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Making Perfect Polymer Clay Stripes

Perfect every time!

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/lets-make-a-dream-catcher • Posted by The Little Craft House

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

You will need

Project Budget
Reasonably Priced

Time

1 h 00

Difficulty

Nice & Simple
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Description

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

Instructions

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

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    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.

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

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

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

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    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.

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    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.

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    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!