Making Perfect Polymer Clay Stripes

Perfect every time!

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In this tutorial I will show you how to make the most perfect stripes using polymer clay and your clay extruder!

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You Will Need (5 things)

  • Clay Extruder with small hole disk
  • Polymer Clay
  • Acrylic Roller
  • Rubbing Alcohol
  • Q Tips

Steps (8 steps, 60 minutes)

  1. 1

    Before starting - unsure all your polymer clay tools and your hands are clean.
    Start by conditioning your clay until it is soft and workable.

  2. 2

    Using a small hole disk, extrude your colours into long snakes. (fun!)
    And roll another piece of clay to about 1mm thick to use as your base.

  3. 3

    (I'm using Navy Blue and White Premo clay today )

  4. 4

    One colour at a time, start laying your clay snakes onto your base clay. Ensure you keep the snakes straight

  5. 5

    Its a good idea to let the colours overhang the base clay slightly. You can trim these down later.

  6. 6

    Using your acrylic roller, roll length ways along the stripes. Do this slowly and with gradual pressure. This will flatten the stripes and bond them to the base clay.

  7. 7

    You can now trim the edges and your clay is ready to use!

    **Hot tip - if you find you have lint, fluff or slight colour transfer on your polymer clay, you can use a tiny bit of rubbing (isopropyl) alcohol with a Q-tip to remove it.

  8. 8

    If you'd like to follow along with me making a striped polymer clay slab - check out my You-tube tutorial.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A5WkG_fnclM

    Thanks for joining me for this project! If you enjoyed this - please follow along with my Instagram or YouTube channel @thelittlecrafthouseaus for more inspo and projects!