Handmade Worry Stone Polymer Clay Lanyard Strap: For My Anxious Self.

Hello, how are you? fews ago a strong typhoon going to landfall the part of Luzon and one of our place is one thing the typhoon going to hit and when I heard this kind of news the trauma from few years ago that made our municipality flooded and I saw some people posted online that "you never feel it until you experience it" something like that and yeah now I know the wind is like having a twister for hours and it added the sound of trees falling and the sound of tower is like a plane that is landing in our front yard, super scary and I am thankful I have my earphone with me because it blocked the eerie sound outside and thankful the typhoon is more on strong wind than rain.

So I feel my anxiety is eating me out lately and has made me shut down for days, and feeling my sensitivity is super high too LOL, so yeah, it has been a while since I felt this again. And to ease that, I saw this Worry Stone that is trending now in the craft community, and I need to try it instantly, and I decided to do it, and thanks to that, now I clean my desk from the dust of the typhoon a few days ago.

Materials I Used:

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Craft Time!

The Sketch and Prepping The Clay:

First, I sketch my design, which is inspired by our dog Mochi, and I label it with the color I should use. After that, I condition and prepare all the polymer clay colors I need.

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Sculpting The Body:

I first shape the main part, which is the body. I just rolled some pastel pale yellow clay, and I shaped it into a ball.

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And then I place that ball-shaped clay into a gum container and then press the middle to create a dent shape just like I did in the photo.

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And then I clean the dust off with alcohol and a Q-tip.

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Adding The Face And Shadings:

Then I added the eyes using the brown clay.

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And then her eyebrows, which are black.

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And then I shape the cheek.

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And then the nose with black clay, and then I put that nose into the cheek I shaped earlier.

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And for the tongue, I just use pinkish clay.

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And then I shape the cheek with a combination of black and brown shades of soft pastels.

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And then after that, I added it to the main body of the worry stone.

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And for the ears, I shape two equal-sized pieces of clay into a triangle-like shape.

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And color the lower tip of it with dark brown and black.

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And then I added the tongue I shaped earlier.

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After that, I added the ears I made earlier.

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And then I added shades to the body.

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It should look like this.

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After that, I shape the hands, feet, and tail.

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Then I added it to the body. I just press them carefully. I added the hands first.

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Next are the feet.

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And for the final is the tail, which I added shades to it but forgot to document it LOL.

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And then I added another shade of color, and this is the final look.

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Adding the Eyepin:

I decided to add eyepin because I am going to make it into a phone lanyard strap.

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Baking The Clay:

And then I put on the silicone mat intended for clay, and then I make sure to prebake the oven first, and then set it to the temperature and time as the packaging said.

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Let the clay cool down before proceeding to the next process.

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Glazing Time:

While the clay is cooling down, I prepare the things I am going to use in advance.

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I placed the into the cardboard wrap into foil I had made and then I added tape at the back so the process of applying is easier. Then I added the UV Resin.

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Then I apply the resin using a brush.

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Cure it under a UV Lamp for 5 minutes or more until the tackiness is gone.

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Adding the Landyard Strap:

I added the lanyard strap by just clamping the lobster clamp into the eyepin.

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Photo Time:

Before the sun went down, I hurriedly took photos as much as I could.

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Thank you for visiting, see you on my next blog. :D
Please take care of your mental health as well.
I hope you are okay today :))

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