Since 2002 when Shades of Clay started this creative journey with you, we’ve grown to serve more than just our polymer clay community! Without all of you, we wouldn’t still be here 17 years later! We value your opinion and we hope you will be willing to answer some…
These coaster blanks have endless possibilities! Unfortunately we are no longer able to get the MDF coasters but I have found a perfect replacement and they even come in circles! Find them here. In the examples shown I have used Gilders Paste Wax and the Kemper Scratch Wire Brush and…
Sometimes our customers choose to share images of their creations with us. Knowing that they took the time out to show us what they created using our products makes us cherish these moments. June Corstorphine recently reached out to us with a few images of her paintings created using alcohol…
Huh. I just realized today that this video was just sitting on YouTube as “unlisted” That means that other than one time when I sent out a special link to our newsletter subscribers back in 2017 it has been sitting on YouTube all alone and hiding untll today! The video…
OMG, just when you thought it couldn’t get any better. Tim Holtz has come up with a new line of alcohol inks called “Pearls” and lots of new substrates too. Watch the first half of the video to see Tim reveal all (You may have to slide the bar to…
Have you ever wondered what it’s like to use Pardo translucent clay? It’s polymer clay but it’s different too. Read Pearl Blay’s latest blog post and see how she used it with resin. You can find it here
We’re back from Bead Fest in Philadelphia PA (ok, so it’s been a few weeks now). We found some wonderful pewter bails amongst all of the beads, beads and more beads. I even found some huge ones to fit over our super-sized 12.7 mm Buna cord. Patti had her preferences…
We get asked for the alcohol ink color chart a lot. The 2018 one is available now. Download it and print it out here. Or create your own by printing out this blank one and filling it in with your ink here.
Tim Holtz has created a video showing how easy it is to decorate eggs for Easter. He uses plastic eggs but you could try the alcohol inks on real eggs too. (Just be sure to blow the yolks out first as they won’t be edible after using alcohol inks on…
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