Polymer Clay Flower Cane without a pasta machine

I have so many 1/4 pkgs of colors and thought I would just make some flowers with them. Love how these came out.
I used Mustard yellow, pumpkin, and white.
All were Sculpey Premo except for pumpkin. Pumpkin is Sculpey Souffle.
Sorry for the rant. I'm tired, it's been a long day, and this world is just going more insane than ever!
I don't rant normally but, sometimes you have to let it all out.
I'm sill me!
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[@sharondunnigan9748]

Anytime, someone puts a technique on social media, that technique is now free for anyone to do. Even if we get our inspiration from someone else’s technique, it is not going to come out exactly like theirs. I think that lady is being very immature and Possessive. Don’t lose sleep over it. We love you!

[@safehavensanctuary-hollyg.8814]

Irene! They came out so well! I love these flowers. Great tutorial, rant and all, lol. Hope 2023 is a blessed year for you.

[@kathyjones274]

Love the bright color's with the dark blue.

[@ljayparadee]

It's not ranting. It's called venting with friends. The best thing I ever did was change, I'm a survivor to I'm a warrior. Warrior on!

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Thank you. ❤️

[@missmarthafawker]

It’s true, venting is a good thing. Vent with us any time. I’m fifty and I get every word your saying. Love your face !

[@sharoncochran8508]

Thank you for sharing that you have anxiety. I also struggle with anxiety disorder and barely leave my house. Art has been my saving grace but since going on depression meds, my creativity is asleep. I am weaning off the meds because the tradeoff isn't worth it. I discovered polymer clay through Turtle Soup Beads but she "outgrew" KZbin and deleted a lot of her videos and went to Patreon. I appreciate you sharing your tutorials for free.

[@kathyduncan2104]

I totally hear ya on Turtlesoup.. It was a big disappointment that she deleted most of here tutorials. I get it, that people go to Patron, but to delete tutorials.. It really says something about that person!!😏

[@camillerodriguezp]

That’s a “friend” you don’t need!

[@Crystalnachi]

I would love the link to the new artist. I love watching tutorials. I love watching your videos also.

[@mariruthbrown1591]

1. A crazy thought but mine. Try putting yout hard cernit in a ziplock baggie with a slice of bread. For some reason it helps with baked goods so it is worth a try to see if it refreshens your clay 2. The flower is gorgeous. Can you remove the outer most layer with your sharp tissue blade. Be careful of whatever inclusions are in that clay 3. Thank you for so generously sharing your art and the process. The Oh-no as well as the awesome. It helps to know how to handle the ouchies, esp those that show up at the end of all the hard work. 4. Take care

[@missmarthafawker]

Of you can’t get ahold of her and she wouldn’t show you then that means she knows it’s not her technique. You have every right to be angry and hurt. You always say who you see techniques from and who’s your trying. That’s why I enjoy your videos. It’s her loss. We love you! Edit: also for me it’s not because someone is stubborn, it’s the fact they know there wrong and won’t admit it. Which makes us feel that need to defend ourselves till we sound crazy. It can be a form of gaslighting. You don’t need to move beyond anything. You didn’t do anything wrong. And honestly I’m curious which video it is.

[@annacarlberg4984]

I think envy and competition ruins so much. I love your work, artistry and sense of humor. Thanks for sharing!

[@leonanelson2444]

Beautiful flower, thank you

[@marywoods6329]

I just like you that much more I don't know who said the nasty things about you but she sounded like she had her mind made up and didn't watch yours .you are one of my favorite clay artists

[@maggiesmith2208]

so nice of you to share today i too have been suffering with panic attacks for 30 years i started clay when covid struck i am not the greatest at it but i love it ,it sooths me i love watching tutorials learning new skills you take care it's nice to know there are other people out there that understand the struggles have a great day! 😀

[@paulaskuse559]

I’m glad you shared your feelings with us, I consider us your friends not just subscribers. It’s the injustice I always finds hurts so much. Very long story so won’t go into it but I always get blamed of told off for things I haven’t done, it’s sad but I have started putting myself first (not before my children) and life is so much calmer, even though I live in a terrace house between best friends who bully me with lots,of nasty little sneaky things but I’m not lowering myself to their level. Polymerclay and friends like yourself have saved me from my deep depression so I would like to thank you 🙏🏼☺️. And as I say don’t let the bas***ds grind you down they aren’t worth your oxygen 💐💐💐

[@pagesartwork]

Such a pretty flower, Irene. We love you just as you are...rant and all!!! 😂😘😘😘

[@lauramoore1253]

Thank you SO much for sharing this simple video!! Awesome!! Please continue doing these!

