Liquid Sculpey® Book Marker

Getting Started:

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

First we will mix the dark red liquid clay: I like to use my cabochon mold as a mixing palette! Pour red liquid clay in on of the bigger cabochon indentations. Add a small drop of black liquid clay to it. TIP: The black clay is very strong so use only very little! If you want to have a darker red you still can add more. But it´s better to start with little black first!

Use your tooth pick or skewer to thoroughly mix the two clay colors until you have an even dark red clay.

Now start filling the jewelry mold with the liquid clay. You will need to work fast with the liquid clay or it will level out and you will get horizontal layers instead of having both red colors next to each other! Add the bright red straight out of the bottle around the rim of the pointy oval shapes of the jewelry mold.

Use a little scoop or spoon to add the dark red in the middle of the mold. Fill up until the mold is filled with liquid clay. If you always place the dark red in the middle it will push the bright red to the rim of the mold. Make sure that the post on the mold is not covered. 

You filled mold should look similar to what you see in the picture above.

Add some glitter on top of your clay. Bake at 275 °F  for 30 minutes.

When your clay has cooled completely take it out of the mold, add jump rings to the top and string it with the accent beads on your ribbon. The ribbon should make a loop and go through the accent beads twice, so the clay charms are fixed. If your ribbon ends show cut them off close to where they come out of the accent beads.