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Canvas Day 2: Well, I finished! After a few experiments with font size, paper type, placement of everything I finally made decisions and completed the canvas.Yesterday, painting and glittering the canvas was a no-brainer. Other decisions were more challenging, so I set the canvas aside to "speak" to me. It not only spoke, it screamed "Color! Texture!! Bold!!!" To answer the screams I must have

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After an absence from the crafting world following the death of my mother and biggest cheerleader I feel my creative spirit returning. What better way to take advantage of the energy than to begin creating mixed media canvases combining my love of polymer clay with paper and paint. Once complete this piece will be a ready-to-hang piece of art...just in time for a show at the end of April! Let

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I can hardly believe how long it has been since I last posted! I will try to be much better in the future. Spring has sprung in Virginia. With it comes the pull to dress in flowers and bright colors...and new pieces :-) I love transforming old into new, as shown with this linen dress that I found at Goodwill. For $6.00 and a little paint I have a beuatiful new dress with which to meet the

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New note about using the crackle painted clay. I have discovered it is DEFINITELY best to use the clay soon after completing the crackle process. I was working on new fish today with a student. She saw the original fish (see post below) and wanted to create one of her own.As we were going through the steps I picked up a piece of crackle painted clay from 4 days ago. I cut the sheet into small

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When we last "met" I was experimenting with painting polymer clay sheets with Shimmer Opaque paint and then crackling the finish using a pasta machine. Well I finally got something made from my sheets of clay! On Tuesday I had a regular student over for a class. She wanted to make ornaments using clay and glass balls. I took her to www.sculpey.com to check out multiple ideas. While she was

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The polymer clay chat groups have been busy with questions about cracking paint lately. For me it was just the "shot in the arm" or "kick in the behind" that I needed to get working again!I have used acrylic paints in the past to obtain crackle looks, but I wanted to see if the same results could be obtained with the Shimmer Opaque paints. With the flexible nature of the product I wasn't really

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Painting has always been a challenge for me. That is one reason I LOVE the products from ESF...they make even my basic painting "skills" come alive! For this mixed media canvas I first painted overlapping color blocks using Shimmer Opaque paints in sapphire, turquoise, ruby, and magenta. Once these dried I covered the entire surface with crackle medium, criss crossing as I spread the product.

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Here is a $ store scrapbook/photo album that I transformed with a bit of paint, some polymer clay accents, paper, rubber stamping, and a little ribbon.In these lean times when all of us are watching our pennies the $ store is a gold mine for crafters and artists alike. Amazing "base" pieces can be found if you only keep your eyes and mind wide open to the possibilities. I found this great

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Hello! Let me introduce myself to you. My name is Linda Hess and I am a polymer clay/mixed medium artist. I am so excited to be a part of the ESF blog team. I hope you enjoy my experiments with the ESF materials and polymer clay.I have been working with polymer clay since 1994. My mother always said I did the craft of the year, but once I discovered clay I was hooked for life! The material

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