you make some of of your canes? than you
Melsy84 You may still want to get a pasta machine... once you have one, you'll wonder why you didn't get one sooner. I delayed for a long time and was kicking myself for waiting so long.
Thank goodness I saw your video! Im making a present for my Sister. Im trying to learn flower canes so I can put some her picture frames. I didnt know you could roll, instead of folding. Thank you so much.
I'm new to polymer clay. I've been trying to slice off layers of thicker clay to form uniform beads. I can't seem to slice without the entire piece of clay sliding on my sheet. Is there a tip or trick to keep the clay in position on the tray as you slice towards yourself?
Thanks! I don't have a machine and I don't think I can afford to buy one at the moment. A lot of the reviews for the more affordable one seems to hit both ends of the spectrum so I guess I'll need the more expensive ones at some point. This video was a great help. Thank you!
Erin Carter I have a really cheap basic pasta machine for my clay as I upgraded the one in my kitchen. But to be honest I've found they both work pretty much the same. Not found any problem with either of them. Try looking on ebay/amazon etc for a cheap 2nd hand one. Have fun whatever you're doing with clay :-)
How do you keep the end play of clay from ending up long and skinny instead of yours where’s it’s a similar size to what you started . I tucked the ends in each roll up. I did end up with a lovely blend either wat
Hello Tutor, your videos are great! learning a lot from you. I am using the same rolling pin and my clay ( Fimo soft ) is getting sticky and gets stuck over the rubber cutting sheet where i am working on. I am a very new learner to polymer clay. i dont think its too soft either, because its not getting stuck to my hand when i am making a ball. What am I doing wrong and how how to correct it ? i need ot make really thin sheets of various colour clay for miniatues and its getting stuck to the rubber sheet when it becomes moderately thin. What to do ? The all purpose flour / placing a paper underneath will help ? Thank you so much :)
OKay so I love using this polymer clay to give my crochet hooks a handle/grip. if i use this blending method, how big/thick a piece of clay would i need?
Yes you can definitely use it for fondant too! I also make cakes and have used my teardrop method to make cool blends in my fondant. Try it and let me know how it goes!
I would really like to see a demonstration on making and applying abalone to a project. I have been searching for a TH-cam demo but nothing much turns up. This is such a fascinating art form. Thanks.
Donald Anderson I have a tutorial on making a Faux Abalone Cuff Bracelet if it might help you. Here is the link: www.beadvideos.com/back-issues-03/vol-065/
THANK YOU i loved the video its was very informative, i am a newb at polymere clay and you showed me how to do a blend in a simple and understandable way.. and i really like your personality and voice.. you have a new subscriber right here. Cheers :)
Hi, I was wondering if you can give me some advice. I made a pendant using polymer clay, to match the colour of my skirt, only to discover, after I had baked it, the colour changed and didn't match, so can you tell me please, did I do something wrong?, or does it depend on the brand of clay. as to whether it keeps its colour, after you bake it?
I made my first skinner blend using a pasta machine. I kept increasing the setting and it blended nicely but was paper thin. What settings do you use for your blends? Thank you
Wow! I literally can't believe how easy that was! Thank you for another fantastic tutorial. I am new to your channel, but I'm definitely subscribing! :)
Hi +PolymerClayTutor I am just wondering, is your clay naturally shiny like that or do u put something in it to make it shiny? My clay seems to be more a Matte sheen to it but maybe it is just my clay... If you do use something to treat it with to make it shiny what is it and where can I get it? Thx, Hollykatecharms
Hi Crafty Mints Good eye! The piece you saw was actually a sample heart from my Faux Batik Tutorial with a coating of Magic Glos UV Resin after it was baked. If you want to see more samples from that paid tutorial, watch this teaser: Polymer Clay Batik Technique (Intro)
Can you do a video on different things you can do with polymer clay? I'm running out of ideas, I've done earrings, necklaces, key chains, coasters, wine charms etc.
Here are a few off the top of my head... vases, boxes, fairy doors, pens, sculptures, purses, wall hangings, paintings, light switch covers, dolls, incense burners, doll food, door knobs, Christmas ornaments... I can't imagine running out of things to make with polymer clay. But yes, as soon as I get back to filming on TH-cam again, I will be adding tons more things you can do with polymer clay!
What did you put on your work surface to stop the clay sticking to the table. I've been having a lot of problems with the clay sticking to the table and ripping when I try to take it off. Thanks!
