Sculpey Design It Templates for Polymer Clay

00:00:03 –> 00:00:07 Hi guys, its Cindy Lietz, your Polymer Clay Tutor, and today’s PcT Product Demo, I’m gonna

00:00:07 –> 00:00:11 show you the new Sculpey design it templates.

00:00:11 –> 00:00:20 Now these are the templates here, and Sculpey has come out with two different design packages,

00:00:20 –> 00:00:24 and basically what they are, are a stencil or shape cutting tool.

00:00:24 –> 00:00:32 And one package is called jewelry shapes, and it has 40 different shapes that are perfect

00:00:32 –> 00:00:39 for clay and other types of crafting projects, and these are the shapes in the jewelry package,

00:00:39 –> 00:00:46 and these are all appropriately sized for jewelry, they’ve got the shield type shapes…and

00:00:46 –> 00:00:52 they’re graduated sizes so you can stack them together really nicely, they also have

00:00:52 –> 00:01:01 triangles, rectangles, obelisks and different kinda half-moon shapes and a Chevron and semicircle

00:01:01 –> 00:01:06 and swirly kinda shapes in there, it’s very versatile.

00:01:06 –> 00:01:13 And the other pack that they have is more general shapes, and there are 22 shapes in

00:01:13 –> 00:01:19 this particular pack, and they are… even though you could use them for jewelry, especially

00:01:19 –> 00:01:24 these kinda shapes down in the bottom here, they’re a little bit more suited for home

00:01:24 –> 00:01:27 decor type projects and that kind of thing.

00:01:27 –> 00:01:31 And let me just show you how they… what they look like, and then, I’m gonna show you

00:01:31 –> 00:01:38 some really cool ways to cut out these templates… out of Polymer Clay, and a couple of tools

00:01:38 –> 00:01:39 that you might not have thought of.

00:01:39 –> 00:01:44 Okay, now one thing I would do, is I’d probably keep the packaging or find another Ziploc

00:01:44 –> 00:01:51 bag or something to keep them in because all the little pieces will start falling out….well

00:01:51 –> 00:01:56 when they first come…I mean when you first open it up, they are you know, without any

00:01:56 –> 00:02:03 of the pieces punched out…and you will wanna keep the positive and the negative, ‘cause

00:02:03 –> 00:02:09 depending on what you’re working on, you may want to use either the outside shape or the

00:02:09 –> 00:02:13 inside of the shape, and you can see they’re a plastic that’s very similar to stencil plastic,

00:02:13 –> 00:02:19 now I just pop that out and I can either lay this on the clay and trace around it or I

00:02:19 –> 00:02:22 can lay this part of the clay and trace around it.

00:02:22 –> 00:02:27 Now, right where I popped it out, there was some little spots where they were slightly

00:02:27 –> 00:02:36 attached, really tiny little spots, but what you can do is take like a nail file and just

00:02:36 –> 00:02:41 smooth those out so that they’re not catching when you’re cutting around them, and you can

00:02:41 –> 00:02:47 do the same thing for the inside…they are very, very subtle, so they’re not a big problem,

00:02:47 –> 00:02:53 but I would file those down and make them smooth.

00:02:53 –> 00:02:59 And then you can see that there’s a bunch of different shapes, and like I said, you

00:02:59 –> 00:03:02 can save the positive and the negative.

00:03:02 –> 00:03:09 Now, the one that…the other set… let me just show you the other set before I get too

00:03:09 –> 00:03:14 far into this, because they’re quite neat to use.

00:03:14 –> 00:03:23 This set here is more like keys and hearts…oh, and it probably shows here better, and I haven’t

00:03:23 –> 00:03:27 used all of this yet, there’s so many things for me to be working on so I haven’t tried

00:03:27 –> 00:03:32 all of the shapes yet, but they’re really unique shapes and great to work with.

00:03:32 –> 00:03:40 These ones would make really nice little labels or frames, things on a box, that kind of thing,

00:03:40 –> 00:03:44 and same with these ones here.

00:03:44 –> 00:03:49 And then the way to use them is you get your Polymer Clay technique out…now I’ve got

00:03:49 –> 00:03:56 some pieces here that are baked already, and done in like a scrap clay Mokume Gane type

00:03:56 –> 00:04:03 technique, and I’ve got the pair of earrings here that I’ve made using the technique, and

00:04:03 –> 00:04:09 you can see that, I’ve used two shapes that are different sizes and they stack together

00:04:09 –> 00:04:15 quite nicely, and you can get quite a cool look with them, I also made the ear wires

00:04:15 –> 00:04:26 here, I did some…torched some Argentium…or yeah Argentium Silver wire, and made the little

00:04:26 –> 00:04:32 ear wire there, so I stacked them together, but they are really easy to use.

00:04:32 –> 00:04:36 Now, what I’m gonna do is I’ve got some…I’ve got a piece of scrap clay and I’ll show

00:04:36 –> 00:04:41 you 3 different ways of cutting them out.

