Create charming decorative additions to any item with Studio by Sculpey polymer clay

What you need...

• Studio by Sculpey, polymer clay cappuccino, coffee bean, buttercream, desert sand
  Texture plates
  Rolling pin, acrylic
  Cutters, leaf
  Embossing tools
  Skewers, metal
  Craft knife
  Box, small, round
  Glass, small
  Card, pink
  Ribbon, bright pink
  Wire, gold
  Beads, gold
  Wax, gilt, gold or copper
  Glue
  Baking tray

instructions

1. Tall Card - 1. Use an acrylic rolling pin to create a 2mm thick piece of coffee bean clay. Place a texture plate on top and press firmly. Remove this then use a sharp knife to trim a panel, 6cm x 3cm.
   
   2. Create the flower centre by forming a ball of desert sand clay. Press the head of a large embossing tool in the middle. Place a smaller buttercream ball in the centre and decorate in the same way. Repeat on top with a paler shade. Make matching petals, moulded into shape then embossed in the centre, as shown.
   
   3. Arrange these around the flower centre and press in place. Create the stem by rolling a thin tube, then flatten and trim into a curve. Cover a baking tray with foil and bake the clay according to the manufacturer's instructions.
   
   4. Create a pink blank, 16cm x 6.5cm, then use a sharp knife to slit the fold half way up. Rub gilding wax over the coffee bean oblong, then glue centrally, near the bottom of the card. Secure the stem and flower in place, as shown. Coil three lengths of wire around a pencil. Leave to dry, then thread ribbon through the slit and tie in a knot on the front of the card. Glue a couple of gold beads at the bottom of the vase and one centrally on the bloom.

Studio by Sculpey, tools and decorative accessories, available from HobbyCraft stores and branches of WHSmith. For stockists information, contact Oasis Art and Craft Products Ltd., 01562 744 522