Hi Cindy, i love your channel and it has been helpful for me, i'd like to ask you, if i have a wooden roller and i don't want the clay to stick to it as i'm rolling, can i maybe brush some glaze on it? Will it be smoother and won't stick? I'm using triple thick glaze. Thank you so much!
Hi Einav Galil thank you for your comment. I don't think that glazing your roller will work very well. I think a glaze like Triple Thick will still stick to the clay and it might even flake off into your clay. Of course you could always test it, but it might not be worth it. Cornstarch on your roller, would probably work better, but you would find this type of roller will do a much better job for you: Essential Polymer Clay Tools - Acrylic Roller
Hi Brianna Dacosta, you can use blends like these for tons of polymer clay projects, including making canes. If you look through my tutorial playlist, you will see several examples of tutorials where I use a Teardrop Blend in them. th-cam.com/users/PolymerClayTutorvideos?shelf_id=6&sort=dd&tag_id=UCHnfmkZSQzXUcy71-VPtMlQ.3.polymer-clay-tutorials&view=46
Thank you Little Fat Dragons
I just discovered today that if I steam the clay over a pot of boiling water it softens quickly and I just dry the moisture off of the clay piece. It works really well to soften a large piece of clay.
You can also put it in the microwave for a couple seconds! 😊
Goodness gracious. I thought i had to buy a pasta machine. I was saying to mysef "there has to be another way!!!!" Thank you so much!!!!
Thank you Cindy. I have been tutorializing my learning over a couple months and I love your videos.
I have gotten frustrated with blends and when you showed how you tuck in the ends, that made a lot of sense.
Thanks for helping us all learn...You are so delightful to watch and I love your bubbly personality.
Keep up the great work... those of us that watch you really appreciate you.
Thank you very much daystardanes for the kind comments! I really appreciate you saying that! :)
No problem, Cindy... its the truth. Sometimes, we never know when a "sweet answer" turns a heart. Your joy comes through in the way you talk to us.
You never know what people are going through and a happy cheerful voice can make all the difference..
:0)
daystardanes :)
Don't know why I didn't think of that - I was fretting over not having a pasta machine. A friend sent me one but this was just too obvious. :) Great tip.
Interested on how you blend colors and turn them into shapes such as round beads as I don't want my colors to become all one colour. Could you do a tutorial on this?? Love your videos! Hugely helpful for a beginner like myself!
Riana Bell Thank you... I'll add your suggestion to the box!
I've been so obsessed with clay lately. First I made the homemade clay. I made a bowl changing the colour with acrylic paint before it dried. Turned out so so but you could tell it was cheap clay. I appreciated the DIY I watched to make it but that just got me more addicted. So I bought white DAS air dry clay. I made a witch mushroom house that has turned out more beautiful then I could of ever hoped. Again I appreciated the DIY. I wanted to try polymer clay. All these beautiful canes. I just want to play and create! But I was very worried not having a pasta machine. I've been trying to find one that doesn't cost a fortune but the cheapest one I can find is around $100. I can't justify that right now 😞 but I have a bunch of colours of the polymer clay and some necessary tools to start. I'm so grateful that someone like you has taken the time to teach us how to DIY without a pasta machine. You are a gem. Thank you SO much. Very much appreciated. I have subscribed and liked and turn the bell on. Create away girl. You have lots that love and appreciate you!
💖💖💖 Wow thank you for the kind words! I can totally understand the addiction! Loved it so much that I dragged my husband in, and we have a full-time business with it! 💖💖💖
u are like mu polymer clay mother , u are really helpful
Thank You Cindy teaching my Granddaughters 9 & 7 how to blend clay. great video. thanks for sharing. Sandy
Love watching these polymer clay and wire jewellery videos. Also appreciate that you all do full explanation videos and this one is brilliant because you take into consideration those without a pasta machine. Thank you for the video tutorial.
SUCH A SPLENDID TUTORIAL! I NEVER THOUGHT OF THIS! I am really happy that I learned how to blend colors in such a easy way! Thank you so much Cindy!
Thanks Cindy
I do not have a pasta machine
So I have fav'd this video....I know I will look at it again. Much love!!!
