Clay owl magnet and FREE PNGS

Good morning,

Another clay creation to share this morning.  I made this little owl magnet.  The owl sits on top of a background I made and is surrounded by a silver oval frame I purchased at Ollie's.

The frames came in round, oval, square, and rectangle, shapes and in several sizes.

Ollie's is a discount store, fairly new to Columbus.  It is much like Odd Lots, but our store is VERY BIG.  There are so many deals there, that it's just nice to go and look around on a regular basis.  Definitely a place to find frames and even photo paper.

I love their book section, too, and they often have lots of inexpensive computer games that are lots of fun.  I bought my share of books and games!!!  They have a huge selection of DUMMY BOOKS.

I love making owls, and I try to make each one a little different.  I have a collection of them now.  This particular owl hangs in my office on a steel rod 3-way lamp I use -- so I can see what I'm working on.  Underneath him is a pom-pom face.  I'll post his picture at another time.

In the picture up top, on the right, the picture came out looking like it had a gold rim, but it is silver.  I edited it to make it look more like it truly looks.

Along with loving clay creations, I still love doing my artwork.  And since this blog is basically about that, here are your free pngs for today.

This could be a quote box, a title box, or a photo box.  You pick how you want to use it.

I love the bright colors in this, and hope to use it myself soon.

You could also use it for a card front or inside the card with a message.

Here is the png again, with a different colored rim.

This is inverted.  I always like to do an invert of all my creations.  Sometimes they look more spectacular to me that way.

Anyway, it gives it a different coloring, and surely one will be just right for you.

I am off of work today.

And tomorrow ... as I work for "the man", and if you've read any of the news, you know there's a huge segment of people taking mandatory time off, without pay.

This really hurts ... for me ... as my husband lost his job in March of this year, and the income that went with it.  He's working again, but at a much lower pay, and it is through a temp agency, even though he's permanently on that job.  If he gets hired, hopefully, he will have enough of a pay increase that we will be doing okay.

So, to lose 20% of my income per pay period during this change in our life is quite a chunk, when you consider us as a couple.  Believe me.  I am watching my pennies every day.

I let my website go due to this.  I just couldn't afford to do it anymore.

Hope you all are having a wonderful morning, and this proves to be a productive and energizing day for you.

Enjoy!

Cj

Wild West Hair Doll and clay creations in a picture PLUS FREE SNAGS

Good morning!

This weekend, I was working on making a clay background for a mixed media project.  I just had to take a picture of it to play with it in my graphics program.  It no longer looks the same, but I built this picture from its base.

The picture features more of my clay sculptures.  You see my new Wild West Hair Doll in the lower left hand corner, followed by the snail, the blue owl, the little butterfly with quilled wings, and the flower face under the quote is also a clay face that was edited and added to complete it.

I chose a quote I like about art to finish it off.

The little Wild West Hair Doll has another clay creation on its front dress.  She has pearls around her neck, and a crocheted trim around her base.  On top of her head is a paper type crown I made.  Her face is not a "pretty" face, but the face of a character.  Big eyes, big nose, and a really big mouth.

I'm very happy with how she turned out, and I will feature her alone one day, as I took pictures of building her face as I went.

She sits in my living room with my other red headed Wild West Doll.  Her dress is a scrap paper I bought long ago.

Today's free pngs are above and below.  This is a flower face I created this morning.  I'm always looking for "sayings" for my cards, and just don't have enough with messages on them.  Here is one I plan to use on "girly" cards.  I can print her out, put her on a stacked base, and add her to my card/s.

Feel free to snag and use her, if you wish.

Here is the face again, without words.  I may want to use just her, or her with another saying.

Both are free to snag and use.

Hope you have a fantastic Tuesday!!!

Cj

Png Flowers and a Clay Butterfly with Quilled Wings

Good morning,

This is actually Sunday's post.  Getting it up now.

