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Example of a Love Frame & Refridgerator Magnet project Love Frame & Refridgerator Magnet
By Lisa Peterson

Materials
  • FIMO® Soft Polymer Clay — White, Raspberry, Cherry Red
  • AMACO® PolyRoller
  • AMACO® Pasta Machine
  • Heart Shaped Paper Punch (Fiskars®)
  • Heart Shaped Cookie Cutters
  • Flat Magnets

Note: Please supervise children when working with sharp objects to prevent injury. Cookie Cutters used for polymer clay should not be re-used for food.

Step 1

Mix a 1/4" ball of Raspberry FIMO® Soft with a 1" White ball until light pink.
Step 2
Flatten pink to the thinnest setting of pasta machine. Bake flat for 15 minutes. Allow to cool, then punch out heart shapes.
Step 3
Flatten White FIMO® Soft on the thickest setting of pasta machine.
Step 4
Stack white to a double thickness then cut out desired heart shape. Cut out center with smaller heart. Press in pre-baked pink heart shapes as desired.
Step 5
Roll a 1/4" diameter log of each color: White, Raspberry, and Cherry Red. Twist together. Continue rolling into a log, twisting pattern to make a swirl. Wrap logs around outside and inside of frame.
Step 6
With cut out heart, apply the word ‘love’ by shaping the swirled log into letters. Trim with swirled log.
Step 7
Bake for one hour at 265ºF (130ºC).
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