turquoise faux quartz earrings, polymer clay

This is a faux quartz in copper and turquoise. A simple tutorial. I'm hoping to follow up with a tutorial with the scraps too.
I hope you enjoy 😊
Alongside basic clay tools you will need:
*translucent clay.
*Alcohol ink in colour of your choice.
*Desired cutters
*gold leaf or colour of your choice
*UV resin if desired or Varnish
*small spare tile (optional)
*choice of findings to finish off.
Shops where I buy most of my cutters ( both do international).
Bee bright be blissful on Etsy
Jessama clay tools on Etsy

[@donnamatthews9629]

If you put polymer and alcohol ink in small zip lock bag you will save a lot of ink and mess. Beautiful color and earrings.

[@beautygracewomensministry7903]

I like how you show us how you work on the back of the earring. I often struggle with the back being smooth. Thanks for showing your technique ✔️

[@danaparsonsliquidcosmosart2669]

Absolutely lovely . Love the findings you chose to

[@theclaysanctuary3464]

Thanks :-)

[@melissaphillis7247]

Everything you've made with this technique is gorgeous, Fi xxx

[@sandrasmale5871]

Just love these! Thank you, Fi!

[@Livingstone497]

oh wow ! beautiful Fi, and those 2 pendants you showed at the beginning are gorgeous ! your faux tutorials make the process easy to do, thank you ❤️🤗😊

[@theclaysanctuary3464]

Aww you're welcome SJ and thanks 😊

[@pjshat]

Beautiful! This is one of my favorite colors! And you are so talented!

[@breelarson8285]

Beautiful! I really enjoyed this. Thank you!

[@MsRavenFira]

Ohhh...how pretty❤

[@passarosprofessores255]

Mais uma inscrita!!!❤

[@ellendeskin-wellingson8274]

Love this Fi!!! So very pretty! Thanks for the tut!!!😍

[@domimassou5457]

Absolutely gorgeous work 👏

[@shippamfamily6673]

Thank you Fi, these are beautiful and I can see how I can better attach things on the hoops. I also popped to Pound Stretcher to pick up some pads to copy your backings, much easier than sanding backs to a shine.

[@shenanigans2675]

Thanks Nicola 😊

[@kandlle]

These are so beautiful. Thanks for the tutorial. You are a true artist.

[@theclaysanctuary3464]

You're welcome Kathleen 😊

[@suzanneserrurier2233]

These are so pretty and I love the color! Definitely going to give this a try! Thanks for the inspiration!❤️❤️

[@shenanigans2675]

Great 😊 have fun

[@evamanzano1900]

I love the colour, Fi, absolutely Incredible talent!! ❤

[@artistablues]

Thank you they are beautiful

[@ladyegypt52]

These are beautiful love the colour. I will have to try this on the weekend. Thanks for your tutorial 😊 👍

[@usherl250]

Those are so beautiful, I love them. I bet they sold quickly

[@theclaysanctuary3464]

Thanks, I never put them up for sale in the end lol

[@ruthmills4864]

Beautiful!

[@theclaysanctuary3464]

Thanks

[@melindalacatus5722]

Love the color, great tutorial. Huggs from România!💕💕

[@theclaysanctuary3464]

Thanks Melinda 🙂

[@joycelongo2123]

Beautiful.

[@strangerthanvixen1848]

These are so pretty! I make clay jewellery as gifts for family and friends, definitely picked up a few tips here! I think I prefer the finish of the gloss over the resin, but I take it the resin is more durable and the gloss could lose shine over time? I usually finish mine with the gloss, I do have some UV resin though so I'll give it a try :)

[@theclaysanctuary3464]

Thanks, I prefer to use Varnish over UV resin when I can

[@RosasUtopia]

I really need to start backing my pieces...:-)

[@ruthtrefethen4171]

I love these cours together and my wardrobe reflects that. What happens if you add a colour clay to the white that isn't transluscent? I just wanted to use my beauriful teal clay but I dont want to mess the piece up. Thank you for sharing this colour versatile tutorial. 😊👍

[@pattallant2398]

Thanks for the idea of putting Cernit into the fridge for a bit. I had an awful time with it and gave up the first time I used it way too sticky for my liking.

[@martinep179]

Super beau

[@gabydavis10]

This absolutely beautiful. Could you Teil me the name of the Alcohol ink you used?

[@donnadyer7040]

If you do everything that you’re doing to create theses beautiful works of art on screen, that would be very helpful. 😊

[@joannenichols4214]

Love this tutorial! The results are stunning. Could I please ask where you buy those gorgeous bails?

[@terrycourtney8011]

Lovely tutorial, beautiful colors 😍. At the end you painted gold on the backing and around the edges... is that alcohol ink? Or what did you use?

[@colleengarland2215]

Beautiful work. May I ask what you have your bead sitting on when putting resin on? Thanks for sharing.

[@karenmccabe2371]

I would love to make a memorial pendant and earrings from my late daughter’s funeral flowers. Any suggestions from your videos that I could follow? Love your style 💕💕

[@theclaysanctuary3464]

Hi Karen, wow thats something I've never tried. I do have an idea inspired from a tutorial I have seen involving flowers. Would you like me to try and do it and you can see if it would be suitable for your precious tribute . It involves using resin too. If you're on Facebook maybe we could discuss it further there?

[@karenmccabe2371]

@@theclaysanctuary3464 I would so so love that. She was only 42 and just recently passed away. I am looking to do something special and I know you’re just the lady to do it!!! I am on Facebook. How should I reach out to you on there? 💕💕

[@theclaysanctuary3464]

I'm so sorry to hear that. I'll go look for your name in clay groups and send you a dm via messenger.

