How to make Polymer Clay Flowers (using 3 different techniques)

[@lisainman8974]

Caviar beads....that's what they're called! Thank you! Great tutorial ❤

[@myclayco]

You’re welcome ☺️ Glad I could help!

[@sweetpealee056]

An excellent tutorial! Getting back to the clay again, and it's been a few years since i made tiny flowers, so this was a great refresher...thank you!👍✌️😊

[@myclayco]

Naw thank you! So glad you found it helpful! ☺️🌸

[@sharoncooper2551]

Fantastic tutorial, you have the perfect voice for it and you explain the reasons for using the right tools , Thankyou for sharing, I’ll be sure to be following you ❤

[@myclayco]

Aw thank you so much! Such lovely feedback 🥰 And thank you for the sub! 🙏❤️

[@yvonnelewis4888]

Nice!! What an excellent tutorial. Thank you so much for teaching this on flowers, I had no idea where to start. This is wonderful and fun, not to mention beautiful.

[@myclayco]

Thank you so much 🥺 I’m so glad it was helpful and enjoyable! Flowers are such a fun thing to make and there are so many different ways to create them - hope you have fun making ❤️

[@janfortenberry826]

So informative! Thank you!

[@myclayco]

My pleasure! 🥰

[@thejoyfullilyandco9537]

This was so very helpful! The visual aid of the drawings was wonderful. Thank you so much!

[@myclayco]

My pleasure! So glad you found it helpful ☺️

[@OldsouLim73]

I love this! Thank you for the circular visual!

[@myclayco]

My pleasure! 🥰

[@kaileebiloski1974]

This was so helpful. Thank you!

[@myclayco]

My pleasure! 😊 Glad it was helpful!

[@mary-lynneeason3863]

Haven't practiced yet but this is absolutely the best flower tutorial I've seen. Thanks so much!

[@myclayco]

Oh thank you so much!! ❤️

[@SyedMuhammadHamza-h5y]

Thank you so much for explaining it so well 😊

[@myclayco]

My pleasure, glad you thought so 🥰

[@leob4860]

Hello, I loved your channel, your advice, your explanations are very clear, thank you very much! I'm following you now and I'm leaving you a like, thank you!!🙏 ❤

[@myclayco]

Oh thank you!!! That means so much to us!! 🥰🥰🥰

[@nancyh9125]

Fabulous tutorial!!! Thank you.

[@myclayco]

Thanks so much! You’re welcome 🥰

[@Almycu]

Excellent video! Great explanation. Great teacher! Thanks

[@myclayco]

Thanks so much! 🥰

[@kellyngrey4950]

Thanks for these tips! 💜 I really like the needle tool, but I use it for removing kitty hair from my sculptures! Lol

[@myclayco]

Hehe that cheeky kitty hair never fails to find your clay!

[@kerryhall7506]

Hey Lovely Ladies I Received My BIG Box Of Goodies Today Love Watching All Your Videos 💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@myclayco]

Hooray! I was so excited for you, so many fun things! Have an awesome weekend creating with them all!! ❤️❤️❤️

[@cherie_colours]

That's one of the best tutorials I've ever seen on flower making ❤ I'm learning and the diagrams are very helpful. Soo good! Can you make a leaf tutorial by any chance?

[@myclayco]

Aw thank you! Yes, I will add a leaf tutorial to our list!

[@Annemac1965]

Wow best floral tutorial for polymer clay. Thanks I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE the detailed information.

[@myclayco]

Thanks so much for your lovely feedback 🥹❤️ so glad you enjoyed it!

[@iantheedey9455]

I like your hair so cute 🥰

[@myclayco]

Naw thank you 🥰🥰🥰

[@jacquimcneil1405]

Thanks so much for the tutorial, it was so helpful 😊. I noticed on the foam mat there was some colour left over from the petals, I was wondering how you clean that off so the colour doesn’t contaminate? I have just done some little red balls on my foam and now there is a slight red residue and I don't want that to contaminate lighter colours.

[@myclayco]

My pleasure! Baby wipes should do the trick! ☺️

[@jacquimcneil1405]

@@myclayco thank you 😊

[@yvonnelewis4888]

Needing advice here, I found 2 sets of polyclay (Sculpey lll) l had forgotten l had. Knowing it’s reputation for being extremely soft/oily, Can l do anything to make this clay less soft, and more useful for earrings or other pieces? Can Sculpey lll be mixed with regular Sculpey? Alternatively, what are the best things to make with Sculpey lll? Thank you for all you do and all you teach us. I so enjoy watching every beautiful creation that you guys make. Thank you in advance!

[@myclayco]

Thank you! 🥰 We haven’t had much experience with trying to use up Sculpey III but have definitely heard of others mixing it into premo or soufflé. I’m not sure of what ratios would work, but perhaps you could start with 1/4 III, 3/4 premo/soufflé and do a test? Hopefully you can find a ratio that works so you can use it up! 😊

[@reginastephens1609]

Lovely tutorial. TY. How do you bake the blue flowers? Do you use something to hold them up?

[@myclayco]

Thank you 😊 You can place your standalone pieces in a small bowl of uncooked rice. It will not mess up your shape and you can keep it to reuse next time you need it 😊 I have also used silicone molds (ensure they are oven safe silicone first) to help prop up my pieces. Hope that helps!

[@nicspence1453]

Thank you so much for making this video!! Newbie here 😊 May I ask ~ what is your favorite clay to use?

