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Carving Clay

It’s been a busy few months, OK, 6 months! :O since I last wrote here. Time flies! My husband finished building me a pottery studio complete with a tiled floor, electrical, a beautiful farmhouse sink and a 1/4 bathroom (just a toilet in a small closet) lol. My studio is amazing!  He also built me an electric slab roller from parts from here and there which I will feature in a future post. It’s not pretty, I should call it “franken-slabb” but it works amazingly well!

But the most amazing thing in these past few months is —–We found clay in our yard while digging for another project! My husband processed the clay and I threw some this week on the wheel and have been carving it. It’s beautiful! It’s a deep chocolate- (at least the test tiles before we really processed it were dark chocolate) I hope it stayed chocolate. It throws amazingly well! There is some in the bisque kiln at the moment. Stay tuned for an update and to see pics of that clay– or visit and follow my semi-new Instagram account, hydeparkhill and see current pics for my wild clay!

In more update news: Yes, I am still making cards! And new glass studio is now being built, near my pottery studio. It’s slow going getting everything set up, but it’s coming along.  So many fun things coming up! Here are some projects I have been working on!

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Wheel thrown heart bowl, hand-carved, stoneware clay
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seashore mug, wheel thrown and altered, stoneware clay
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wheel thrown, hand-carved, beeswax candles available in my etsy shop, hydeparkhill.etsy.com or at claysharemarket.com
IMG_2025[1]Here is a new wedding card I created this spring! I love the lace, flowers and die cuts! But adding the vellum just makes it glow!!

Have a beautiful weekend! And keep Crafting Art!!

Eileen

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Wedding Gatefold Card

Hi Everyone! Summer wedding season is just around the corner! Here is a gatefold wedding card to celebrate the special once in a lifetime (hopefully) occasion! The supply list and directions are at the end of this post.

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Wedding Black and White Gatefold OpenWedding Black and White Gatefold with band wrapWedding Black and White Gatefold BacksideSupplies: White cardstock, black cardstock, vellum, Justrite wedding stamp, Sue Wilson dies-Gemini Pavo, Cheery Lynn dies- wedding silhouette, leaves, Spellbinders dies- Victorian accents, Spellbinders lables 34 embossing folder, Rose Creations, Memory Box butterfly die, Magnolia dies rose leaves, edge punch, adhesive, bling – rhinestones, pearl and tulle bling, tulle (for the veil). Adhesive, mounting foam, hot glue

Directions: Your finished card will be 5 1/2″ x 7 1/2″.  Cut white cardstock 11″ x 7 3/4″ score at 2 3/4″ and 9 1/4″  fold the sides into the middle. Put the Pavo die on the 2 1/4″ section and die cut. Repeat for other fold. Cut matching black sections. Emboss white cardstock with folder. Die cut Cheery Lynn wedding silhouette, mount to vellum. Using mounting adhesive, mount the wedding silhouette in the middle. Decorate with flowers and ribbons, tulle, and rhinestone bling. Die cut white side pieces with Pavo die, adhere.  Cut a black matt for the backside 5 1/4″ x 7 1/4″ mount. Cut a white matt 5″  x7″ mount on top of black matt. This will create a lovely space for writing a special note. For the bellyband, cut a strip of white paper 11″ long and 1 1/2″ wide, wrap around- it will be about 2″ too short- cut a 4″ black piece and use a fancy border edge punch and trim both ends adhere to the white piece. Decorate the front with die cuts, vellum leaves, tulle and pearl floral pics, stamp your sentiment, layer your pieces and adhere. Put your belly band around your card and you are finished! 🙂

Here’s to beautiful weddings this summer!

Eileen