Sunday 15 September 2013

Skull & Bones Polymer Clay Pendants

Its been a busy week again have gone back to school and we get used to the routine again.

So I've been adding some new items to my Etsy store and adding some final touches to some pieces that have been waiting to be finished.

My Skull & Bones Roller from Old Spitalfields Market
My Skull & Bones Roller from Old Spitalfields Market


With Halloween not so far away I thought I'd show you some new pendants I made using a perspex skull & bones roller I purchased quite a while ago from a lovely stall at Old Spitalfields Market.


Skull Pendant with Swarovski Crystals made from polymer clay by Lottie Of London Bespoke Jewellery
Skull Pendant with Swarovski Crystals made from polymer clay by Lottie Of London

Skull Pendant with Swarovski Crystals made from polymer clay by Lottie Of London Bespoke Jewellery
Skull Pendant with Swarovski Crystals made from polymer clay by Lottie Of London


It took a while to get the pattern how I wanted and I coated the pendants with some Lumiere paints to give them a more old and rustic feel and to finish and make them really stand out I added some of those Swarovski hot crystals I've been playing with lately to the skulls eyes, the Topaz colour really make the pendant stand out while the jet black crystals are a more subtle finish.
Skull Pendant with Swarovski Crystals made from polymer clay by Lottie Of London Bespoke Jewellery
Skull Pendant with Swarovski Crystals made from polymer clay by Lottie Of London


Have a great Monday Everyone and don't forget to check out more great crafter's over on Handmade Harbours Handmade Monday

Sunday 8 September 2013

Faux Rose Quartz Polymer Clay


Following on from my post on Faux Jade with polymer clay, I decided to have a go at Faux Rose Quartz.

I found this free tutorial online from Polymer Clay Central Faux Rose Quartz, a great tutorial but I altered it slightly here's what I done.

To start I took some translucent clay and added a very small amount of red, I mixed the colour well until evenly mixed.  I them decided much like the faux jade tutorial to take some cuts from my mix and added a few more specks of the red clay, I rolled this through but this time not a thoroughly allowing the mix to have some darker speck of pink showing through.

Mixing for a blend of colour - Faux Rose Quartz with Polymer Clay by Lottie Of London
Mixing for a blend of colour - Faux Rose Quartz with Polymer Clay by Lottie Of London


I then mixed my iridescent glitter though my full mixed rose quartz again until it was evenly mixed through.

Adding iridescent flakes - Faux Rose Quartz with Polymer Clay by Lottie Of London
Adding iridescent flakes - Faux Rose Quartz with Polymer Clay by Lottie Of London


Then again much like my faux jade tutorial I decided to chopped the two mixes up using my blade and them randomly combined the two together to allow of a variation in colour.

Chopping up your colour mix - Faux Rose Quartz with Polymer Clay by Lottie Of London
Chopping up your colour mix - Faux Rose Quartz with Polymer Clay by Lottie Of London


This was then rolled until combined, but not overly as I didn't want to colours to blend together and there you go a faux rose quartz polymer clay mix.

Re-blending your colour mix - Faux Rose Quartz with Polymer Clay by Lottie Of London
Re-blending your colour mix - Faux Rose Quartz with Polymer Clay by Lottie Of London

Now I have to add at this point personally I don't like the finished result of using the iridescent flakes and would omit these next time.


 Here's what I create with my Faux Rose Quartz

Faux Rose Quartz Elephant Pendant made from Polymer Clay by Lottie Of London bespoke jewellery
Faux Rose Quartz Elephant Pendant made from Polymer Clay by Lottie Of London
Faux Rose Quartz Elephant Earrings made from Polymer Clay by Lottie Of London bespoke jewellery
Faux Rose Quartz Elephant Earrings made from Polymer Clay by Lottie Of London


Have a great Monday Everyone and don't forget to check out more great crafter's over on Handmade Harbours Handmade Monday