my mouth watered and I asked her every bit of detail on how she did that mmmmm they were beautiful! what she said was go buy Laurie Mika's book on Mixed Media Mosaics! (I wasn't in the position to do that at that time but someone here graciously sent it along to me) another wonderful person shared some things that she no longer used and boyoh did it open my world right up!

now I truely love adding stamped tiles to things I make because I can include my thoughts (inane as they maybe! LOL)

There are way better examples of PC tiles by alot of talented artists, but I'll share with ya all how I do it and you'll see how easy it is to get that look.

polymer clay is that premo, sculpy, fimo.. brands that bake in the oven. each has differing temps and times so be sure and look at the package.

I usually just roll out a bigger piece, stamp then trim but because had to fit as a replacement I cut it to size before stamping.

Now its stamped with the correctly spelled word and you can see there is a bottle of black acrylic paint and a baggy of gold mica dust.

now I painted the clay and then wipe it off so that it remains in the grooves of the stamped letters.

then I dip my finger into the mica and rubb it on the tile

now bake in a covered dedicated pan (only for clay) seal it with 2 coats of Future floor polish. Mask with tape before grouting

Is it really that easy?? I bet not, but great instructions.

i have a dumb question. Does the clay smell strong when you bake it?? And what do you use to bake the clay???

I get migraines from strong smells, so wonderiinga bout the odor. I thought someone posted awhile back that it had a really strong smell when cooking??

thanks, i appreciate the info.

I stupidly gave away a bunch of clay tiles I had made in a ceramics class because I didn't think I would use them. Now I am kicking myself, because they would have been the perfect thing to use on my other bowl. DH is always after me to get rid of stuff and as soon as I do, something comes up and I need what I donated.

mermaid4life, you could bake the clay in a toaster oven outside and then you wouldn't be able to smell anything. Just be sure it isn't near something that will catch on fire like your house.

Yep springville.. i do that All of the time,

Nice, i just LOVE all your mixed mosaics... You are so talented.

I just love your work. Thanks again for the tutorial

I got mine at Delphi along with several colors of mica but only because I had a gift certificate. They tend to be pricey and you likely can find better prices somewhere else.

http://www.acmoore.com/p-32167-easy-to-do-series-stamp-set-alphabet-14 .aspx

http://www.polymerclaycentral.com/claystamps.html

http://www.polyclayplay.com/Products/PolyPresses/ProdStoneStamps.htm
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I am a Polymer clay artist who is hopefully going to get to do real mosaics soon I have my supplies just need the time & work area to get me going!! I am a member of the poly clay club which is a fun club that does polymer clay challenges, letters of love for sick children, artist trading cards, & monthly projects. They have free projects on their site!! But this month I'm excited about the challenge because it involves polymer clay mosaics.
Mosaics are Definitely something I've always wanted to do but did not have the time but my children & getting bigger now so if there are any tips on getting started with real mosaics? Besides keeping my fingers because I'm accident prone!!!:) please tell me!!
Abby