00:04:41 –> 00:04:47 One way is to use an Exacto Knife, and this is pretty typical, what most people would

00:04:47 –> 00:04:51 probably use for cutting out these shapes, and like I said, you could either lay the

00:04:51 –> 00:05:00 shape on top of the clay, or you could use the negative…or the opening, if you wanted

00:05:00 –> 00:05:05 to, so if I was gonna use this one here, what I would do is lay it down…and the nice thing

00:05:05 –> 00:05:12 about these particular stencils is you can see through them, so the pattern will show

00:05:12 –> 00:05:18 really nicely underneath…so I just rolled out a sheet of scrap clay, kinda blended it

00:05:18 –> 00:05:22 a little, ran it through the pasta machine, and ran it out at about, oh I don’t know,

00:05:22 –> 00:05:26 3 playing cards thick, so this isn’t a particularly thick piece, but you could cut out whatever

00:05:26 –> 00:05:35 you want, and then you just run your Exacto Knife around the edges, like this, and just

00:05:35 –> 00:05:42 go along, try not to cut into the stencil, and just try to make it as clean as you can

00:05:42 –> 00:05:45 with your cuts, like that.

00:05:45 –> 00:05:49 And when you come into the corners, you know, you’ve gotta make sure you go around them

00:05:49 –> 00:05:55 nicely, and that is quite simple to do, then you’ve got your little shape that you can

00:05:55 –> 00:06:00 use for whatever you want, earrings or whatever.

00:06:00 –> 00:06:01 I would also…

00:06:01 –> 00:06:06 I like to just sorta run my blade around the edge like this to smooth out the edge or run

00:06:06 –> 00:06:10 my finger around the edge, and that will make it even cleaner, but you can sand it after

00:06:10 –> 00:06:13 it has been baked.

00:06:13 –> 00:06:20 Another way to cut them out, and I’ve got a sample of some Mokume Gane slices that I

00:06:20 –> 00:06:26 just laid on top of another solid color of clay, so that I’d have a nice background on

00:06:26 –> 00:06:32 the back but an interesting pattern on the front, and you just stick it down to the glass,

00:06:32 –> 00:06:39 it works a little bit better, and this time, we’ll cut using another shape, well it’s the

00:06:39 –> 00:06:47 same shape, but we’ll do it in… use this shape…the actual shape rather than the opening,

00:06:47 –> 00:06:53 and I can see through it, so I can see where I would like to cut that piece out exactly,

00:06:53 –> 00:06:59 another tool you can use to cut out with is a dental tool, this is a very sharp little

00:06:59 –> 00:07:05 pointy tool and it works beautifully for cutting out things like this, and you would just run

00:07:05 –> 00:07:14 your tool along the side, like that, coming to the points…you have to clean off the

00:07:14 –> 00:07:19 tool every once in a while, hopefully my hand is not in the way, there we go, and then that

00:07:19 –> 00:07:22 will cut it out quite nicely.

00:07:22 –> 00:07:28 And they have kind of a frosted texture on them, so they’re not going to stick too badly

00:07:28 –> 00:07:34 to the clay, and they’re also going to come off nicely, so there I’ve got a nice little

00:07:34 –> 00:07:36 shape there.

00:07:36 –> 00:07:42 And another option is to use a straight pin, so this is exactly the same sort of thing,

00:07:42 –> 00:07:50 so I could take another shape…maybe one like this one here…oh, no those edges aren’t

00:07:50 –> 00:07:55 filed down yet, oh, I’ll just use the same shape, alright so I’ll just run this one through,

00:07:55 –> 00:08:01 and you can run around the edges with a straight pin…and I don’t know if people realize how

00:08:01 –> 00:08:10 beautiful they cut out, and it just takes a very sharp…makes a very sharp little line

00:08:10 –> 00:08:14 around, it’s not dangerous at all, so it’s great for kids if you’re working with kids

00:08:14 –> 00:08:19 at all, and it works really very nicely.

00:08:19 –> 00:08:26 Now one last little tip…and I’ll pop this off, when you go to bake them, a neat thing

00:08:26 –> 00:08:31 to do is to bake them on a curved form, so you can take a toilet paper roll and just

00:08:31 –> 00:08:38 cut it in half and then just bake your piece, and don’t worry about the paper being in the

00:08:38 –> 00:08:42 oven ‘cause it handles it quite nicely at this low temperature that Polymer Clay bakes

00:08:42 –> 00:08:50 at, so you can just lay your pieces onto the toilet paper roll and it will bake a really

00:08:50 –> 00:08:51 nice curve in it.

00:08:51 –> 00:08:56 One thing to keep in mind though, a toilet paper roll is paper so it can absorb the oils

00:08:56 –> 00:09:01 from the Polymer Clay while it’s sitting on there, so don’t leave it on there for a long

00:09:01 –> 00:09:05 period of time, if I was going to bake this later on this afternoon, I would wanna make

00:09:05 –> 00:09:10 sure I took them back off of here before I did that, otherwise, the oils will seep in

00:09:10 –> 00:09:16 to the cardboard and then it’ll make your clay a little bit more brittle and you don’t

00:09:16 –> 00:09:20 want that, but if you just do it right before you’re about to pop it into the oven, you

00:09:20 –> 00:09:24 can pop that in, put your tent on top and bake it like all the other instructions I’ve

00:09:24 –> 00:09:27 taught you already before, alright?

00:09:27 –> 00:09:32 So I hope that was helpful, I hope you will check these out, I’ve seen them at Michaels

00:09:32 –> 00:09:38 and they’re probably at all other craft stores too, they have lots of different designs,

00:09:38 –> 00:09:44 and they’re quite handy and perfect for working into your Polymer Clay projects, alright?

00:09:44 –> 00:09:48 So, if you liked this video, do let us know.

00:09:48 –> 00:09:53 And if you have suggestions for products you’d like me to test or techniques that you don’t

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00:10:10 –> 00:10:12 We’ll see you next time and bye for now.

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