Above are the flowers I talked about in yesterday's post.  It's the same flower, but each was done using different special effects, but they all started from the first black flower.

And here is the biggest flower.  All of the flowers were done at this size, and reduced way down for the flower summary in the first picture.  If you are interested in any of the others in a larger size, let me know.

Here, I put one of the other flowers into a common phrase.  The little butterfly is a clay creation that I made a few days ago.  His wings are quilled, and under the clay are two quilled circles to hold his body above the wings.  He actually stands up on my desk.  So cute.  Little movable eyes too!

And here is the quote without the butterfly.

These pngs are free for you to snag and use in your art projects.

Enjoy.

Cj

Clay items in a clay collage plus free quote box pngs

Good Saturday morning!

I know I've talked about the clay creations I've made over the last couple of months.  It's well over 350 items and maybe more now, as I just keep creating.

So today, I thought I'd feature some of the items.

In the above picture, you see six individual items, 3 off to the left, and 3 more off to the right.  There's a little girl looking slightly up, and big flower (for a magnet or pin), a small box with a lid and off to the right is a heart, a lion, and another heart.  The center item is a clay bunny.

The center items are a bunch of individual clay items.  This is a clay collage, and the items are attached to a base.  It has many hearts, flower faces, a little slug on a base, a little clay block and just some other fun things.

In this picture, you see a close up a the bunny face.

Another close up, but angled down a  little to see some of the items better.

For today's art, here is my example showing how to use the quote boxes below.  Same design, but one is an invert of the other.  The quote boxes are available to snag and use in your art or scrap booking projects.  Also would make a great card front.

The quote box is in png format, so if you have a graphics program, you can download them into it, and there will be no backgrounds.  Of course, the top one is an invert, so it will have a black background,

This quote box  has no background, so you can choose what colors you want to use yourself.

Not a fan of black and white.  Tip!  The easiest way I know to add color is by using a drop shadow at 100%, all settings at 0-no blur.  After you choose your color, duplicate it to deepen your color.

To make it extra fancy, you can always bevel a black design to get an interesting look or use special effects to make them down right fantastic.  Try unsharpening it, too.

I also like to use black and white in cutouts and then use special effects on that as well.

Tomorrow, you will see some flowers and a common quote that I did using a black and white design, using the cutout method and then the special effects.  Every flower on tomorrow's post will be a different special effect.

These can get quite creative and colorful, so stop back tomorrow, to see more clay creations as well as pick up some new pngs.

The weather this week has been in the 90's.  It is HOT!!!!

It is so hard to understand how many reports you hear of parents leaving small children or pets in a car while they run into a store somewhere.  So many die needlessly.

As a young mother of three, years ago, I can't fathom this.  If I took my kids with me, they always went in with me!  Our children should be our greatest treasures and blessings.  They were NEVER an inconvenient, wherever I was.

Taking your children with you teaches them to be socially-acceptable, if you are doing it right!

MSN had a voting poll several weeks ago regarding a child/ren being in a restaurant, and asked if they belong there.  The answer is yes, as long as you've taken the time to teach them proper behavior.

My children learned early, that it didn't matter whether we just arrived, were mid meal, or what!  If they got out of control, we were leaving.  Why do so many young parents today, not know how to handle their children?  And once we got up to leave ... WE WERE LEAVING!  And when we got home, they spent time in their rooms.

Getting back to the weather,  my work place even sent out an email on Thursday, reminding us how hot it is this week, and NOT to leave children or pets in our cars.  C'mon folks!  This is a no-brainer.  Talk about the "dumbing down of America"!

Okay, enough said.

Have a terrific, and SAFE Saturday!

I'll be back tomorrow!

Cj

Creating a Clay Bunny with Dangling Legs and a free png today

Good morning,

A quick post of a little clay bunny with yarn ears and legs.

I made this over the weekend.  He is sitting on a type of half marble rock that you can buy at most craft stores.  I bought a bag of these many, many years ago, and have used them occasionally for different things.  I had one sitting on my desk, and wanted the bunny to sit perfectly perched on something, and this decoration came in quiet handy.

