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Jun 3
5 min

How Do I Do That?... Making A Fimo Cake Topper

Designing the perfect birthday or wedding cake takes a lot of time, skill and patience. These bakers and cake decorators are in my opinio...

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Gill Cosford

Feb 21, 2017
1 min

Simple Blending Technique

This blog is going to be a informative one where I will show you how to make a skinner blend. This way of blending the clay was founder b...

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Gill Cosford

Jan 29, 2017
4 min

About Me...

Hi folks...I have been working with Polymer Clay for over 30 years (doesn't time fly when you're having fun!!) Now, if you have a minute ...

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Gill Cosford

Jun 16, 2016
2 min

Making Retro Beads

This is the first in a series of tutorials that explains in picture form how to make certain Polymer Clay items. There will be brief des...

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Gill Cosford

Mar 5, 2016
3 min

Good Mental Health and Fimo

Ok, my title of this blog may come across a bit strange, but bear with me, all will become clear! A few years ago I embarked on a short c...

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Gill Cosford

Jan 20, 2015
2 min

Making Gloria

This is my wonderful new dragon called Gloria! Not sure why she's called that, but it seems to suit her. Maybe it's the eye lashes...?? I...

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