Our
project this week is really simple and requires just a few materials.
The
first place I am going to send you though is the hardware or DIY
store not the craft store. To form your tarts you will need some size
12 Finishing Washers. These are pretty inexpensive and you will be
able to use them over and over again to make doll food items. Mine
cost $1.18 per package of 6 washers at Home Depot last week.
The
other things you will need are:
Polymer
clay in a light dough color-( I used Premo's Ecru but you could also
use Fimo Sahara or Sculpey III Tan.)
Clay
knife/blade or craft knife
A
variety of colors of soft pastel chalks. (here is a link to the ones I use but any brand is fine) important- you want soft pastels not oil
pastels be sure to read the label.
A
brush to apply the chalks- I prefer to use an eyeshadow brush (check
the dollar store) but a paint brush will also work
Translucent
Liquid Sculpey- (TLS for short) this is a liquid polymer clay and is
used for many things. You could substitute Sculpey Bake and Bond or
Fimo Deco
Gel if you need to.
Gel if you need to.
A
round tool to help press the clay into the washer (tart pans) I used
the hand of a powder/ blush brush.
Toothpicks
Something
to help you get the TLS out of the container- I use a double pointed
knitting needle but you could use a toothpick or a wooden skewer. You
might even have good luck just pouring it out but I like the control
I get with using a tool to get out just what I want.
A
piece of aluminum foil- to mix you TLS with chalks on.
Paper
plate to bake your tarts on
Oven
to bake your project in.
We
are going to start by making the tart shells. Use your finger to
press a ball of dough colored clay into each washer. With just a bit
of trial and error you will quickly figure out what size ball of clay
you need.
Then
use a round tool to form the tart shell. Try to keep the edge even
around the top.
Use
a knife or clay blade to cut the excess clay off that comes through
the hole in the bottom of the washer. If you skip this step you
probably won't be able to remove your tarts from their pans.
Now
use a toothpick or similar tool to make some marks around the rim of
your tart shell just like the real ones have. You can make any design
you want to, I kept mine really simple.
Now
we need to make our tart shells look like they have been baked. To
this we are going brush them with some of the chalks. First find
golden yellow, medium reddish brown and a darker brown colors of
chalk. Use your craft knife to scrape off a bit of the golden yellow
and brush this over the edge of each tart shell. Follow up with the
reddish medium brown and then the dark brown- in that order. I like
to scrape each color off into what is left from the previous color to
help blend them a bit easier.
Transfer
your tarts to the paper plate you are going use to bake them on.
Now
the fun part begins.
Decide
how many colors/flavors of tarts you are going to make.
Make a small puddle of the TLS on a piece of foil (or other surface) for each color. Now scrape off some of the chalk pastel in the correct colors to the puddles of TLS and mix with a toothpick. Use the toothpicks to carefully drip the chalk-TLS mixtures into the tart shells.
Bake
the tart shells are 275 degrees Fahrenheit for about 15 minutes.
If
you want to make the tops shiny- totally optional step- use some
clear Gallery Glass paint to carefully coat just the TLS portion of
your tarts. I think I like them better without this step but I know
some people like the shiny look better.
When
everything is dry (if you did the optional step) and cooled simply
pop your tarts out of their molds and use in a display.
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