If you're having trouble conditioning clay, try turning on a exposed lightbulb and holding the clay to it for thirty second increments at a time

Treefrog

When you take the half sheet of your Skinner-blend to progressively roll it into a longer sheet, you may find that it is wider that you want - or wider than your pasta machine (PM) can handle. You can fix this by cutting the sheet in half again - in the tutorial example you would cut from light green side to dark green side.
Stack the two strips, light green to light green and dark green to dark green. Feed the stack through the PM short side (solid color side) first on the thickest setting.
Continue lengthening the strip per the tutorial.

To make your heart extra-rounded and puffy, flatten a pea-sized ball of scrap into a disc and place under the sheet before cutting the shape.

using mica-rich clays as the base of the pattern takes a wonderful advantage of the naturally occurring ghost shift effect in this tutorial.

The plastic deli sheets that I love-you can use them for all sorts of thing, including storing clay--are from an online store called the webstuarant shop.

Use a Pumice stone to create pore like appearance, especially when you make focal beads with polymer clay!

When you are making Polymer clay jewelry, dip the head pin in liquid clay before inserting into the bead or focal piece. Baking will make it strong and will not fall off.

I normally bake my polymer clay creations in my home oven, since it doesn't release toxic fumes while baking it is OK to use a regular home oven but it is a nice idea to cover your work. I have a dedicated cookie sheet lined with foil to arrange the pieces and a foil bread mold to cover it during baking.