Today’s Halloween treat is a polymer clay cupcake zipper pull a la Smeared Ink. The cartoony cupcake is from a collection of cool digital stamps called Candy is Dandy. My cupcake is a nod the incredible group of artists I was blessed to hook up with recently through Smeared Ink. The group is the Smeared and Smudged Forum and they are a hoot!
Materials:
Polymer Clay – purple, brown and orange
Colorful micro beads
Glossy sealer
Needle tool
20 Gauge wire
Accent beads
Eyeball bead
Round nose pliers
Chain nose pliers
Wire cutters
Lanyard clip
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You can see here the simple shapes required to make a cupcake shape.
Make a hole in the cupcake with the needle tool. Bake according to directions.
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When the cupcake bead is cool, paint some glossy sealer on the orange icing.
Drizzle some micro beads on the icing while the sealer is still wet. Allow to dry. |
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I chose an orange accent bead and stacked a tiny green bead on that to make a little pumpkin dangle.
Cut a 4″ piece of wire. Fold 1/2″ over the round nose pliers to form a loop. Slide the dangle onto the loop. |
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Slide the folded wire into the cupcake bead from the bottom up. |
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Add the eyeball bead.
fold the wire over, just above the eyeball bead and make another loop. Slide the loop on the lanyard clip. |
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Wrap the wire tail around just below the loop to secure it.
Click here for detailed photos of the wire wrapping techniques described in this tutorial. |
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