Fun With FIMO

I like playing with FIMO. I think it takes me back to my childhood days of Playdoh. :)

 

But unlike Playdoh, with FIMO you can heat set your creations so they maintain their shape. Which means it's ideal for making your own embellishments! :)

 

So for my first project for Creative Craft World's Christmas Countdown, that's exactly what I did.

 

I used white FIMO and started off by working it well to get it nice and soft. I then rolled it out thinly on my craft mat.

 

 

Next up I pressed stamps into the rolled-out FIMO to add some texture. I used some snowflake stamps.

 

 

I then used a small star-shaped cookie cutter to carefully cut shapes from the rolled out FIMO.

 

 

 

Next, as a bit of an experiment, I added some glitter. You can mix FIMO colours by simply working them together (you can work them together completely for a solid colour or mix them partially for a nice marbled effect) so I thought I'd try working glitter into the FIMO for a nice touch of sparkle.

 

 

I stamped into the sparkled FIMO again and this time hand-cut out a star shape using a craft knife.

 

 

 

 

Then it's just a matter of baking the FIMO in the oven, as per instructions (no more than 30 mins at 110C) and leaving to cool before adding to your craft projects... like this:

 

 

 

 

This card was a very simple make - the background is made with Distress Inks and water, matted onto silver textured card. I added my FIMO embellishments and finished off with a stamped greeting, embossed with white embossing powder.

 

I also used up the remnants of the sparkled FIMO I'd mixed using some pretty push molds:

 

 

This is a very quick and easy way to make embellishments, which can then be used to great effect on your papercraft creations, like this simple monochrome christmas card:

 

 

 

Or this cute little notecard:

 

 

 

That's it for my Christmas Countdown creations for today. Don't forget to check the Creative Craft World blog every day for new inspirational projects. :)