MATERIALS NEEDED

• Roses or any other small flower or any small embellishment will also work
• French Barrette
• Wire Cutter Pliers

 I took my bunch of rose buds

I got the wire cutter

Then as you can see in the picture below, you use the bottom of the wire cutter which is flat to press against the item you’re trying to cut. This allows the wire cutter to get really close and make a nice clean cut.

I cut out several roses that would fit unto the french barrette.

Then Its time to hot glue the rosebuds unto the french barrette

I just take the hot glue gun add a bit of hot glue to the bottom of the roses and stick them unto the top of the french barrette. The ends of the barrette have a tiny hole and the glue seeps a bit through it but I just flip the barrette over after like 10 seconds or until it looks like its setting and squish the excess glue down so its flat. Be careful not to burn yourself.

and this is what I ended up with. A very pretty red rosebud french barrette. I love it

I hope you can make pretty hair accessories for yourself with this tutorial. Happy Crafting

Materials Needed

• Caulk
• Bag
• Lipstick

Step 1: Put your caulk in a bag. Im only making a sample batch so I put mine in a mini baggie. By doing this we are limiting air exposure and not allowing the caulk to cure and get hard. This gives you more working time to add color and pipe it.

oh by the way I just used some cheap-o wet and wild lipstick

Then just mix it together in the bag until its evenly blended. Then its ready to use.

UPDATE: I was worried that the lipstick might affect the curing of the caulk, but nope it was perfect. The lipstick didnt affect it at all and it set up perfect. So feel safe working with this technique it worked out great.

oh and if the lipstick you use has glitter it gives of a shiny sparkly appearance to the caulk. Also I think due to the wax in the lipstick and thats its totally blended, when I touch it, I do get a slight bit of glitter on my hands, but that may be that its not as cured as I thought yet. It could also be that the wax in the lipstick although blended will never cure as the caulk maybe always having a very very slight waxy topcoat? I dont feel any wax but I do see the slight glitter on my hands lol

UPDATE 2: Now that it has had the chance to fully cure, the glitter coming off on my hands is no longer happening. Just dont be impatient like me and let it dry at least 24 hours or more and you’re good to go.

Happy Crafting

All you need is some caulk and some oil paint. So lets get started.

Step 1: Put your caulk in a plastic baggie to mix, Im only making a sample batch so you can put yours directly into a piping bag or squeeze bottle. When mixing the caulk you want to minimize the exposure of the caulk to air so it doesnt cure and allows you enough time to blend it and make your creations. Which is why I use a zip lock mini baggie and squeeze out the air, it gives me more working time.

Step 2: Put in a drop of your oil paint, you should start with a little drop of oil paint depending on the color you’re trying to accomplish. Then add more as needed to achieve your color.

Step 3: Then just squeeze the bag to mix the caulk with the oil paint, until its fully blended. I added too much red paint so it didnt turn into a light pink but a darker one. Its always better to start with a little bit of paint then too much.

Here is the final product, your very own colored caulk to make your fake whipped cream creations.

You can buy kits of oil paint tubes for about $5 bucks for a set at michaels or other craft stores.

OLD TIP BELOW: You can still use it but its much cheaper to buy the $5 buck kit as stated above

you can also buy oil paint kits like Craft House oil paint by numbers kits. They can cost from $15 to $25 and will give you a ton of colors. So much better than spending alot on big tubes of oil paint. Hope this tip helps.

Happy Crafting

MATERIALS NEEDED

1. Snap clip around 50 mm is standard size
2. Snap Clip Cover
3. Scissors
4. Needle & Thread *optional

First take your snap clip cover

and squeeze it between your fingers to seperate the 2 layers

Then take your scissors and cut a slip on the bottom layer. In the picture below the white lines surround the slit  where I cut the cover  too far from the edge. I should have cut it where the blue and yellow lines are. I was rushing a bit, but not worries it still came out good.

Then just insert the top of the snap clip inside the cover, its important not to make the slit too low from the edge because it might be difficult to insert the top part of the snap clip in and might rip the snap clip cover if you try to force it like I did lol.

and you are done. You can close the slit with needle and thread to make it look more perfect but you dont have to, everything stays in place.

Now just add your favorite charm to the top of the cover and you have a super cute padded snap clip.