To keep his ears up, I put wires in his head.    Once he was baked, I twisted the strands of yarn around the wire, gluing as I went.  After that dried, I tied two hot pink yarn ribbons around the ends.  The Little white wisps at the end stick out and show well on him.  The clay bunny is holding a little clay heart.

His legs are also made out of yarn so he has dangling legs with little clay drops at the end for his shoes.

I cut him out of the picture I took, and placed him this artwork for today.

Here is a free png for you today.  Feel free to use it in any of your creations.

The quote is a well-known quote from Winnie the Pooh.

To find more quotes, where I found this one, check out:
http://www.all-famous-quotes.com/cute_quotes.html

I get All Famous Quotes newsletter delivered to my email each day, and always enjoy them.  That lead me to check out the site today to find this quote.

The pictures that come in my newsletter are always very nice.  It's free to get, and you can sign up at the link above.

Hope you have a fantastic Tuesday.

Take care.

Cj

PS.  If you're a pinterest fan, and you know I am ... feel free to post the pngs you like to your boards.

Clay Heart with a Flower Face and a free flower png frame to create with

Good morning!

I'm back with a mixture of my artwork along with a clay-sculptured heart decorated with a little flower face.  It was shown previously, but this post is basically featuring it as the only clay creation today.

Here is a free png for today.  It's a little flower frame.  I love these colors together.

Hope you have a fantastic Tuesday.

Enjoy!

Cj

Clay Creations: Hearts and Flower Faces plus two free pngs

Good morning,

Here are a few more clay creations from over the last two months.  I've really like doing these little face flowers, big and alone, and small ones for card making.  The bigger ones make nice magnets.

The one on the heart can be made into a pendant, a magnet, or used in card making.

I love making these hearts and flowers, so I do a lot of those.

This is the big flower face.  I think I'm going to put a magnet on the back of this one for my refrigerator.

And here are two free pngs to use in your scrapbooking projects.  Both were made by me.

And here is the last free png for today.

Hope you have a great Monday!

See you tomorrow.

Cj

Wild, Wild West Hair Doll 2 and Free Pngs

Good Sunday morning,

This post is featuring my wild, wild west hair doll #2.  Her hair is much fuller and longer this time.  And even though her hair looks pink, it's actually red.

This is her close-up and featured on my art pictures.

This is a free background, should you wish to snag it.

Here are the steps I used in creating her.  I didn't take any pictures of making her face.

In the first picture, you can see her head and the beginning of her making her hair.  I used 4 ply red yarn, and divided each small piece apart of the 4-ply yarn.  I then bundled those with sets of three, so 12 small plys together to make one hair plug.  I tied them together with another small ply and let it blend in with the rest of the hair.

I don't know how many make up her head, but it's approximately 16 to 18 sets of plugs.  I wrapped wire around the middle of the plugs, and inserted the wires into her head at intervals.

Then I baked her.  The yarn does not burn at all or discolor.  I baked her two times to make sure she was done, as she is bigger than my first wild, wild west hair doll.

The second picture shows the front after all her hair was added.  I added some shorter ply plugs along the top of her hair line for bangs.

The third picture just shows the back.

Here's her close-up again, without the art work.  After she was done, I tied her hair the way I wanted it, and then gave her a haircut.  Her painted checks are gloss and pink acrylic mixed together and painted on.

In her hair is a small crown-like item I made from white printing paper.  I glued it into her hair with a little E6000.

I used the same glue to attach the pearl strand around her neck.  Underneath the pearls is a pink gem and a clay heart that I made with a pink and blue bug resting on it.  The heart is red, and has one miniature flower on it.

Her dress is scrap paper I purchased some years ago.  It is sparkly and is in light blue and pinks.  I shaped this into a cone.

The edging is white and light pink yarn that was twisted together and glued along the edge of her cone dress.

