These can be found in Memories Community Magazine, April - June 2005 issue.

Our Designer Carrie Maereza made these beautiful cards with our non-smear pastels and our Brass Stencil designs. Use our chalks on wood and card stock for your cards, wood slides and scrapbook pages.

March 10, 2005 AM Northwest Show
Spring Wall Pockets
Design: Shirley Rufener, CPD
These beautiful ceramic-look wall pockets are much easier to create than they may seem! No paint, no brushes, and no firing needed. Just use oven-bake Sculpey clay, brass stencils and Non-Smudge Pastel chalks...it's that simple!

Materials:

• Sculpey clay by Polyform (original white in the 1.75 lb. box)
• Translucent Liquid Sculpey by Polyform (liquid clay used as a glue)
• The Stencil Collection Non-Smudge Pastels (chalks)
• The Stencil Collection brass stencils (demo: "Floral Background" #RM22;
  models: "Swirl Borders" #LA13, "Daisy Flowers" #LA14, "Victorian Reverse" #KR16)
• Ultra thick embossing enamel powder (UTEE)
• Embossing ink or ink pad (clear or slightly tinted ink--best is in a
  bottle with a soft tip to apply--see bottle step 12 photo).
• Aleene's 7800 all purpose glue
• Metal eyelets (also called grommets)
• Hand crank (clay dedicated) pasta machine, or Acrylic roller tool by Polyform
• Heat gun tool--not a hair dryer! (Sold in rubber stamp sections of stores)
• Tweezers or needle nose pliers to remove armature
• Non-serrated (clay dedicated) paring or craft knife
• Cardstock or file folders to make armatures
• Aluminum kitchen foil
• Stapler or masking tape
• Baby powder or cornstarch
• Smooth ceramic tile (baking surface)

1. Lightly powder your ceramic baking tile (helps prevent sticking at this point). Knead one slab of clay, then roll it to 1/8" thick with acrylic roller tool (or run clay several times through a clay dedicated pasta machine at the largest setting-which is #1). Place clay on ceramic tile.

2. Cut a 3" x 4" section of slab. Save excess clay for later!

Embossing the Pattern

3. Sprinkle powder on clay and rub over surface. Place brass stencil on clay and roll over stencil with roller tool to secure (or run both through pasta machine on same setting #1). Allow clay to raise up through stencil design openings (but not overfill them). Gently peel 'clay from stencil' and secure to cardstock. Trim excess smooth clay around design (save for later).

Coloring Clay

4. Rub one flat side of pastel onto scratch piece of cardstock (textured is best). Rub finger into color and rub over clay design as desired. Do this a few times until intensity is similar to photo above.

5. Run the clay sheet through the pasta machine once at the #2 setting (or roll with tool). Wipe roller(s) with DRY paper towels to remove residue. Turn clay 1/4 turn and roll at #3 setting so design stretches evenly. Wipe rollers. Turn clay 1/4 turn once more and roll at #4 and wipe rollers.

6. To back the thin sheet, roll scraps to 1/8" thick (pasta #1 setting). Secure sheet to BACK SIDE of patterned clay. Turn 1/4 again, and run though at pasta #1. Trim excess to shape pocket using knife.

7. Cut an armature out of cardstock (see photo for shape), fold sides inward and staple in place.

8. Carefully lift patterned clay and place 'face down' on clean area of ceramic tile.

9. Crumple a piece of foil into slightly smaller shape that's about 1/2" thick. Slide into cardstock shape, and place this armature on clay.

10. Roll a 1/8" thick (pasta #1) clay sheet for wall pocket back panal and cut it the same size as the front panel, less 1/4" at the top. Press an eyelet into clay, 1/2" from center of top edge of BACK panal. Remove clay from hole.

11. Squeeze a thin line of TLS to join the two panals together. Press around edges gently but securely, forming the wall pocket over the armature. (This prevents clay from slumping in the oven!)

12. Carefully flip project over to the front, push armature inside pocket and bake as directed on the clay package. If clay bakes too long, it will turn a slight pinkish color.

13. When cool, place face down on clean cardstock and apply embossing ink to BACK side of pocket with applicator tip. (Photo below shows next step-glazing the front).

14. While wet, sprinkle UTEE embossing power over entire surface. Carefully tilt project to allow excess powder to run off. Return unused powder to container by creasing cardstock in half and tipping it slowly so that powder slides into jar.

15. Use heat gun to heat powder until all areas are shiney. Small bumps will occur, this is normal for the first coat. While the finish is still hot, sprinkle another layer of powder and heat till melted and smooth.

16. When completely cool, flip project over to the front side and repeat adding the embossing ink, and powder for a gloss finish.

17. Carefully remove armature using tweezers. If eyelet can be removed easily, pull it out and glue it back in using 7800 adhesive. Let dry. Fill your pocket with silk or dried flowers, hang on the wall or from a window divider....and enjoy!

2004
"Stamp It! Cards" from Paper Crafts Magazine
Design: Courtesy of The Stencil Collection

Frosted Flowers

Supplies
Stencil Templates: The Stencil Collection (Daisy Flowers, Flower Cut-Out)
White Embossing Paste: Embossing Icing, The Stencil Collection
Other: Cardstock (white, pink textured, light pink textured), crystal stickers, light box, stylus, adhesive, computers font, scissors, computer and printer

Finsished Size
5 ½" x 4 ¼"

1. Make white cardstock card.
2. Emboss Flower Cut-Out on light pink cardstock twice; cut out.
3. Cut pink cardstock to fit card front. Place Daisy Flowers stencil on pink cardstock; apply embossing medium with index finger. Repeat until cardstock is covered; let dry. Adhere to card.
4. Print sentiment on white cardstock; trim to fit card front.
5. Adhere dry embossed flowers and sentiment to card. Apply crystal stickers to center of dry embossed flowers.

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