Simple Fish Tutorial

I decided that I would post a tutorial once in awhile for those you want to make their own beads or centers for bows..These will even work for scrapbook embellishments, cardmaking, magnets, pins...etc.

   Please do not copy my tutorial & publish it elsewhere (anywhere in anyway). Give me credit for the tut & the fish design!! You can sell your bows & clippies & stuff with this fish on them..Just give me credit for the design! (You can not mass produce this design)

This tutorial is assuming you know the basics of working with polymer clay!

To make this fish you need:
Polymer clay (I used, tropical green, wasabi, sunflower & white of Fimo Soft and Studio)
Cutters: sizes are approximate 1/2" heart, 3/4" circle,1/4" teardrop, circle & flower
Brayer or roller, needle tool, black acrylic paint

Roll out your clay. The white will be the eyes so it can be pretty thin. The wasabi & tropical green should be thicker as its the fishes body & tail.

Cut out: 3 teardrops & one heart from tropical green, largest circle from wasabi, flower from yellow, 2 small circles from white.

Pinch the end of the heart to form a sharp end. Shape the end into a rounded point.

Use your stylus or needle tool & poke a hole about 1/8" deep into the end of the wasabi circle.

Insert the pointed end of the heart into the hole (you can dab it with superglue or tls first if you want)
Make some lines on your tail with the needle tool

Use your small circle cutter to cut off the rounded end from two of the teardrops (these will be top fin & side fin)

Add your fins & eyes to the fish as shown in the photo below. Indent line on the fins with your needle tool.

Add the flower to the fish. Roll a tiny ball of wasabi & press into the flower for the center. Use your stylus dipped into black acrylic paint to dot on the eyes. Use the needle tool to draw in a mouth.

Bake your fish in the oven at recommended time & temp per clay package.

(I bake mine at 260 for 25 minutes on an old cookie sheet lined with plain white printer paper)

Here's a look at some of the combo's I came up with!