She stands about 4 inches high.

The face took me about one hour to make.  The hair took quite a bit longer.

I am very excited about this doll.  She was a lot of fun to make, and I've very pleased with the final results.

Hope you enjoyed this little project of mine today.

Enjoy.

Cj

Wild, Wild West Hair Doll and free pngs

Good morning,

Had a little computer problem yesterday, so this is being posted Sunday, but it's my Saturday post.

This is my first Wild, Wild West Hair Doll on a base.  She was an experiment in mixing clay with yarn.  I really like how she turned out.

And a few free pngs to snag for your scrapbooking projects are above and below.

Hope your Saturday was wonderful. 

While they predicted thunderstorms today, the day was beautiful and sunny.  We didn't see dark clouds appearing till much later in the evening.  If we got any rain, I must have totally missed it!

Be back shortly with my post for Sunday.

Enjoy!

Cj

Pretty Kitty Clay Sculpture and FREE pngs

Good morning,

Continuing on my clay creation progress, plus a few free pngs, today I'm offering another kitty that I did recently. 

Being a fan of pinterest, I saw a copy of this little kitty, and made my own version.  I always make some changes, so it's not exactly the same.  Sometimes, instead of looking at clay creations, I'll look at crochet items and cake toppers and cake decorations to get ideas to try in clay.

Here you see the FREE pngs for you to use in your creating today.  They are all on one layer, but using a graphics program, it's easy to use your selection tool to choose the one you want to use.  Break each one out and save individually, if you want.

Also spaced so they can be printed out and used physically.

It's Friday!!!

I've been on vacation all week, and spent a lot of time creating.

Tomorrow, I'm offering a look at my a new doll face I've created.  Then on Sunday, a second version of the same, yet different doll.  I'm so excited about her, I wanted to post her today, but already had this one ready, so I am holding myself back for now.  I'll get to her soon enough.

Till then ... have a fabulous Friday!

Cj

Sculpey Cat from Clay and some free png graphics

Good morning!

This is my png post for today.

I saw this little sculpey cat on pinterest, and made my own version.  The tail wraps from the back around to the left side and around.  In the picture, it looks different, mainly because he's all black and white.  It's hard to make out the tail.

He is a sculpey cat from clay, in a cartoon-fashion.

The decorations are items you can use for scrapping, so hope you enjoy them.

Have a great day!

Cj

New Clay Pendants and a new Blogspot for All My Clay Projects

Good morning!

I've got new items up on my website at Easy As Pie Daily Graphics, so go check them out for your scrapbooking needs.

This post today is to introduce to you to my new Blogspot called Cjs Clay and Art Scraps. It features my clay projects with a little art scrapping thrown in. I hope you'll check it out.

The first picture is a pendant I made called Curly Top. Red haired, rosy-cheeked, with lightly browned lips on a child face, set on a dark green heart base with a few white dots thrown in for accents.

She's beautiful.

This second item is called Market Woman. She's in the market place, negotiating for the items she wants, which she is sure to get. She looks polite and ready to haggle. She is unfinished for now, until I decide whether or not to make a pendant out of her.

This third pendant is called Face 1. I didn't give her any other name yet, but she is grand, and one of my personal favorites.

This little clown is not a pendant, and remains unfinished to date. He could be a magnet for a fridge or as an accent on a card. He's very colorful, and he's sitting on a tangled pattern I recently did.

The last pendant is featured on 12/26/11 of Cjs Clay and Art Scraps, and it is a striking pendant. To read more about it, go check out the new blogspot.

On the new blogspot, you'll also find a face project, step by step, that I did for 12/25/11. To find out even more about it ... you can go to the blog on my website, which has bigger pictures, and much more detail about it. You can find that by going here:

http://www.easyaspiedailygraphics.com/blog-12-25-2011.html

I hope you check out all my blogs and website.

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas yesterday, and that you got what you wanted!!!

I know I did!

