Not a Card with Nina-Marie: Clay Heart Wall Hanging
Hello creative friends, it’s Nina-Marie Trapani here with you! I love making home decor projects, and I thought it would be fun to take some clay and create a heart wall hanging for Valentine’s Day! Now if you don’t want to make a wall hanging, you could adapt this idea into simple ornaments that you could give to people you love!
You have the option of using either pre-made or homemade clay cut with cookie cutters. Because of the fact that I was making so many of these hearts for this wall hanging, I opted to use homemade clay. The recipe is a combination of 2 cups of flour, 1/2 cup of salt, and 3/4 cup of water. To bake the clay I set my oven temp at 180 degrees F and baked the hearts for about and hour and a half.
To color the hearts, you can use paint and alcohol inks. I used both for my hearts to create a variety of designs.
The only other embellishment I added to these hearts were a few Gumdrop Hearts from Tim Holtz.
Be sure to watch the video below to see all the steps I took in creating this wall hanging! It was a lot of fun and would make a great decor piece leading up to Valentine’s Day!
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This project blew me away. I remember making that clay when I was a Girl Scout Leader and how much fun we had creating with it. Interesting how many mediums you can use to color it. I didn’t know that you could color those “gumdrops”. HMMMM. Thank you.
This is super cute!!! I love this idea!!!
Oh wow, this is so cool!
I love this project and will do it with my granddaughter during school vacation – she’ll love it too!! Thank you so much!
We’re truly amazed at your decoration skills. This card looks great!