As someone who can't afford all the fancy machines and only likes to dip into polymer clay occasionally, these tutorials are great. You present really well and your instructions are clear and concise. Thank you
Thank you so much for saying that! I appreciate your kind words and am happy that the information is so helpful for you! 💖
Thank you for sharing at least I know what I was doing was on the ball. :-) I have the pasta machine and I love using it for doing my skinner blends but I have been cheating by rolling my blends and flattening them before putting into the machine back at number one and working my way down the numbers to 9 and then I roll it backup and start all over again I have found that it gives me as you say a faster mix but also I don't end up wasting some of the clay due to it stretching all out of shape in places. I found rolling it backup into a roll and tucking in the ends brings it all back square and I have ended up with a far better blend doing this :-)
I love watching your little videos and when I finally can afford it I will be signing up so I can do some of your lessons special the one on the sweet peas :-) as I wanted to,learn this one so,I can adapt it to the Australian Sturt Desert Pea :-) which I know will make a stunning pair of earrings :-)
Thank you for all of you time that you do share for free :-) it really does help those of use who are really short on pennies :-)
Have a great day :-)
Great tutorial. I've a friend who is just starting to work with polymer and doesn't have a pasta machine. This will be a great help! Thanks.
These are relaxing to watch
I love your tutorials, I dont want to use a pasta machine, and I found your blend so easy to do, I hated the strict rules of a skinner end, your method is fantastic
Have read your emails for MANY years now, but NEVER caught a video until tonite. THANK YOU soooo very much for this! I don't have a p.m. but DO have a rod so will now be practicing making these. I'm just THRILLED to finally be able to make this look! Cheers, and thanks for the many lessons over the years. :) ~JO
I don't understand, if you have been getting my emails for years, why have you not watched the videos? There has been hundreds of videos over the years. There is way more value in the videos than what is written in the newsletters. I feel bad that you have missed out all these years. Hopefully you will start watching the free videos now. There is a new one every week!
Oh Cindy,...MY BAD, I'm so sorry, you must think I'm simply Batty! :-/ I was in a hurry (as I write my notes 1st in Word then copy/paste to YT comments), ... & I apparently c/p'd the wrong edited paragraph without catching it!
My comment SHOULD have read: "I've never caught a video ABOUT SKINNER BLENDS until tonite."
(Why? It's something I've always Meant to go back and watch because it interests me, but frankly I felt Very Intimidated because those pieces in that style always look sooo complicated, so I'd tell myself to go back later & watch,... life would get busy, blah blah blah...)
Now that I've seen this one though I understand it's not Nearly as complex as I'd imagined so I will go back and track those ones down! :)
Ohhh... that makes more sense! :) I am glad you have gotten over your fear of techniques that you thought were too hard. Everything I teach is doable. Some may need more practice than others, but you should never be intimidated by polymer clay... it is just a hunk of plastic after all!
Hi +Sleeping Queen my acrylic rod is 25mm dia. And 25cm length.
Thank you so much for this totorial it was really useful when I was 5 I started doing polymer clay and I was never able to figure out how to blend thanks
thank you so much, I've only just started experimenting with polymer clay, and so far I've only made handles for my crochet hooks.
but I've really been envious of all the amazing skinner blends I've seen (there's no way I can afford a pasta roller in the near future) and now I can give it a go by hand :)
I just love the different techniques u use in your videos
Cindy, my favorite part of this technique is that you can use smaller amounts of clay! I have a pasta machine (with a motor) but sometimes a smaller quantity of clay is needed for a project. NO WASTE!!! Big giant YAY!! :)
Was really struggling with Skinner Blend with pasta machine, Being a beginner it gave me a headache. This process really helped me learn the technique and once mastered I will try again with pasta machine. Wish I had seen this tutorial before I started :-) Thank you.
You are so very welcome! Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience with me. It means a lot. Enjoy this crazy polymer clay journey... it's a fun ride! :)
That's so helpful, I usually end up with brown sludge but I will give this method a try and maybe I will master the technique at last! Beautifully demonstrated, thank you.
This is awesome, thank you so much for being on youtube!
Wow. This is so useful. I am not "new" to polymer clay, but I dont expand my techniques. So, I needed a video explaining how to do it. Thank you so much! :)
Thanks for this video. I am just getting into polymer clay & don't want to get a pasta machine just yet. But I do love the look of the skinner blends. So, pretty. Thanks again.
OMG ! THANK YOU SO MUCH! i can now make my avocado (:
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You are one of my go to tutors for techniques and I love this teardrop idea. Works well for me. thanks for sharing. BTW, hope you will be making more videos soon.
