I have never worked with polymer clay before, but I am wanting to make my daughters ballet class a necklace with a ballet pointe shoe on it. I've been combing through many of the tutorials for the past few hours. I'm going to make it in a square shape, but I didn't know about how to get the shoe on it. I want it to look something like this style:

, (if this is anyones work, i'm just using as an example

So I'm wondering, do you print the picture out, and put on the clay
after it has baked, and then glaze?? If so, how do you get that transparent, smooth look?
Please feel free to direct me to any tutorials!
Thanks for your help!!
Donna