Linda's Magic Workshop - Linda Britt Design

Does anyone else wonder what to do with their canes once they are complete?  My dilemma- what to make using my frog cane.    I made the charms with the frog on his lily pad and you saw it in the previous post but I wanted something more sophisticated!  After watching Barbara McGuire’s tutorial on translucent canes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48YOkLypJvE   I just had to try to use the technique she demonstrated and add my frog cane slices.   Polymer Canes  I love these beads!  And yes, I’ll do mor e of them.  Beads Before Curing Beads Before Curing Finished Bead Finished Bead Finished Bead Finished Beads I have another idea for a pendant with the frog so be watching for it!  Any other ideas for the frog canes?  I would love to hear from you.  And by the way, I’m trying to reach 900 likes on my facebook business page.  If you haven’t looked, please take a ...

https://www.etsy.com/listing/176165420/small-frog-charm-bracelet?ref=shop_home_active_1  I found frog wrapping paper – not just generic frogs but Poison Dart frogs!  The wrapping paper frogs were caricatures of the real animals and I loved them.  I wrapped lots of presents in this paper.  I had some left over….and if you are like me…you keep it – for years!  Until you figure out what to do with it!  Finished cane next to wrapping paper frog After I learned to make canes, I decided to see if I could make my own caricatures of Poison Dart frogs.  And as you can see, I did it!  It took thinking, planning, patience and lots of polymer clay.  The finished frog cane was 3” in diameter and I reduced it to several sizes.  I selected all the colors of clay I wanted to use and conditioned them.  Then I started rolling snakes of the different colors and stood them up next to each other using the picture (see photo) as a guid...