Yes more videos will be coming :)
I love this video!! Quick and very helpful!! Thank you!!
Great tutorial! You make an EXCELLENT teacher! Love your channel.
Thankyou so much PolymerClayTutor I have not yet got a pasta machine since I am so new to polymer clay. But tgis has helped me so much with some of your designs and other youtubers designs. Once again THANKYOU !!!!!¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡!!!!!
Wow your so good at this!! You deserve 100,200,300,400,500 subs😄👌🏼
Thanks for the great tut! Love all your videos!!
I love this! I have a pasta machine for my clay but when my husband is sleeping I can't get it out so through the day I just use your technique! Thank you ☺️✌️ much love from Tennessee
Thanks for sharing, I don't have a pasta machine and am new to PC but your tut has helped me understand easily how to obtain the results for the skinner blend!!
Don't have a pasta machine yet and still want to make Skinner Blends? This video shows you how to make a Teardrop Blend with No Pasta Machine... #polymerclaytutorials #teardropblend
I am pretty new to Polymer Clay and have just ordered a load of Premo, you need a lot of equipment to go with, so for now I will buy a roller and invest in a pasta machine soon! These tutorials are so helpful to novices like myself, thank you!!
I love your designs but your face at 5:34
im new to polymer clay also and the only things i have brought are some blades and varnish, any kind works you dont need sculpy brands. i use skewers,stamps, spoon and cutlery handles with patterns anything with texture. i have a bottle as my rolling pin and pulled apert pens for small circles. just look round your house with clay in mind and im sure u will find some useful things. o also soda cans make cuff templates and bend and u can make cutters easy by cutting the cans into strips,fold/bend to the shapes u want and cellotape them down the join but take care when using them as sometimes they can cut. hope this helps and good luck with your clay journey.
i 4got to say that eyeshadow with a shimmer look contains mica and works well
Are you talking about used eye shadow or the stuff you get at dollar store?
Thank you so much for this! 😊 I don't have a pasta maker and decided to try a skinner blend for the first time. It came out so great! I did 3 colors as well.
thank you so much for these videos! they are extremely helpful! I am a beginner in terms of polymer clay (any clay actually o.O) and your videos are by far the best - easy to understand and follow and loads of good tips! thank you!
Thank you G Bat ... glad you are enjoying the videos :-)
Thanks for this tutorial on how to do it by hand. I had a hard time in visioning it until you actually showed us in your demonstration that is easier than we think, just a bit more time work, but not much.
Love your channel Cindy, and love you as our hostess and teacher. I'd love to pop over a bout 15000kms east and have you teach me something in person someday, it is my dream.
Hugs
That should have said 1500 kms NOT 15000 kms!! We are NOT that far apart LOL that would take SOME driving! Lol
Kimberly G I'd love to meet you too Kimberly! Maybe on a PcT Roadtrip sometime? Are you in Alberta? We might be going to Calgary this summer. Don't know yet though...
Very clever. Thank you for this video.
Thank you so much for this tutorial! Now I can finally do a small batch skinner blend by hand!
I just made my very first skinner blend with this teardrop method, I've put it off for a very long time but I finally did it and it turned out PERFECT ❤️
YAY!! That's excellent to hear!
@@PolymerClayTutor You are an amazing teacher 😀
Thank you for this easy demo!!!
Omg! Thank you for this video! I was really beginning to lose hope that I wouldn't be able to do these blends without a pasta machine!
thanks for sharing! It could be even a way to make a cane for example when you need to use small quantities of clay or for simple caning by hand when pasta-machine in busy with other projects!
Thanks so much I have been wanting to make a skinner blend for so long. Now I can.
I enjoy your videos a lot. Thanks for sharing!!!
What setting should I use on my pasta machine
Thank you SO much for your videos, they are very clear and helpful! Also, you are the first person/tutorial I've seen that actually uses small amounts of clay rather than monster amounts. As a beginner, I appreciate this since I am not trying to mass produce humongous canes (especially when I'm not good enough to guarantee success yet, lol) and potentially waste a lot of clay making a bad item. I did a reasonable job on my first attempt making a teardrop rainbow blend :D
Thank you Connie Morrisroe for saying that! It has always been my thought that unless you are a professional selling your canes, it doesn't make sense to make large canes. If you do a poor job of making or reducing your cane and you have used a lot of clay making it, you may not feel confident enough to make another one. But if it is small, it doesn't matter if you make a mistake. Then when you are good at it, you may not want miles of the same design in the same color. Either way, smaller canes make a lot more sense for the average clayer!
