Adding Glitter and Embossing Powder to Polymer clay and Stencil Designs

Adding Glitter and Embossing Powder to Polymer clay and Stencil Designs

I had this chunky glitter that I bought to use with polymer clay but it's been sitting around a while so I thought I would see what I could do with it. I pulled out some of our Flexie stencils and started to play. However this glitter is really chunky and I didn't think it would stay on the clay. So I thought Liquid clay would be the solution. I wanted to see how different it would look with different colors of liquid clay and it really does make a difference. As I always say the sky is the limit!

I played around with white, clear and gold Liquid Clay but there are so many other colors on the market and even better you can mix your own too!. I did however end up sealing mine with a spray sealer that worked really well. I used a product called Helmar Crystal Kote Matte and you can find more info about it at this link.  It worked awesome and is truly a matte finish. Another plus it dried super fast for me, of course it was a hot day in Florida but I was impressed. The company sent Kira and I each a matte and shiny but I have only used the matte and I am now a big believer! I do plan to do a show using both so you can compare the results and see what you think so stay tuned for that. 

I also had some red embossing powder that I thought would be perfect for our New Hot Lips Flexie and it was! I love how embossing powder puffs up it really was the right look for the stencil. Hope you will give this technique a try. ***Leave a comment on this post and I will pick 2 random winners and send you a bottle of Sculpey Liquid Clay and a few other goodies. I will choose the winners next week. Good luck!

UPDATE: Congrats to Babette for winning the prize. Stay tuned for more giveaways!

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75 comments

I like the look of the glitter with the liquid polymer clay. The flexies look great. I have some embossing powder somewhere, but I haven’t tried it yet. I love love love liquid polymer clays.

Donna Kober

I’ve wanted to try embossing powder on clay, but I wasn’t sure whether or not to use my heat gun to make it puff up or do you just bake the clay & it puffs up from the oven heat? The actual process for the embossing powder technique is not discussed in the video so I was just wondering. Do I use a heat gun first & then bake or is that not necessary? Thanks!

Gail

I love those lips! I’m going to have to try this with my hamsa stencil. :)

Debbie Beechy

Great way to use embossing powder with the clay.

becky

I. Love surface treatments. This is great. Glitter and Embossing what is not to love ?
Carolyn Myers

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