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| In This Vol-057:
Faux Labradorite (6 Videos) Plus: Rain Dance A-Series Color Palette (4 Recipe Cards) |
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Vol-057-1: Video #338: Introduction: In this 6 part video tutorial series, you will learn how to master my original Faux Labradorite Technique to make a stunning one of a kind pendant and several other projects using the faux stone slab you create. I think you’ll be pleasantly surprised by how much you will learn in this Faux Labradorite Pendant project series.
Vol-057-2: Video #339: Building Faux Labradorite Slab: In this video you will learn how to make your own custom translucent color blend, as well as begin to create the Faux Labradorite slab using Lisa Pavelka Crafting Foils or some other unique options that I also show. The special layering in this step is what will make your faux labradorite stones look like the real thing.
Vol-057-3: Video #340: Inking and Layering: This video teaches you how to get the perfect color base for your Faux Labradorite and to seal in that beauty with a protective layer. There are many color options for Labradorite so you can customize your stones in your favorite color way. Do a search for Labradorite in Google Images for a wonderful selection of inspirational photos.
Vol-057-4: Video #341: Creating The Striations: In this video you will learn my secrets for getting the distinct lines and markings into your Faux Labradorite Slab. It is my own special technique that will have you recreating these striations that you won’t see in any other Polymer Clay Faux Labradorite Tutorial out there. And you are going to be amazed how easy it is to do!
Vol-057-5: Video #342: Making the Pendant: Here’s where you finally get to start putting together your pendant. In this video I show you how to make a professional looking backing; my little trick for putting the hole in your bead/pendant; another trick for getting beautifully beveled edges on your piece; and several different options for getting the most out of your polymer clay Faux Labradorite Slab.
Vol-057-6: Video #343: Baking, Sanding, Buffing, Waxing: Finally I show you how to give your pendant a professional quality finish which includes the proper way to bake, sand, buff and polish your beads with an amazing high gloss finish. You’ll be right up there competing with Mother Nature with your gorgeous Faux Labradorite stones!
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1-A: Fairy Wings 2-A: Rain Dance 3-A: Mantis 4-A: Mossy Knoll . . . . |
Fairy Wings is the palest blue green of a Fairy’s wings, found in the sunlight dancing in the water droplets on the foliage. Rain Dance is the watery blue green of the raindrops as they gather and roll down the stems and leaves of the flowers further dampening the ground at their feet. Mantis is the fresh green color of the leaves and of the Preying Mantis watching the Fairies Dance on the garden floor. And Mossy Knoll is the gray green of a stem in the photo, as well as the color of the soft mossy knolls in which the Fairies have built their cozy homes.
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Customer Reviews: Faux Labradorite (6 Videos):
- Hi Cindy: Faux Labradorite happens to be one of my favorite stones. Just seeing it in your video and the sanded/buffed version whetted my appetite to create it in polymer clay. Keep up the video tips, love the ideas! ~Pauline-D
- Love it when we get to learn how to do Faux stones. I wasn’t much on sanding until I joined Cindy’s videos and found out how much it made the quality of my work so much better. I’m getting another year with the Art Museum for my jewelry! Hurray! ~DixieAnn-S
- Oh Cindy – these Labradorites are just beautiful!!!! So much time and effort goes into these tutorials. Thank You, thank you. Can’t wait to make a whole bunch. With the Pantone colors this year – they fit right in. How great is that? ~Patt-W
- Hi all – Wanted to pop in and say WOW Loved making this FUN faux labradorite!! ( it’s on the counter cooling off ). Thank You Cindy for creating such a Wonderful tutorial AND Thank You Jocelyn for putting Cindy’s imagination on this path :D off to sand :) ~Tantesherry
- This is a really beautiful technique, Cindy, with lots of useful tricks that can be applied to other things. Your method for making the striations is particularly clever! I love faux stones and surface effects – in my mind this is closer to the latter due to the subtle/striking viewing angle thing that even large slabs of real labradorite have, but that’s me being a pedant ;) – and it’s a real treat to get two of “my” kinds of tutorials in a row. Many thanks! :D ~Sue-F
- After looking up images online for Faux Labradorite and comparing them to yours Cindy, it is amazing how well you duplicated it with polymer clay. Thanks to Jocelyn for sending you that photo. ~DixieAnn-S
- Just had to have a look at the real stone and before I knew it had bid on a large chunk and hey! I was the only one bidding, so got it for a song. Loved the added bonus of hearing The Troggs (Thanks Jocelyn) brought back some great memories of wicked days and naughty nights!! Cannot play with clay for a few weeks but that gives me time to order in new supplies. I was amazed on reading the healing properties of Labradorite (such a difficult stone to pronounce) and I giggled along with you Cindy, nearly as difficult to say as, Swarovski. Did you know the Canadian Innuit legend? The Northern Lights once got trapped in the rocks along the coast of Labrador. With a mighty blow of his spear he freed most of them. However some of the Lights were still caught within the stone. You have certainly captured those northern lights Cindy with your clever technique, simply stunning. ~Elaine-F