[@theclaysanctuary3464]

Could you let me know a clay group your on so I can find you please? Not having much luck

[@karenmccabe2371]

@@theclaysanctuary3464 I’m not in any clay groups on Facebook I watch all your KZbin videos.

[@RosasUtopia]

I love that color blue! Yes, Great minds think alike on this one...our projects were close :-). I love the result of this!

[@sylvialonghurst8745]

Love these, thanks, also love your thumb ring, did you make it? As you are so talented

[@theclaysanctuary3464]

Thanks ah no, ring was a gift bought in Santorini. 🙂

[@cynthiaswank6678]

Can't understand you. The pieces look darker are they same ones you started out with? I love the earrings beautiful im going to try this. Thanks

[@shippamfamily6673]

When blending inks with some translucent clay the colour darkens in the curing process.

[@cynthiaswank6678]

Thank you I didn't know it 😉

[@cacevedo07]

Beautiful. Maybe I missed it, how do you get rid of fingerprints on the clay? Thanks.

[@theclaysanctuary3464]

Thanks on raw ... alcohol on baked... acetone

[@cacevedo07]

@@theclaysanctuary3464 Thanks!

[@momofmanda]

First time watching this channel. I appreciate the lack of music and lack of talking way too much, if that makes any sense. Peaceful presentation.

[@CarolinaGonzalez-xc4gx]

Where do you get those metalic leaf. I love it 🥰

[@theclaysanctuary3464]

Thank you, Doreens beads

[@KeKe8226]

Hello, do you use iwhite translucent or plain translucent?

[@theclaysanctuary3464]

It's a white translucent... cernit

[@cindylynn4119]

What did you use the small round [that looks like a ring] what is that for. Thank you

[@faramartadelacruz5940]

Bellas

[@dianadevlin3717]

Could you use acrylic ink or does it have to be ai?

[@theclaysanctuary3464]

to be honest I haven't tried it, so Im unsure

[@ana62301]

The sound is way too low. .

[@MarikaIomaLantz]

Dont use paper, it will soak up the moste of the ink! Beautiful tho

[@MarikaIomaLantz]

@@clayboutique you use soo much more ink if you use paper. The tile is just keeping it moist so you can use all of the ink. The tile is just to wipe of after. You could have used 80% less ink

[@MarikaIomaLantz]

@@clayboutique nah I really dont belive you on that you use the same amount ink. You would have wasted soooo much ink. And if the tile get stained the tile isnt smooth. I do this all the time and have never got a stain on the tile plus i just need to use a tiny squirt of ink

[@renlish]

@@MarikaIomaLantz No one really cares what you believe. She told you why she does what she does. The same amount of ink covers the clay. It is not being mixed into the clay, just covering it. IF it was being mixed in then yes, using a non-absorbent surface like a tile or plastic sheet would be beneficial. Sprinkling the ink around just to cover the clay will still result in the same amount of wastage. Stop telling people how to do their own work. Even if she's wasting ink, that's on her. It doesn't affect you in the slightest.

[@MarikaIomaLantz]

@@renlish no I just telling people hwo sees this a better way to do it bc the ink in the tile still being wet and can be used to ink places ON the clay that didnt got ink in the "squirt" from the bottle. Mabe its just me hwo not want to waste money/ink/stuff but i hope we are many that dont want to waste. You do as you want this is just tips to people. Dont get mad for getting savingtips

[@MarikaIomaLantz]

@@clayboutique didnt tell people other than tip! Someone woke up on the wrong side today I think 😉

[@magikdust2095]

I watched this because I wanted to see how you made the ones that you showed on the video thumbnail. So I was fairly disappointed that you didn't show us how to do that one, but instead showed us how to do a lighter one with more white. I think in the video thumbnail, you should show the one you are actually going to be doing in the video. Otherwise you are misleading people about what they are going to be seeing. Channels that do that make me upset, because when I watch a video tutorial because of the video thumbnail, I actually want to see the tutorial for what was shown in the video thumbnail. However, other than that, this was a good video. I also appreciate the time and effort you put into making this video for us, so I have you a 👍, but I hope for future videos, that what you are showing in the video, matches what is in the video thumbnail.

[@theclaysanctuary3464]

Thanks for the positives in your message. These are the same earrings, my camera does a duller video is all and doesn't show true colour. I mention it often in tutorials but assume you haven't watched them. I'll ignore the incorrect assumption and I hope for future videos you look before you leap 😉

[@magikdust2095]

@@theclaysanctuary3464 oh, my apologies. I do watch with the captions on and the sound off, so it's very possible that I might've missed it. However, you showed both earrings in your video, and you showed how to make the lighter one, instead of the one with more blue. You did show the one with more blue closer to the end of the video though, I was just hoping to see how you made it that colour. So, I wasn't saying the dark blue one in the video thumbnail is different than the dark blue one you showed already completed in your video, but I was saying you didn't show us how to make the piece in dark blue, because the one you showed us how to make was fairly white. Sorry for the confusion. I do appreciate that you showed us how to make a very similar one to the one in the video thumbnail, just in a different colour. Some channels will have things in their video thumbnail that are totally different than what they are showing in the video. That's the most frustrating thing to me. They both turned out beautiful though. Maybe you have already made a video on how to do the ones with more colour? I will go check, because I'd like to see that. I do appreciate the time and effort you put into making these videos, and showing us your work. 😁👍

[@jessicastapleton7810]

They are the same earrings in the video thumbnail and the tutorial. The ones she makes in the tutorial video look a lot lighter with more white because that’s how translucent clay and alcohol ink look before baking. Once baked the colors and clay go much darker and deeper in color. She’s not being misleading at all, you have just misunderstood how the clay works and reacts during the before and after baking.

[@gaylem4333]

Beautiful!