• Paper clay can be molded into unique pieces of art.Clay Dolls Chinese Love image by jorisvo from Fotolia.com
  
  Paper clay is made of a mix of clay and paper that can be purchased in block form at craft stores or made at home. Working with paper clay, you can quickly and easily create one-of-a-kind works of art. Paper clay is easily molded by hand or shaped with tools. It dries to a hard texture without the high heat of a kiln. Color can be added by rolling a ball of paper clay on an ink pad, or by dropping liquid inks onto the clay. Store unused paper clay in a plastic bag so it won't dry out.
  
  

Ornaments

• After conditioning paper clay with your hands, pull off a piece about two inches big. Roll the clay into a ball, then flatten to a quarter of an inch thickness. Using a cookie cutter, cut a shape from the clay. With a toothpick, poke a hole into the center of the top of the shape. Allow the piece to air dry, color if desired and insert an ornament hanger in the hole.
  
  

Earrings

• Tear off a two-inch piece of paper clay. Flatten to a thickness of an eighth of an inch. With an inked rubber stamp, impress the image firmly on the clay without rocking the stamp. Let stamp sit for a minute before removing. Using a craft knife, cut the clay into two matching pieces that are of a size appropriate for dangling earrings. Using an open safety pin, poke a hole in the top center of each piece. Allow to dry, then insert earring wires.
  
  

Pins

• With leftover stamped paper clay from the earrings project, cut a larger piece in a similar pattern for a pin. If using a non-adhesive pin form, turn the clay over and gently press the pin into back of the clay, taking care not to mar the stamped side. Turn the pin back over and allow it to air dry. Glue the pin to a spot on the back. If using a self-adhesive pin backing, you do not need to impress it into damp clay.
  
  

Card Embellishments

• Roll a piece of paper clay out so it is no more than one-eighth of an inch thick. Using rubber stamps, impress images into the clay. Trim the piece so it will fit onto the front of a homemade greeting card. Rather than cutting the clay with a knife, gently pull excess clay from the piece for a "primitive" look.
  
  

Petroglyph Magnets

• Color paper clay with a light brown ink. Roll the clay out so it measures approximately two inches by three inches. Using petroglyph rubber stamp images inked with dark brown ink, stamp the clay. Allow the piece to air dry. Attach a magnetic strip to the back with adhesive.
  
  

Wall Hanging

• Roll out a piece of paper clay so it measures five by six inches and is an eighth of an inch thick. Using the eraser end of a pencil, write a message on the clay. Press lightly so the eraser does not poke a hole in the clay. With the other end of the pencil, poke two holes in the upper corners. Allow the piece to air dry. Apply color directly by rubbing pigment ink pads or chalk ink pads over the the hardened clay, or color it with colored pencils or crayons. From the front, insert a piece of matching ribbon through the holes and tie it in back.