[@allisonchavez9113]

I love the flowers! Very rustic, barn like, lol..the straw color. I want to make and pair with red or blue gingham check! Great with a western cowboy barn dance theme! 😁

[@vickieleigh1]

Sorry to be commenting so much, I comment while watching. But I can relate to everything you said about anxiety and depression. Art has literally saved me. It gets me outta my bedroom and helps me to communicate with people, like you ❤

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Don't be sorry. As you can tell, I talk too :-) I'm glad art helps you. I think we all need it which is why these videos keep getting made. Kids need to get back into art and off their games and phones. Life without art would really suck

[@rebeccazephyrin8114]

I just want to let you know I am new to your channel and new to working with polymer clay. I love your channel and what you do I’ve learnt a lot so thank you. But it’s because of you I subscribed and because of you I stay. I don’t sleep well at night so I think I may have watched all your videos. Please don’t doubt yourself you do you perfectly. Again thank you for keeping me sane x x x

[@illyanka8777]

Wow, could you imagine if musicians accuse each other that they "invented" that chord and the other "stole" it.

[@elizabethmerrick7202]

I love your channel. I am sorry for the friend. Sounds like you dodged a bullet, with that one

[@denisewoodsd10]

Love the flower! I’ve wanted to try recording myself but I don’t think I have thick enough skin for the negative side of the comments. Lol never mind my lack of video recording skills. I take something from every video I watch so I don’t understand how someone can say it’s there’s when that’s what these videos are for…people try to make what they watch 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️

[@vickieleigh1]

I’m sorry that your “friend” was being a jerk. I appreciate your videos and I’ve learned so much from you. You are so very talented.

[@kimskees668]

I agree 100%

[@colleengarland8977]

I am so sorry that you have had this happen. Good for you for trying to mend things, and sad that she has chosen not to. Kalyana Designs had something similar happen to her a while back. So distressing. Ok…let’s clay! Love your stuff!

[@darlaboyle1074]

This flower turned out beautifully. The colors go very well together. Rant all you want. You're allowed. Especially when you're hurt by a friend. My sister wrote quite a few chapters in the Book of Stubborn. She would NEVER admit she was wrong, held a grudge like no other and disowned me at least 3-4 times. She eventually came back around and forgave me 🙄 for something I didn't do. Give your friend some time. She may reach out to you. And if she doesn't, don't let that bother you.

[@BlackOnyxCat]

Awe, it turned out really cute, a sweet little flower❣️ I had to laugh about your experience with the Opal clay because I tried to use it in a Mokume Gane project once. I haven’t used Opal clay since, impossible to cut smoothly through. Live and learn 🤪 No problem with the rant, we all need to vent it out and friends are the best sounding boards. Glad you got to get it out and let it go. I can so relate to many of the experiences you described and art does the same for me. Life’s too short for drama. When did you realize that you used the pasta machine for the Pomegranate? It was such an automatic move😁 Great video!! Loved the outcome, thanks so much for sharing 💜🧡💚🤍💙

[@lyleannwise7492]

I use a mini food processor with oil for rock hard clay. saves the hands but you are right it shouldn't have come that way. thanks for all your videos😀

[@TheCreativeDork5]

How much oil do you use?

[@lyleannwise7492]

@@TheCreativeDork5 it really depends I start out with maybe a half teaspoon for a block and work my way up. I had a block that had to be quite old like 10 years or so. it was totally crumbled but I just kept working it until the consistency seemed right. you can always leach some of the oil back out by putting it on printer paper

[@lyleannwise7492]

I've also used petroleum jelly. I start by breaking up the clay in the little food processor and just add the oil little by little. Start small. I'm a dump cook and it translates to my art lol😄

[@annietwemlow9967]

People can be rubbish, it’s so common for you lovely artists to suffer this sort of abuse, I just don’t get it. I’m glad you had a rant, it’s better to let it out and put it behind you. I love watching you and look forward to every new tutorial. X

[@jernst777]

I love you!

[@kilburnskreations]

where is your show? do you sell the cutters or pieces you have made?

[@larryross9492]

Do you have a Never Knead machine? I bought a little press from Harbor Freight for $75 and made a few alterations and it's pretty similar to the Never Knead. I would think that for a production artist like you it would be worth the money. Thanks for your thoughts and wonderful tutorials.

[@TheCreativeDork5]

I don't have one. Unfortunately, my shoulders would tire faster than my fingers.

[@karenthomas2302]

I had a friend that did some crap things to me, I tried very hard to be a friend and I was more or less a live in CNA for the exes mom, and the ex brought her over to meet his mom, well she was Sh1+ faced and she was spilling beer on his mom, crying and telling me I didn’t belong there, sorry but being drunk does not excuse anyone for their behavior, so to save mom from her BS I decided she needed to go, yep threw her out literally got ahold of her by her cloths opened the door and shoved, the whole time she was yelling at me saying I had no right to do that because I don’t belong there. 25 yrs as a CNA I have never been treated like that and I wasn’t about to start, and that was the last time I ever talked to her. On that. lol I love this flower, and to think no pasta machine. lol easy but a pain in the rear sometimes. But so very doable. My sis in law and I tried looking for the cernet company here, and we found everything but a building for a cernet company and makes me think and wonder if they are not running out of a house, because behind all the buildings is homes, and well we have extreme heat then winter it snows and if it’s in a garage and a person buys it, 🤷‍♀️ don’t know what your getting. lol but we also didn’t go down the opposite side of the road because it’s all homes there. So we never know. The place is hard to find. Ok enough rambling. lol tfs really love the flower. Hugs from AV

[@summerbaby1384]

I would love the link to the artists KZbin that you were talking about!!!