[@myclayco]

Our pleasure 😊 It depends on what I’m making. I mainly use sculpey Premo and sculpey Souffle, but also love the colour range and types of clay cernit has. For florals, sculpey Premo and cernit number one are great all rounders but my current favourite is cernit opaline for its ceramic like finish! Hope that helps 😊

[@nicspence1453]

@@myclayco yes! Thank you - happy crafting 😌

[@TripleG69]

Thank you ❤

[@myclayco]

You're welcome 😊❤️

[@OnHeartedSleeves]

Hello and thanks so much for the tutorials! Quick question: At 14:55, how do you stand these up in the oven so that the petals don’t get crushed during baking??

[@myclayco]

Our pleasure! It depends on the flower shape but if you’re worrying about squishing petals you can bake them in uncooked rice, or if they’re studs you can stab the post into an old oven-safe silicone mould 😊

[@carlystone5994]

You're a great presenter and Teacher!!!! ❤ 👍 Thanks! Some questions: Where do I learn how to roll out clay for flowers and bake the clay? Thanks

[@myclayco]

That’s so lovely of you to say 🥰 thank you! Rolling out clay for flowers is the same process you would use for earrings - you can roll out flat with a rolling pin on a tiled surface or you can use a pasta machine. We cover this in our tutorial ‘stop polymer clay sticking in your cutters’. I generally roll out thinner though for flowers to about 1.5mm before cutting out my petal shapes. Baking instructions are on the clay packet in terms of temperature and timing. If you have a flower that is not able to be flat baked, you can sit it up in a small bowl of uncooked rice. I hope that helps 😊

[@erine7453]

Another optiom for a foam mst is buying craft foam and glueing pieces together. I do that and i like it becausr after awhile it gets too dirty so i can make several for cheap

[@myclayco]

Great suggestion! Thanks for the tip ☺️

[@domimassou5457]

Thank you for starting-blocks this tuto Witherspoon us vers helpfull👏🤗

[@myclayco]

Happy to help! Glad you found it useful 😊

[@mackenziegeyer2467]

Ugh I saw this video a few days ago & I FINALLY got all the right tools for it today & I've been at it for hours now & can't seem to get the ball tool to glide smoothly around the clay like yours does. My clay keeps sticking to the tool & just dragging. So I used a bit of cornstarch on the ball which worked PERFECTLY, but then the clay was too dried out to stick inside each petal & when I used the dotting tool, it won't let go of the petal🤦🏻‍♀️

[@myclayco]

Hmmm I’m wondering if your clay is too warm or soft. What brand is the clay? Do you live/work in a hot or humid place?

[@mackenziegeyer2467]

@@myclayco well it's actually just like a regular kind I got off Amazon & it has been very hot & humid outside but when I work with clay, I always have my air conditioner on in my work space

[@mackenziegeyer2467]

@@myclayco I have been watching ALL of your videos & learning so much...I've recently started a small business & your channel has been incredibly helpful for me🥰

[@myclayco]

@@mackenziegeyer2467 Ahhh the clay is probably why then. Some polymer clays are better for certain applications than others. If you are able too, I highly recommend getting your hands on some Sculpey Premo or Sculpey Souffle, or Cernit clay. I have heard the Amazon ones are quite soft and sometimes sticky. There is also a chance that it will be brittle once baked. Have you had a chance to test if it cures ok?

[@myclayco]

@@mackenziegeyer2467 how exciting! Thanks so much for your support 🥰🥰 We have a few businessey videos coming up too 😊

[@denisemarie322]

How thick is the clay rolled out to before you cut the circles?

[@myclayco]

It is personal preference but I find thinner is better so normally around 1-1.5mm 😊

[@lisainman8974]

Do you carry the sun & moon cutters for the earrings you're wearing & do you ship to the US?

[@myclayco]

Yep! We ship to the US daily and the cutters are in our Celestial collection 😊

[@AveniusArt]

What can I do to get rid of unwanted texture on the backside of my petals? Get a smoother foam? I just tried with some leftover flooring insulation foam sheets here but nope. Not working. Too much texture on the outside, need to think of something else.

[@myclayco]

If you’re after a smooth petal, you’ll definitely need your foam mat to be smooth too. You’ve stumbled upon the trick to get texture on to petals (rolling or pressing on textured surfaces) but if that’s not desired, flat is best 😊

[@makeupbylekha6779]

How do I bake them with caviar beads and earring back.

[@myclayco]

If you have an old ovensafe silicone mould you can flip it over and stab the posts into there to hold them upright, otherwise you can bake them in uncooked rice ☺️

[@melstephen5191]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@myclayco]

🥰🥰🥰

[@warimikipakyntein1191]

I want to know if we bend the petals do they break ?

[@myclayco]

Of polymer clay is baked correctly they shouldn’t break, they would be slightly bendy 😊🌸

[@EMASHANMUGAPRIYAS]

Hello..how much does a clay change its weight after baking?

[@myclayco]

Hello! We have actually never tested this so I did today and it barely changes - our tester pieces that were about 3.5g were .05g heavier once baked 😊

[@EMASHANMUGAPRIYAS]

@@myclayco thank you so much

[@leetau8429]

the back of a small teaspoon can replace the proper ball tools.

[@myclayco]

That’s a great suggestion for an at home solution 😊 Good thinking!

[@elisar2420]

What setting did you roll your clay before cutting circles?

[@myclayco]

I rolled them to about 1.5mm. They don’t need to be too thin to start with because you’ll thin them out while using the ball tools 😊