Bake up a batch of ellen kharade's teatime treats – not from cake mix, but polymer clay!

What you need...

• BEADS Bicones, amethyst, Swarovski, 4mm (62SW 001X) x 7, Seeds, red, Pearls, pink, 6mm x 7, Crystals, flat back, no hotfix, pink x 9
  
  FINDINGS Polymer clay, FIMO: peppermint (866 010); white (866 001); purple violet (866 016); Indian red (866 005); lemon (866 002); cognac (866 022); apple green (866 013); plum (866 018), Leaf metal: gold; silver, Glitter, fine, Head pins, sterling silver, Clasp, lobster, sterling silver, 9mm (NVF L09), Earwires, hook with ball (NVQ 058X), Jump rings, sterling silver, 5mm (NVH H50), Chain, belcher, oval, plain silver, loose (WVB D00)
  
  TOOLS Cupcake cases, silicone, 3cm, Texture mats: country squares; swirls and scrolls, Cutters, sugar paste: butterfly, small, PME; heart, 6mm, 13mm; blossom, small; circle, small, Cutters, cookie, fluted: 5cm; 6cm, Christmas bauble, glass, medium, Side cutters, Pliers, round-nosed, Scalpel
  

instructions

1. Earrings - 1. Form two 1cm curved cubes of pale pink clay in the same way as the bracelet. Cut out two small circles of cognac clay rolled out thinly, and place one onto each pink cube. Roll out a thin sheet of apple green clay, cut out a small blossom and lay on top of the bead. Push a long needle right through from the base of each to create a hole for the head pin.
   
   2. Roll a sausage of white clay and roll up to look like cream. Push the needle through the centre and place on top of the cupcake, matching up the holes. Push the head pin through and slip on a red seed bead. Repeat for the second cupcake.
   
   3. Make a few ridges with a scalpel along the cupcake base. Sprinkle with glitter and bake for 10 minutes at 110°C. Once cool, trim the end of the pin and turn over with roundnosed pliers to form a neat hook, then attach to earwires.