After hearing about Scratch-foam from some of the ladies on the Metal Clay Heads team, and reading about it on Wanaree's blog here, I was very keen to get my hands on some. After a bit of (virtual) running around, a package arrived a few weeks ago.
I've been having lots of fun drawing on it & as well as using it to create raised textures directly on my metal clay (imprints), I had this idea to make some polymer clay stamps from some of the designs ('out'-prints).
First, I drew my designs on paper, then I put the paper on the foam & went over them with a ball point pen (pressing quite hard) to transfer them to the foam. I then went over the lines with a small ball burnisher, making them as deep as I could.
After conditioning my polymer clay, I kind of smooshed it into the outline, them rolled it flat. (Ignore the coloured marks, I was experimenting with other polymer stuff - but that's a whole other blog post). I added handles to my polymer stamps (which you can't see in these photos, oops) & baked them.
At first I wasn't sure they'd be deep enough, but they seem to work quite well. I can't wait to finish & fire the pendant, so I can see the finished product :)
Did I mention drawing in the foam is heaps of fun? I could spend a day doing just that.
they turned out great - sweet!!!
ReplyDeleteThey look great!
ReplyDeleteWow, what a great idea! :) Do you think it's possible to make these beautiful stamps without that specific foam? I don't think it's available where I live :(
ReplyDeleteI'm pretty sure you can - you'll just need to find some smooth, dense foam. The scratch foam is quite thin & someone suggested to me that either meat trays or disposable foam plates would work. You might just have to experiment :)
DeleteThey look really good Vickie - well done!
ReplyDeleteWow, love the idea Vickie!
ReplyDeleteOh they're so cute! I love the images you drew! So many exciting new products out there, so little time.
ReplyDeleteFantastic Vickie! Very cute and cool little designs!
ReplyDeletewow, that is adorable! so cute.
ReplyDeleteNow I'm not afraid to experiment with the one sheet I have! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI just stumbled upon your blog and I stinkin' love this! Creative and adorable diy tutorial.
ReplyDelete~Aubrey
Project Lovegood
Hi, looks great I'd love to try it as well, could you please tell me where to get the scratch foam from.
ReplyDeleteHi,
DeleteI bought my scratch foam from Cavalier Art Supplies - they were the only place in Australia I could find it. If you are in the US you can get it from Amazon I believe. Otherwise you might have to try googling it :)