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With Push Molds By Jeannie Havel |
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quick visit to a
craft store reinforces the notion that scrapbooking and card making has
taken over the universe. There seems to be every kind of embellishment,
from sophisticated to cute, yet, there are times when just the right embellishment seems to elude
us. That's when push molds and polymer clay come to the
rescue. Introducing five new EZ Release Push Molds from Polyform Products. The molds, designed by Shelly Comiskey, are just as delightful as the artist who created them. Shelly says, "We wanted the molds to be fun, easy and with themes that can be used for a great variety of projects." And according to Iris Weiss, Polyform's Marketing Diva, the new molds "are thinner in depth, making them more versatile for papercrafting and embellishing other craft projects." I tried these molds myself and found them to be easy to use and extremely versatile for making a vast number of charming and unique keepsake creations. The best aspect of the molds is that they are made from a revolutionary flexible mold material requiring NO release agent. The molds truly live up to the promise that "getting the clay out of the mold is just as easy as it was to get in." Overall, Polyform offers 19 themes including the newest five: Alphabet Tiles, Are We There Yet?, Oh, Baby!, Stars & Stripes!, and my favorite, Four Seasons (a double mold). Below are pictures of each mold and samples of what you can make with them. You can also see excellent examples of embellishments made with these push molds in our new scrapbooking feature: Scrapbooking with Polymer Clay by Linda Hess. Click on any image to see detail. Images open on new page.
Embellishments made with polymer clay are lightweight, thin, won’t cause abrasion, and best of all, inexpensive. Polyform's testing indicates that cured (baked) Premo! Sculpey polymer clay has a neutral PH (acid FREE) and is Lignin FREE! Allison Strine, Polyform
scrapbook expert recommends using glue dots or double sided
tape to adhere accents to your scrapbook page. NOTE: Be sure to look for the push molds article featuring Maureen Carlson in the Summer 2005 issue of Polymer CAFÉ. |
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