If you want a decorated back, you can gently turn your pendant over, place a dried leaf (I cut one in heart shape), and use a small tool to rub over the leaf everywhere. Don’t rub too hard as not to loose the texture on the front of your pendant! Peel off, add other decoration if you want, done! Bake your goodies according to the instructions on the packet. To give the pieces a bit of a sheen where no mica is you can rub a piece of waxed paper over the bare areas. And then you just need to teach yourself some knots to make e.g. a bracelet, use a ribbon or a shoe lace as cord, add beads and paua and earhooks and whatever you fancy to make these your very own pieces! As for the white fig pendant, I used green and black acrylic paint, just a brushful, added a sprinkle of matching mica and brushed it onto the leaf imprint, left it to dry for a minute or two, then dabbed a tissue on to it. I repeated this, but then the other area looked boring... so I just added what I had on the paintbrush here and there and rubbed it off with a tissue. Does look quite good with a black cord, does’nt it? PS To protect the mica rubbing off over time you can use clear nail polish and add a fine coat, or some mod podge if you have it handy! PPS Polymer clay is very light so you want these items to be quite thick. You could glue or stitch them on or inside a metal washer (copper looks good with green and blue metallic) for added weight and interest.
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