- I got to watch the series late last night…. I thoroughly enjoyed this set of videos. Really keen on this one! In Finland there is a lot of Labradorite, so I think your version is pretty close to the real mccoy, although the Finnish type can be quite dark. Much like the Finnish version of Amethyst is very milky compared to Brazilian which is really deep purple. We also have the Northern Lights *Aurora Borealis* or Revontulet as we call them here.. and I think it might be possible to to really recreate that with this technique, just with a dark blueish black and a vivid green. ~Michelle-C
- I love it! You hit a home run again, Cindy and Doug! ~Becky-C
- I would love to see you make more faux gemstones. Your Labradorite is so like the real thing. I was amazed. ~DixieAnn-S
- My dear dear Cindy, Thank you sooo much for helping me get all of my library account issues figured out. So grateful… thank you for your patience. I don’t know how you do all what you do and still manage to keep your sunny personality. You are my hero, lol. Yours truly from cold, but sunny Sudbury, Ontario. Come visit sometime! ~Melodie-F
- Cindy – thanks for your help with my subscription renewal. I enjoy your videos too much to ever give them up. ~Linda-S
- I live in Co Kilkenny Ireland. I design and handcraft beaded jewellery and bookmarks. I recently discovered polymer clay whilst on a jewellery course and am now totally addicted. I find Cindy’s tutorials invaluable as there are no courses etc available here in Ireland also they allow me learn at my own pace usually late at night when my sons are asleep and I can grab a few minutes of bliss a great escape from my day job as a nurse caring for people with Dementia and Alzheimers. ~Kathleen-B
- Cindy, as a newbie to poly clay, and after finding your amazing website, I vote to create a “love” button for your videos … maybe “fantastic” or “amazing” … all would certainly apply! ~Michele-K
- Thanks to everyone for helping me to master this translucent labordorite technique, it turned out perfect! Cindy, you were right, rolling the clay only as much as needed was the key. I used Pardo this time, had very few air bubbles and even baked it upside down so if there were any they would float to the bottom (that was Jocelyn’s tip, thanks doll). ~DixieAnn-S
- Thanks so much for doing your videos like this for us Cindy. They are priceless! ~Debi-S
- I love being able to view your videos on my iPad cause I can have it with me and do whatever it is Cindy is teaching and I can stop and start as I need. ~Linda-H
Customer Reviews: Rain Dance A-Series Palette (4 Recipe Cards):
- I love seeing the water droplets on grass and flowers. Great job Willow! What a pretty name for the palette Cindy; very imaginative; I can just picture little fairies dancing in the rain! ~Cherie-H
- Cindy, I love the subtle colors of this spring palette. And boy, do I wish it would hurry, lol. All folks seems to be talking about this week are the frozen pipes as a result of this arctic blast we are experiencing in the midwest and northeast this week. ~Jocelyn-C
- This is a really beautiful palette, Cindy! I was playing with Premo for a change and wanted to see how these colour recipes turned out in real life, and luckily they didn’t require any of the “new” Premo colours. The combination is definitely one of my favourites… lovely! :) ~Sue-F
- So glad this wasn’t named Light Green version #458 Cindy. It would have been so difficult for me to get the inspiration for the following tribute to your amazing talents:
RAIN DANCE PALETTE:
Are there fairies at the bottom of your garden?
Seems to me there might be quite a few
Flitting round and dancing in the raindrops
Washing tiny faces in the dew.
Yellow is the color of the sunshine
Blue can be the color of the sky
But GREEN (a blend of these two primary colors)
On my list of favorites, rates so high.
The dark and brooding shades within a forest
The light and airy tints of Mantis wings
Oh, how we all long for that first pale spring sunshine
When once again we find those pretty things.
But hey! let’s not forget about the winter
It has a haunting beauty of it’s own
And underneath that thick white fluffy blanket
Lie all those little seedlings that were sown.
So celebrate this cold and frosty season
The snow and fog the hailstorms and the sleet
Remember all those slumbering furry creatures
Who need this time to have that long long sleep.
So one day soon (when we’re not really watching)
Spring will stretch and yawn and finally stir
To tell the sun to shine down from the heavens
Then winter will just vanish in a blurr.
RAIN DANCE PALETTE. ~Elaine-F
- Lovely, lovely poem Elaine!!!!! ~Lesley-S
- Very pretty spring colors Cindy. Love your descriptive names. I absolutely adore the world of faeries and have a whole bedroom dedicated to them. Elaine your poem is wonderful and I am added it to my collection. It’s only 20 degrees here in Iowa and I am so ready for Spring. ~DixieAnne-S
- I don’t know how you continue to come up with all the new colors but I’m glad you do. ~Jeanne-C
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