Wow! I'm glad I found you. Nicely done tutorial!! Thank you, I'll be back!!!
How thick should the clay be when you're finished blending it and are ready to start making a piece of jewelry, like a pendant and matching earrings? Thank you so much for making this video, I just recently started using polymer clay and resin. My son passed away in December and my granddaughters, my mom, and myself really want Pandora style beads, however I also want the pendant and earrings. Do you have any ideas on the best way to add a straight line around the bead, I've tried rolling the bead through a line of ashes, but it seems to roll the ashes out of the line and ends up covering the width of the bead, after baking it, and cooling I added the resin, by putting the bead on a tooth pick and rolling it through the resin that was in a 2 oz cup, then I left the toothpick resting on the cup to let it dry, which was a really bad idea because the resin actually puddled at the bottom pulling a lot of ashes with it. If you have any suggestions please let me know. I really enjoyed your video and look forward to seeing more. Thank you again, I apologize for changing the subject. Kim
I just love your video s. I can see in the background it appears you have many pliers,what do you do those ? I would love to learn how you make some of of your canes? than you
Thank you. I don't have a pasta machine so this was very helpful.
Thanks so much! I was about to drop some money on a pasta machine but, now that I know I don't absolutely have to, I'm going to try this today!
Melsy84 You may still want to get a pasta machine... once you have one, you'll wonder why you didn't get one sooner. I delayed for a long time and was kicking myself for waiting so long.
^ Same! Get one!
Thank goodness I saw your video! Im making a present for my Sister. Im trying to learn flower canes so I can put some her picture frames. I didnt know you could roll, instead of folding. Thank you so much.
You are very welcome! 💖
I'm new to polymer clay. I've been trying to slice off layers of thicker clay to form uniform beads. I can't seem to slice without the entire piece of clay sliding on my sheet. Is there a tip or trick to keep the clay in position on the tray as you slice towards yourself?
Thanks! I don't have a machine and I don't think I can afford to buy one at the moment. A lot of the reviews for the more affordable one seems to hit both ends of the spectrum so I guess I'll need the more expensive ones at some point. This video was a great help. Thank you!
Erin Carter I have a really cheap basic pasta machine for my clay as I upgraded the one in my kitchen. But to be honest I've found they both work pretty much the same. Not found any problem with either of them. Try looking on ebay/amazon etc for a cheap 2nd hand one. Have fun whatever you're doing with clay :-)
Muchísimas gracias, su consejo me ha sido de gran ayuda. Muchos éxitos!!!
Thank you so much for doing this video! It helped alot!
Yay!!!!! Been wondering if this was possible! Thank you! LOVE your videos!
Such good tips! Thank you so much for sharing 😊
what can u use this for like in charms not canes
How do you keep the end play of clay from ending up long and skinny instead of yours where’s it’s a similar size to what you started . I tucked the ends in each roll up. I did end up with a lovely blend either wat
Hello Tutor, your videos are great! learning a lot from you. I am using the same rolling pin and my clay ( Fimo soft ) is getting sticky and gets stuck over the rubber cutting sheet where i am working on. I am a very new learner to polymer clay. i dont think its too soft either, because its not getting stuck to my hand when i am making a ball. What am I doing wrong and how how to correct it ? i need ot make really thin sheets of various colour clay for miniatues and its getting stuck to the rubber sheet when it becomes moderately thin. What to do ?
The all purpose flour / placing a paper underneath will help ? Thank you so much :)
OKay so I love using this polymer clay to give my crochet hooks a handle/grip. if i use this blending method, how big/thick a piece of clay would i need?
Did you make the earrings your wearing in the video? If so could you do a tutorial on how to make those. They are so pretty.
Where did you get the mat you work on? I have the Sculpey mat but I'm looking for something bigger.
Well thank you very much! I almost lost hope of making blends since I have no pasta machine :)
Wow. Very helpful! I think I can use it for fondant too. Thanks so much!!
Yes you can definitely use it for fondant too! I also make cakes and have used my teardrop method to make cool blends in my fondant. Try it and let me know how it goes!
Thanks for all of your great advice!