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Orchid and opal

[@allisonchavez9113]

I have a question in my comment...kayto has a new conditioning bar, and, it really works!! Almost too good, I guess a little goes a long way when you give it time to be absorbed. I believe it can be used to soften more than just kato, and kato needs it! But, how do you cure clay that has been mixed with other clays that have widely different Temps? Cernit is very low I think and kato is 300 degree ferenheit. Or even fimo with sculpey? Yeah, the opal is nice, I made some daggers with it but the flakes are sharp and jutting

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Curious with the clay softener if it changes translucent at all? I need to see if I can find out. I thought I bought a bar but couldn't find it

[@allisonchavez9113]

@@TheCreativeDork5 I know that I was really impressed that it did not change the color of the clay that I was using it with. I was concerned that it would lighten the colors like when you add white, but it did not. Each color stayed so vibrant. Something else I noticed is that the clay didn't bleed when mixed with the kato conditioning bar. I did use with a translucent clay that had alcohol ink to it. Mixing with fimo effect/translucent which is so soft and sticky it's almost useless will soften the hard cernit but it defeats the idea of getting the cernit if you don't get to use it as is. I'm glad the company is sending you more, hopefully free of charge and without the Hassel and expense of returning the hard clay. I saw Pardo translucent, it looked amazing

[@TheCreativeDork5]

I heard pardo was great but hard for people with arthritis. One day, going to have to at least try it

[@vickieleigh1]

I’m having trouble getting my earrings to market. I sell them all the time to friends and family. Any suggestions of how to take that first step? I’m getting myself into a mess I have so many. My main problem is having the confidence to show them.

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Tou have to just jump in. I am a glass worker and when I do local shows that's pretty much all I sold. One show I just decided to bring what I had in polymer clay and.... Things sold. Have confidence in yourself and make sure that your earrings are nice and clean. You'll do great.

[@vickieleigh1]

What certification do you have? I was a CNA and worked for home health. Loved it.

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Just a peasant :-) Certified EMT

[@vickieleigh1]

@@TheCreativeDork5 I know I’m my heart I was meant to be a nurse. My daughter is now in nursing school. Talk about living vicariously 🤣

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Wishing her success. My daughter is a nurse. She's now a traveling nurse. She took emt classes when she was in high school at the local college so I took the class with her. My son is a paramedic for the SWAT team and does search and rescue, and patrols for the Sheriff dept. My other son went his dad's route and is a union equipment operator. I always wanted to be a teacher or a nurse but married at 19 and then once the kids came....yea

[@vickieleigh1]

@@TheCreativeDork5 I know exactly how that goes with having kids and dreams being put on the back burner. Sounds like you’ve raised good people, and I know I did, sounds like it was worth it for us both.

[@kellyfeltzer5402]

But you used the pasta machine on that red

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Yea I know :-/

[@elainaswift2447]

I bet the hot weather caused it to harden during shipping. 🤷‍♀️

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Probably. It's been pretty hot.

[@Rareplymouth]

I ordered a large translucent cernit off Amazon and it's too soft. Go figure. I just leach it on paper. Easier than adding softnees.

[@patriciajones340]

I thought the whole thing about videos and tutorials was to learn techniques from other people. You can't steal something that is on KZbin because everyone is using the same clays, techniques, methods of working. You take them and make them your own. Projects will surely resemble others work. I've heard you give credit when using a new method of doing something that is new. Sticks and stones🙂

[@PureNatureLuv]

Beautiful flower! By the way.....I have to say this...in Your defense, and speaking about what you were expressing your feelings about.....WE HAVE ALL LEARNED FROM SOMEBODY! ALL OF US! We have all done someone else's "technique" before! Years ago, someone made the "Makume Gane " technique, and someone also made the " Skinner Blend". Aren't we ALL sort of copying what those individuals created, in the first place....the answer is yes! Lol Yes we are! And they created those techniques in order to be shared! With everyone! When that individual first started with polymer clay, you bet your bottom, she learned Her techniques from someone else! It's all combined, and I've seen a lot of videos, that have been the same techniques, but different colors. That's it! And you know what....WHO CARES! We need to live " GATE-KEEP" FREE, and be kind to one another. She shouldn't have treated you that way. That was very insensitive, and immature. That's all I'm going to say about it. You do beautiful work, and your tutorials are wonderful, and easy to learn from. So thank you! And keep up your awesome artwork!

[@TheCreativeDork5]

Thanks so much for that. I appreciate you!

[@PureNatureLuv]

@@TheCreativeDork5 Of course! I appreciate you, and you sharing!

[@rallen9433]

Breath... and let go.