Happy Crafting. Enjoy
~Mixi

Tulip Gellies come in all assorted colors. I like to buy the clear one because I have so many paints at home I just add in whatever color I want and I can make any color gel. The clear tulip gellie is opaque at first but dries clear. You can add in any paint to change the color, if you want a more translucent appearance just add in like one drop.

This is how Clear Tulip Gellie looks

This is how Tulip Gellie looks mixed in with a few drops of paint, I added way too many drops so it wont be translucent anymore.

This is how Tulip Gellie looks totally mixed up

It takes about 24 – 48 hours to dry depending on the thickness level you use. When dry this has a raised thick look. It does not dry flat like paint, so its great when you want a slight raised effect on your crafts.

Now you have your own jelly consistency Deco sauce. You can use this on just about any surface and its super cheap to make. Try it with brown to make fake hot fudge sauce, or red for strawberry/ raspberry jelly, caramel, you can make so many different types of fake gelatins or even puddings. This is a really fun item.

Here is how Tulip Gellie looks when dried VS. when paint is dried. I wanted you to see that the Tulip Gellie has that thick creamy consistency and paint just dries flat.

Here is some Tulip Gellie on some of my whipped cream dollops

and I covered a Snow-Tex topped clay charm with the Tulip Gellie I made

I initially thought I put too much paint and it wouldnt be translucent when dried but it came out really well. It was slightly translucent and you could see the colors underneath a bit. In real life it looks much better than the pictures captured the texture.

I hope you give it a try and that this tutorial was helpful. Happy Crafting

~Mixi

Here is a close up look of Snow-Tex, mine is a bit older so it dried out a bit , if you buys yours new it will be much fluffier and smoother.

All you have to do is scoop some up and put it on your creation and let dry. It dries in about 24-48 hours depending on how thick you layer it on.

Here is what I came up with, simple, effective and cheap. You could also pipe this like whipped cream.

I hope this review is helpful to you. Happy crafting

1. Sukerukun Transparent Resin Clay
2. Grace Clay
3. Maru Hot Water Resin Clay
4. Fando Clay
5. Wood Formo Clay
6. Mousse Chan Paper Clay
7. Hearty Clay
8. Grace Clay
9. Resix Clay
10. Sweets Color Clay
11. Padico
12. Cosmos
13. Decotti
14. Decollage
15. Decopu
16. Decoip
17. Deco Princess

1. Resin – This is a 2 part mixture that can be used to create lots of cool things from pendants to syrups to encasing edible objects and make them last forever.
2. Liquid Rubber – Great for melting effects, Dipping and giving a thick smooth texture like on chocolates
3. Liquid Latex – Same as above
4. Jiggly Worm Lures – Did you know those lures that come in all those different colors are made from plastisols which will melt in the microwave and you can use to pour in molds and make jelly textures or liquids for your miniatures or jewelry.

STEP 1 is you need to buy some puff paint. There are a ton of different brands , one of the most popular brands of puff paint is Tulip but I always buy the cheapest one available. As you can see in the picture below I bought some puff paint on sale for 4 cents. lol yes that was a super deal oh and puff paint is also called dimensional paint, 3D Paint, Raised paint so just look for any of those names on the bottle.

STEP 2 Just squeeze in the shape of the design that you like and you’re done just let it dry between 24 to 48 hours depending on thick you make it.

Here is an example of puff paint used as icing on my crochet macaron

*TIPS*

- You can also make 3D shapes for jewelry just squeeze out your design on plastic cling film, let dry and peel it off.

- Puff Paint comes in a really large variety of colors that are widely available at most craft stores and even at most walmarts

- You can practice on a piece of paper if you want to make intricate designs like real icing, such as dollops or lines. Puff Paint will stick to the paper though, but its a cheap way to practice, or use on cling film and whatever turns out bad just cut them up and use as sprinkles.

- Also sometimes when you first squeeze the bottle the paint tends to curl a bit, so I usually never just apply it straight to my crafts. I squeeze it unto a toothpick and then pull away and then take the straight edge left on the tip unto my creations .

Here is an example of puff paint used as frosting on a clay candy I made.

Here is an example of Puff Paint used on a pom pom. Puff paint can be used on just about any material so its really versatile.

I hope you found this tutorial helpful , if you have any questions feel free to ask away.