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Hello dear polymer clay enthusiast, Here's a simple idea to make eye-catching clay focal beads that you can use to make earrings or other pieces of jewelry. And yes, this is a great inspiration to use up your scrap clay, especially scrap with beautiful accents or galaxy patterns. So, I used the scrap clay from the project featured in my first Youtube short, meaning a mix of purple, magenta, neon pink, dark purple and black polymer clay. I passed the clay through the pasta machine (setting no. 1 of my Atlas pasta machine), then I used a larger and a smaller cutter to cut out the hollow pieces. I baked them for 40 minutes in the pre-heated oven at the recommended temperature. I cut out sequins. I put the pieces on top of some metal cutters and I applied UV resin (carefully especially when applying on hollow pieces). I sprinkled the cut out sequins for a beautiful sparkling look. I used the UV lamp to cure the resin. I used 22 gauge gold color wire to make an attaching system. I
