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My Renaissance Christmas Ornaments

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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