Liquid Sculpey® Hearts for Everyone

Getting Started with Liquid Sculpey:

Please make sure your work area is covered and you are not working on an unprotected surface. We recommend working on the Sculpey® Oven Safe Work Mat, wax paper, metal baking sheet, or disposable foil. Uncured Liquid Polymer Clay may damage unprotected furniture or finished surfaces. Be sure to cover your crafting area appropriately. - Stir Liquid Sculpey® completely. Thin with Sculpey® Liquid Clay Softener as needed - Wash hands after use (we have found that baby wipes work best)

Baking:

• It is important to use oven thermometer when you bake the liquids so that you can ensure your oven is at the correct temperature. • Do not microwave the liquids. They must be baked in a Preheated oven at 275 ºF (130 ºC) for liquid colors and 300 ºF (149 ºC) for Clear – Do not exceed baking temperatures. • If your piece is less than 1/4” bake for 15 minutes. For thicker pieces that are 1/4” or above bake for 30 minutes. • If your liquid project has become yellowed or discolored in the oven, when you remake it, tent it by placing either – folding an index card in half and placing your project under it or by using aluminum foil over your project.

After stirring each color of Liquid Sculpey® (LS) completely, drop areas of each color into the large heart shape in the mold. You can see from the photo that I used a very organized pattern for adding my LS to the heart shape.

Use the Needle Tool to gently drag the colors into each other. Dip the tip of the Needle Tool all the way to the bottom of the mold and drag it through the colors. Don’t lift the tip from the liquid until you are completely done swirling through the colors.

Repeat Steps 2 and 3 to fill and swirl the two smaller heart shapes for the earrings.

Bake the mold following the baking instructions for LS. When the mold is completely cool, gently flex it to release the baked heart shapes. .

Repeat Steps 2-4 to create as many sets of hearts as you would like.

Use flat nose pliers to add the large jump ring to the hole in each heart. .

For the necklace, you can simply string the chain through the jump ring or keep the jump ring open, hooking it to the chain, and then close it with the pliers. .

For the earrings, add the little jump ring to each of the large jump rings. Then add the ear wire to the small jump ring with pliers.