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Friday 21 February 2014

DIY Tutorial Beads & Butterflies Polymer Clay Wine Bottle

I just finished the new addition to my wine bottle collection.  It's Beads & Butterflies.
Another fun project using empty wine bottle.  



Materials I used for this project:
Basic polymer clay tools
Makin's texture sheet
Clean empty wine bottle
Polymer Clay -  premo peacock pearl & black
Butterfly rubber stamp
glass beads
Jacquard pearl ex - purple, blue, gold & copper
Viva inka gold ( silver) & Baroque gilders paste (german silver)

I start my project by conditioning the clay several times in the pasta machine.
In this project I am only using two colours, premo black & peacock pearl.

I placed the clay together to combined colours and run it to the pasta machine several times until I am happy on how it looks. Then, I run it once more with the texture sheet.

Once I have the textured clay. I trace pattern all over it with a pencil. You can create
 any pattern you like. 

I used cutting tool to cut around the pattern I created.

After cutting, I cleaned the edges and sides using the texture sheet. 


Now, it's time to place it on the bottle. I wrap one side of the bottle and I created another patterned clay to cover the other side. 

The bottle I used was a screw cap bottle so,  I have to cover that part. I used the same clay combination and wrap it around it and I added texture using the texture sheet.

To create the impression of a butterfly. I used a rubber stamp from inkadinkado.
My rubber stamp collection for card making comes in handy. 

I cut around the butterfly using the cutter tool. 

I wanted to create colourful butterfly. I used blue, purple, gold and copper pearl ex pigments. I applied it to the butterfly with a small brush. 

I placed the butterflies on the bottle using polybonder adhesive. I did not placed it flat on the bottle so I wanted to make sure it will stick  after curing. 


After I placed all the butterflies. I used extras of my peacock pearl clay to create round beads everywhere.  I placed small glass beads in the middle.



I cured the bottle at 275C in the oven for 40 mins. 

After it cooled down. I dab small amount of viva inka gold (silver) around the cover to create a metallic look. 

I added some gold Baroque gilders paste (german silver) for effects on my metal cover. 

Last step: I wipe excess of the paste with cotton cloth and then finish it with PYM II.
I strung bronze glass beads and wrap it around the neck of the bottle for accent. 


Finished Project:





This is another Fun project using empty bottle and polymer clay. 
I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and thank you for visiting  my blog.

More designs and ideas coming soon.


















8 comments:

  1. You inspire me so much. You have alot of talent.

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    1. Thank you Jackie. This one is an easy project. The rubber stamps comes in handy.

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  2. Another beautiful work of art, Julie. I especially like how make the clay appear metallic.
    Thank you for sharing with Been There Done That.
    Robin

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    1. Thank you Robin and thanks for the hosting the party. It was fun browsing the posted links. I love your decoupage on thet old tray. I should give it a try. Never did something like that but I think it will go well with country style kitchen.

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  3. Good morning, Julie! I wanted to let you know you are featured as one of the top three most viewed during the link up! Here is the link: http://redoityourselfinspirations.blogspot.com/2014/03/featured-posts-of-been-there-done-that.html Thank you! Have a great weekend :)

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    1. Oh wow! thanks Robin. That's wonderful... Thanks again for hosting the party. I appreciate it. Have a great weekend too.

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  4. Oh gosh thats wonderful! I started to save my wine bottles for making some wine and then we didn't get to make any this last year.I have wondered whether I should keep the bottles with the hopes of making wine again or doing projects with. This looks like a lot of fun! Chrystal @ YUMeating.com

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    1. Thank you crystal. I'm glad you enjoyed it. This is definitely a good way to upcycle wine bottle. Give it a try. I'm sure you will love it :-) Have a great day.

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