Best Of Diys | Polymer Gift Tags

Continuing on amongst our Best of DIYs this summer, I loved this projection yesteryear Mitsy of the lovely store together with spider web log ArtMind . These polymer gift tags were initially made for a Valentine's feature, but could endure made into pendants, marriage favours, etc.  Check out her amazing tutorial below:



In July, I saw the novel telephone substitution plan on Totally Tutorials. The thought behind it is that suppliers offering supplies inwards telephone substitution for a tutorial. As you lot all know, I beloved making tutorials & I beloved supplies together with hence I didn't get got to intend twice. I applied for the prissy laid of 1.5mm letter/number stamps from Evie's Tool Emporium. They arrived real presently after she decided who was going to instruct them, but I was together with hence busy preparing for the arts and crafts fairs that I didn't get got much fourth dimension to play to a greater extent than or less amongst them. Well, fourth dimension has come upwards to demo you lot what I did amongst them...
I used polymer clay (Fimo) to create gift tags from them. I decided to endeavor white together with dark together with run across what the results were.


Here is what you lot need:

Metal stamping letters/numbers set, polymer clay, acrylic paint, apartment wooden sticks, ceramic tiles or glass, cookie cutters, rolling pin, embossing tool or fatty needle, newspaper plate, paintbrush together with a cloth.

Take a slice of polymer clay together with soften it spell kneading.

Put the apartment wooden sticks on the ceramic tile (makes it easier to transfer to the oven) together with whorl amongst the rolling pivot over the clay together with hence that it's nice, apartment together with even.



When you lot rolled out a piece, elevator it upwards carefully together with transfer it to some other tile together with hence you lot tin whorl out to a greater extent than trivial clay slabs.

Punch amongst your cookie cutters, figures out of the polymer clay slab.

I made 2 sets inwards dark together with white clay.

Before you lot stat using your missive of the alphabet postage stamp set, wipe it off amongst a soft cloth. The stamps are a fight oily to brand certain they don't get-go to rust.



Before you lot get-go stamping, endeavor your postage stamp on a sample of Polymer clay.
This means you lot know how difficult you lot get got to press the postage stamp to instruct lawsuit together with it volition also endure expert to run across if you're non asset the postage stamp upside down.

Hold the metallic stamptool every bit conduct every bit possible together with press lightly into the clay.

Here is what I stamped...

If you lot click on this film below, you lot volition run across ameliorate what I stamped on the clay.

Take your embossing tool or needle to punch a hole inwards the clay.

Carefully accept the slice of clay off the ceramic tile together with punch amongst your embossingtool or needle on the backside of the clay together with hence that the hole tin endure used.

Preheat your oven to 110°C or read the instructions on the packaging of the polymer clay you lot are using.

Put the ceramic tiles amongst the clay pieces inwards the oven for xxx minutes
and allow it cool downwardly afterwards. It's laid to purpose when they experience cold.

Put some acrylic pigment on a newspaper plate together with pigment the sides together with front end of the clay.

Let it dry out for a while.

When it's dry, rub it amongst a damp stuff together with hence that close of the pigment volition come upwards off again.

The harder you lot rub, the to a greater extent than pigment volition come upwards off.

Here is some other illustration amongst gilded acrylic paint. Paint it.

Rub the pigment away amongst a damp cloth.

Ready!

Here are some results on the white together with dark clay. On the white ones, the pigment doesn 't hold off actually expert I intend but I beloved the dark ones. On the white ones, the pigment but looks a fight dirty... It champaign is best to purpose this technique amongst colored polymer together with contrasting paint.

I made a trivial bundle amongst real sparse metallic wire. I twist the wire to a greater extent than or less a needle to create a tiny spiral.

I used chrochet thread to roll double to a greater extent than or less the package.

You tin also brand it an ornament.

Wrap lots of chrochet thread to a greater extent than or less the bundle together with add together the clay label.

Only roll thread to a greater extent than or less i border together with attach the clay gift tag.

In instance you lot get got a difficult fourth dimension getting the sparse thread through the trivial hole, here's a tiny delineate a fast i on that makes it super easy...

Cut a modest slice of metallic wire.

Fold the metallic thread inwards one-half together with position the thread inwards between.

Stick the metallic thread through the trivial hole of the clay.

See how slowly it is, you lot don't fifty-fifty demand spectacles for that! :)

I beloved the white, untreated gift tags best, they form of hold off similar porcelain clay...

There are lots of possibilities amongst this metallic missive of the alphabet postage stamp laid together with I can't hold off to purpose it for my ceramic move too. If you lot similar to endeavor it for yourself, don't hesitate together with monastic enjoin a laid of your ain at EviesToolEmporium. I garantuee you lot lots of pleasance amongst it! :)
Michele from EviesToolEmporium also gave away a metallic letterstamp laid to a jewelry designer who used it to postage stamp metal. She made a trivial video montage together with it's awesome, you lot tin uncovering that tutorial here.