Linda's Magic Workshop - Linda Britt Design

Lace transfer in center of ornament I did it!   I finally got the transfers to work!   Last Friday, I told you about the class I was taking on line (Heather Campbell and ‘Lady Luck Pendants’) and how I did not have the clay softener for the transfers.   If you missed that, please go back and read about how I decided to do Christmas Ornaments my way instead of making the ‘Lady Luck’ Pendants.   Also check out the other classes on this site: www.craftartedu.com    Lace Photos Transfered to Unbaked Polymer Clay   There doesn’t seem to be much sense in taking a class unless you try all the techniques.   This week I have all the ingredients and decided to follow the instructions for transfers!   Yes, putting the clay softener on the rolled out clay and placing the toner based lace designs face down on the clay with the softener between generally worked.   I had to really burnish the back of each design and as you can see from the photos some worked better than others.   I was abl

I signed up to take Heather Campbell’s class, “Lady Luck Pendants” through http://www.craftartedu.com/ .   The ad for it looked so intriguing and I love the ornate look of her pendants.   It was worth the $25 cost of the class!   I selected left over clay in a variety of colors and gathered canes that blended with them.   I pulled out sequins, crystals and bead caps.   By now my desk is piling up.   Did I mention that it was late evening and I really wanted to try these techniques right then!   Patience?   None!! I read the tutorial again (I had watched the video earlier) and zeroed in on the transfer section.   The transfers needed to print on a toner printer.   We have that.   But I did not have images I wanted to transfer. Hmmm… I take photographs and I have an album of lace photos that are black and white.   After selecting 8 images, I printed them on the correct printer.   What? no clay softener ?   I thought, “why not try Sculpey Bake and Bond”.   I bet that would wo

A friend called and wanted help organizing a holiday sale for about 10 artists (I’m included) and the group wanted to have a Christmas tree decorated with each artists’ handmade ornaments.   I thought, “Great, another project! But why not?”   Several days later my ornaments are ready with directions so you can make some too!   It was such fun and did not take much time!   They could   also be insets in boxes, gift tags, book covers and more.   A great stress reliever too! Materials:   cardboard, tin foil, 2” wide silver electrical tape, a blunt tool (could be a medium ball point pen), a punch, acrylic paint, paper towel, brush, water, latex gloves, silver thread  Materials Needed  1.          Select cardboard (from backs of notebooks, inserts from packing, lightweight cardboard boxes) or heavy cardstock will work.   Remember you have to be able to cut it but you don’t want it so flexible it bends too easily.    2.        Select some shapes – circles, squares, triangles, rectangles