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

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

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

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

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

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

Enter our Giveaway - Faux Jade Polymer Clay Earrings

As promised in my earlier post on Monday I am running a giveaway for a chance to win these adorable Faux Jade Polymer Clay Elephant Earrings.

You can see how these earrings where made in an earlier blog post Faux Jade Polymer Clay

Faux jade elephant earrings created from polymer clay now available in my Etsy Store

These cute elephant earrings have been made with polymer clay and have been teamed with green averturine gemstone beads, they have been finished with Silver Plated ear wires and comply to the EU Nickel Directives' EU Nickel Directives 94/27 & 2004/96.

I also created a matching elephant pendant using my larger faux jade elephant as seen below both are now available for purchase in my Etsy Store.

Faux jade elephant pendant created from polymer clay now available in my Etsy Store

HOW TO ENTER

So how can you take part in my giveaway its very simple 

Pop over to my Facebook page HERE, LIKE my page if you haven't already and then simply SHARE my GIVEAWAY POST at the top of my facebook page, its that simple.

The giveaway will end in 2 weeks on the 26th June 2013 in which I will randomly choose the winner.

Enter my Giveaway for a chance to win these adorable polymer clay elephant earrings

Polymer Clay Playing with Ideas

This week I have finally picked up the clay again, but was abruptly halted when my clay extruder gun decided to die on me! As I was mid flow in my making I had to promptly order another and am now eagerly awaiting its arrival.

Preparing my clay colours for extruding

However it did'nt stop my flow and Tuesday I was working on some new ideas that popped into my head, I usually have to make a note of them otherwise they will be lost in the mess that is my brain.

My Idea Book for all my scribbles

Here are some prototypes of some pieces I am working on I needed to create some rough versions to see how they would work once put together.

Prototypes for some new Brooch ideas

I also got round to creating some earrings with those faux jade elephants I made in my blog post Polymer Clay Faux Jade.

Giveaway Faux Jade Polymer Clay Elephant Earrings

I've teamed them with some green aventurine gemstone beads and kept them simple. 

I have a few pairs so this week I will be having a giveaway for the chance to win a pair of these adorable earrings so don't forget to check back soon.

UPDATE The Giveaway is now running pop on over to my GIVEAWAY POST to take part

This post is part of Handmade Monday don't forget to check out more great crafter's over on Handmade Harbours Handmade Monday

Faux Jade Polymer Clay

There are many different Faux techniques for polymer clay and as this years colour of the year is Emerald I've decided to go with the Green Theme and make my first attempt at Faux Jade.

To make faux jade you need to make two different shades of jade one light and one dark.

Faux Jade polymer clay colour mixes

The recipe for each faux jade that I made are as follows -

Dark Jade

1/4" Chocolate x1

1/4" Green x1

1" Translucent x1

Light Jade

1/4" Chocolate x1

1/4" Green x1

1" Translucent x3

I must point out here that I didn't have any green only tropical green, which I think has created a brighter jade.

Next you need to cut up each colour of jade using a ribbon blade, if you don't have a ribbon blade a grater could also be used.

Faux Jade polymer clay cut up using a ribbon blade

Once you've cut up both shades of your faux jade, mix the pieces together and roll flat with a roller, you could cut up this mix again for a more speckled look.  I decided to cut my mix once for the beads created below.

Faux Jade shades combined and rolled

Once you have your faux jade mix you're ready to go and start creating whatever you like.  Here's some beads and elephant charms I created from my mix.

Faux Jade polymer clay beads and charms

Faux Jade polymer clay elephant charms

I think maybe using the tropical green has made the beads quite bright and its not so easy to see the colour variations between light and dark in my mix.  I guess that means I'll have to have another go :)

I also found that you can only mix & roller your blend a couple of times before the colours start to blend together and you will lose your colour variation.

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