I would really like to see a demonstration on making and applying abalone to a project. I have been searching for a TH-cam demo but nothing much turns up. This is such a fascinating art form. Thanks.
Donald Anderson I have a tutorial on making a Faux Abalone Cuff Bracelet if it might help you. Here is the link: www.beadvideos.com/back-issues-03/vol-065/
THANK YOU i loved the video its was very informative, i am a newb at polymere clay and you showed me how to do a blend in a simple and understandable way.. and i really like your personality and voice.. you have a new subscriber right here. Cheers :)
OMG Thank you for this video!!! It was so helpful and useful! :D Thank you!!!!!
Hi, I was wondering if you can give me some advice. I made a pendant using polymer clay, to match the colour of my skirt, only to discover, after I had baked it, the colour changed and didn't match, so can you tell me please, did I do something wrong?, or does it depend on the brand of clay. as to whether it keeps its colour, after you bake it?
Super! Thanks again. I would love to see a tutorial with craft foil and polymer clay. :D
I made my first skinner blend using a pasta machine. I kept increasing the setting and it blended nicely but was paper thin. What settings do you use for your blends? Thank you
Brill thanx,for some reason I struggle with the skinner blend, have never been able to make a decent one.
Wow! I literally can't believe how easy that was! Thank you for another fantastic tutorial. I am new to your channel, but I'm definitely subscribing! :)
Thank you. Just what I needed
Hi +PolymerClayTutor I am just wondering, is your clay naturally shiny like that or do u put something in it to make it shiny? My clay seems to be more a Matte sheen to it but maybe it is just my clay... If you do use something to treat it with to make it shiny what is it and where can I get it?
Thx, Hollykatecharms
Well, YES YES YES, it was helpful!! I love the heart shape polymer clay creations in the back!!! Was it resin?????
Hi Crafty Mints Good eye! The piece you saw was actually a sample heart from my Faux Batik Tutorial with a coating of Magic Glos UV Resin after it was baked. If you want to see more samples from that paid tutorial, watch this teaser: Polymer Clay Batik Technique (Intro)
Thank you for sharing this!!
how do you make dry clay workable...what needs to be done...thanks Rosie
Best way to do polymer clay skinner blends
I was wondering if there is anyway to make your own polymer clay rather than buy it as it is super expensive where I live.
Would this have the same effect just using Fondant for a cake??
Can you do a video on different things you can do with polymer clay? I'm running out of ideas, I've done earrings, necklaces, key chains, coasters, wine charms etc.
Here are a few off the top of my head... vases, boxes, fairy doors, pens, sculptures, purses, wall hangings, paintings, light switch covers, dolls, incense burners, doll food, door knobs, Christmas ornaments... I can't imagine running out of things to make with polymer clay. But yes, as soon as I get back to filming on TH-cam again, I will be adding tons more things you can do with polymer clay!
Thank you! I'm going to try a small bit this way for my first skinner blend, before I try putting in my pasta machine.
Don't be too scared to just go for it. It is only clay. The worse than that can happen is that you have a new color to work with!
Good point! And it worked! So excited. Door's wide open.....=)
PolymerClayTutor when I don't have a color I mix others
Love the video, thank you so much! Also, what is the mat you're using there to roll them on?
Great video! Thank you!
Great video! Thanks!
What kind of pasta machine do you use?
Great video, thank you for making it!
What did you put on your work surface to stop the clay sticking to the table. I've been having a lot of problems with the clay sticking to the table and ripping when I try to take it off.
Thanks!
Hi Swirls Ace This video will show you what that surface is: Comparing 3 Brands of Polymer Clay Work Surface Mats
I got one. How can one revive old fimo clay?
What can you use these blends to make
This was exactly what I was looking for; thanks! :)
You're welcome! 💖
Hi Cindy, i love your channel and it has been helpful for me, i'd like to ask you, if i have a wooden roller and i don't want the clay to stick to it as i'm rolling, can i maybe brush some glaze on it? Will it be smoother and won't stick? I'm using triple thick glaze.
Thank you so much!
Hi Einav Galil thank you for your comment. I don't think that glazing your roller will work very well. I think a glaze like Triple Thick will still stick to the clay and it might even flake off into your clay. Of course you could always test it, but it might not be worth it. Cornstarch on your roller, would probably work better, but you would find this type of roller will do a much better job for you: Essential Polymer Clay Tools - Acrylic Roller
Amazing as always, thx sooo much!!!