Paper clay + watercolor = DELIGHT!

Have you ever used light weight paper clay? It's usually sold in small quantities at craft stores. When I purchased some, it was white. While researching this product last night, I see it's also available in colors. The white was perfect for me for this particular project because I knew I wanted to paint the dried pieces in the delicious colors of fall.

I made these scrapbook embellishments to celebrate my favorite time of year--fall. I love the colorful, rustic earthy tones of this season. I love the cooler, crisp air, too. And this clay is an air-dry clay. No baking needed!

For this project I used tiny cutters from Pampered Chef, or cut the shapes freehand with a sharp craft knife. The sharpness isn't because the clay is difficult to cut; it's because I like to get detailed.

The other techniques I used for the embellishments are sewing on cardstock (I used heavy weight thread that denim jeans are made with), stamping with distress ink, and I also printed on the cardstock with my HP printer before the paper was cut to smaller sizes.