Dear Chicago House,
What do you know, those polymer clay covered pens have been a huge hit in blog land and I did promise a more techniques on creating them. So it is about time I shared a tutorial on making a marble design, and in celebration of up coming valentines day they are in pink
Lets kick off with the finished product.
You will need
To make a Marble Pattern
Start by softening the clay in your hands, some colors take a lot longer to soften than others. When they are nicely pliable roll into 12" sausages, then twist together fold in half and roll this out into a 12" sausage again. Cut sausage in half and repeat this process about 4 times.
To make the pen
Slice the sausage into thin slices, remove the ink from the pen barrel and tile the clay pieces on as show, don't worry about gaps. Then roll the pen on a flat surface and the gaps will dissapear.
Bake according to the directions on your clay, re insert the ink and voila!
Here are some more ideas. You can use more than two colors and multiple patterns on one pen barrel.
Enjoy, I'd love to see photos of your results. Send them to me at creativeinchi@gmail.com and I will feature them!
Love from
Creative in Chicago
XX
What do you know, those polymer clay covered pens have been a huge hit in blog land and I did promise a more techniques on creating them. So it is about time I shared a tutorial on making a marble design, and in celebration of up coming valentines day they are in pink
Lets kick off with the finished product.
You will need
- A few blocks of polymer clay- contrasting colors work best and I use Sculpey
- Cheap pens that the ink stick can be removed from. I generally use pens my husband picks up from hotels, the ones that solid white plastic seem to work best.
To make a Marble Pattern
Start by softening the clay in your hands, some colors take a lot longer to soften than others. When they are nicely pliable roll into 12" sausages, then twist together fold in half and roll this out into a 12" sausage again. Cut sausage in half and repeat this process about 4 times.
To make the pen
Slice the sausage into thin slices, remove the ink from the pen barrel and tile the clay pieces on as show, don't worry about gaps. Then roll the pen on a flat surface and the gaps will dissapear.
Bake according to the directions on your clay, re insert the ink and voila!
Here are some more ideas. You can use more than two colors and multiple patterns on one pen barrel.
Enjoy, I'd love to see photos of your results. Send them to me at creativeinchi@gmail.com and I will feature them!
Love from
Creative in Chicago
XX
I love working with polymer clay! Reminds me to get back to it! Maybe i'll make some of these for valentines day!
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Margo Isadora
dontmisit.blogspot.com
Hi Margo, I'd love to see any you make!
DeleteWhat a fun idea! I'm going to have to share this with my daughter. It's right up her alley. I found you through Handy Man, Crafty Woman. Thanks for sharing! :)
ReplyDeleteThis is an idea my teenage daughter originally brought home from an art class at school so I am sure your daughter will love this project!
Deleteummm for some reason blogger has "eaten" some of the comments I approved on this post...sorry!
ReplyDeleteMaking some of these tomorrow :D I love this idea!!
ReplyDeletefantastic! just made some
ReplyDeletewonderful...I'd love to see them, if you send me a picture I'll give you a shout out!
DeleteThe one thing I would suggest is to use the classic white Bic Stic pens only. I have found that those are the only ones that don't melt in the oven. Otherwise, I love using and making stuff with the polymer clay! Great ideas!
ReplyDeleteI wish I had read the previous post! I used the clear BIC pens and mine melted and then cracked the clay (idk if the two errors were related)
ReplyDeleteDoesn't the pen melt?
ReplyDeleteSome pens melt - don't use Staples brand. They melted on me. I used the clear papermate Bic pens & they were fine. Don't cook them more than 10 min either.
ReplyDeletehow long do YOU bake them for then?
DeleteGorgeous and simple! Thank you for sharing. My daughter is making them at her 9th birthday party. She is so thrilled! She's planning to use them as gifts for her teachers, too!
ReplyDeletegreat birthday party craft, the kids will love them!
DeleteI always wanted to learn how to use p.clay.
ReplyDeleteI love the pens, but is there anything easier?
I did these and I used Wal-mart stick ball point pens and Sculpey, it worked wonderfully i used a thin layer of clay on these and 5 minutes was enough to bake the clay without melting the pen. I wish I had a camera to post pictures of them. Thanks for the tutorial!
ReplyDeleteGlad it worked for you!
DeleteThis technique is awesome!I love making polymer clay pens.Thx for sharing!:D
ReplyDeleteI baked mine for about 30minutes...but you clay you use will have directions on how long they should be baked...I'd follow this
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