Enjoy!

Cj

http://www.easyaspiedailygraphics.com

http://cjsclayandartscraps.blogspot.com

Clay Yourself Website, and Border Frame

Good evening!

Yes. It is the weekend, and I've been claying most of the day. I did get my website up for Friday, 7/8. On it, you will find this exciting website: www.clayyourself.com! You can make a clay avatar of yourself or ... someone you wanna be! Go check it out. (The above picture is what I did with it! Also, she's wearing ONE OF MY PENDANTS, which you can choose one for yourself free. Check out the website for June and July pendants!)



This picture above is a border frame, and it is the FREE graphic for today over at Easy As Pie Daily Graphics. Run pick it up! Scrap with it!

The day is ending, and tomorrow is Sunday. I still have one day left to create. I still have to work in some cleaning and laundry, ugh! I'd rather create!

Our weather was beautiful ... I hope yours was, too!

Enjoy!

Cj
http://www.easyaspiedailygraphics.com

June's Clay Pendants:0005 thru 0009

Hello!

Another set of pendants created for June.

Pendant 0006 was given to a co-worker. She wore it almost every day last week as she dearly loved it. "It's so smooth", she declares. She loves the feel of it as well as the fact that is extremely light.

When I first started creating with Sculpey clay, I had many of my beginning creations TURN STICKY. I learned over the years, I wasn't firing them long enough. Pendants are fairly small, and when they come out of the oven, they should feel very light. I have been able to fix the stickyness of older items made simply by rebaking them. I let them cool completely, and then glaze with a high finish.

Some people like small pendants; and others like bigger pendants. My daughter tends to like bigger items.

I love all of these; but I'd have to say that 0005 is my favorite. Both 0005 and 0007 have a very nice transparency in them. All of these have beaded wire bails.

They're pretty!

Cj
http://www.easyaspiedailygraphics.com

Pretty pendants for June 2011: 0001 thru 0004

Good morning, again!

I know I am doing less in graphics lately. In fact, I pretty much skipped the month of June. I just needed a rest. I've simplied what I'm doing to some degree.

I am spending most of my time creating and designing clay pendants.

Above, you can see 11-06--0001 through 0004. All four of these have coordinating beads on their bail (or wire used to attach to chain or ribbon). 0001 reminds me of a field of flowers. I love 0002 and 0004. 0003 took a along time to create. It's a bird flying.

Altogether, I have 19 pendants for June on Easy As Pie Daily Graphics. I will post other pictures, as I think they are so pretty. I often give the pendants as gifts. I'm sure I've shown you pictures of pendants that I've sent to my daughters-in-law. My daughter has a few now, too, as well as my granddaughter. Several people at work have some pendants, too.

Some are smooth the feel: 0002 and 0004. 0001 and 0003 are textured when felt.

That's it. Have a great day!

Cj

http://www.easyaspiedailygraphics.com

Because I Live ... I Create

Thursday, 7/2/09

Good morning!

So many ideas … so little time. So many mediums … so little time.

I live to create … !!!

These items are some that I’ve posted on my website. The nice thing about them is that you can pick up the finished item … or the individual pieces.

Pick a flower, corner a frame, or grab a background.

Decos, deco boxes, borders, accessories – all free. Just give yourself a minute … and go take a peek!

The webpage to checkout:

http://www.easyaspiedailygraphics.com/

Right now, there's items going back as far as September 2008. Half of September has been removed, and soon more will be taken down.

But while it's there, it is free!

Most of my wee mornings hours are at my computer -- just creating away.

I get caught between creating graphics, and creating sculpey's.


For the last two weeks, I put my art program to rest, and just created sculpey's.

My clay colors have dwindled, and it is time to go purchase more.

If the sun comes out today .. I will take some pictures to post.

Until then ... I scrap!

Do you?

Cj

Looking to join a scrapping group? C’mon and join me at:
http://www.eons.com/groups/group/scrappers-daily