Blue Ombre Pendant Tutorial

Blue Ombre Pendant Necklace!

 

We are soooo in love with how this turned out! And of course, we wanted to share!

Here is what you will need to complete this ombre pendant necklace:

Applicator sponge

3 Nail Polish colors (we used dark blue, lighter blue, and white)

Necklace chain (we used antique bronze rolo chain)

Pendant tray (we used 18 x 25 oval)

E6000 glue

Glass cabochon (we used 18 x 25 oval)

Small flatback crystals

Mixing stick/ popsicle stick

 

1. First step to making the ombre pendant is to prepare. We start with the glass cabochon, flat side facing up.

2. On a piece of paper or plastic, drop large globs of your three nail polish colors next to each other, but not on top of each other. Be generous with this.

3. Use a stirring stick and blend the edges of the colors into each other. Do this gently as to avoid completely mixing the colors.

4. Gently place the applicator sponge on top of the polish. Be sure to get all three colors on the sponge. And keep in mind the size of the glass you are covering. If the sponge is larger than the glass, be sure to get all three colors in an area that can cover the glass. As you can see below.

Once nail polish is on the sponge, apply it to the glass. You may find it easier to place the glass onto the sponge, instead of sponge dabbing the glass.

If the colors are too light, repeat the previous steps and add more polish to the glass. Allow to dry.

5. Once you have the colors on the glass and they are the desired vibrancy, allow to dry.

After it is dry, paint the entire flat side of the glass cabochon with white nail polish. This makes the colors pop just a bit more.

Once that's dry, apply a drop of E6000 glue. You can smear it if you prefer, but its not necessary. Place into pendant tray and allow to dry.

6. Add the pendant to your necklace! This is when we used tiny dabs of the E6000 and added crystals to the outer edges. Allow to dry, and you are done!

 

You can find jewelry and craft supplies in our shops:
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or
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Trust Necklace Tutorial

"Trust".... the topic of this tutorial!

 

                

 

We had been looking for a way to incorporate that trust sticker into a piece, and think we had success!

Materials-

25mm circle princess pendant tray

25mm circle glass cabochon

Nail polish- we used a glittery light blue

3d butterfly sticker

"trust" sticker

E6000 glue

Organza necklace

Silver jump ring

 

1. To start, paint the entire surface area inside the bezel with nail polish. It gives a nice background color and can tend to add texture to the pendant. We used a few applications, allowing to dry in between each layer, because we wanted a more vibrant color.

2. Once dry, add your "trust" sticker, or any other word you want to use, to the pendant. Simply peel off the back to expose the adhesive, and stick in place!

3. Now, at this point, remove the little adhesive square usually found on the back of 3-d stickers. We then painted the back of the 3-D butterfly sticker with the same nail polish we painted the bezel with. Because the wings are slightly see-through, it helped to emphasize the shimmer in the background.

4. Once it dries, you can use a tiny dab of E6000 adhesive on the back of the butterfly, and then set into place inside the bezel.

5. In this step, you need your glass. Carefully line the edge of the glass with E6000. But be sure to only line the edges.

6. Place the glass carefully in to the bezel tray. The glue on the edges of the glass will catch the edges of the bezel tray. Let dry for 5-10 minutes.

6. Once dry, add the jump ring to the loop on top of the pendant tray.

7. Now, add your necklace, and you are done!

 

You can find the bezel tray/ pendant tray as well as a whole assortment of necklaces and E6000 in our shops!
Www.WillowRunCrafts.com
or Www.Etsy.com/shop/Willowruncrafts

Any questions, just let us know! Happy Crafting!

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Ice Resin Brown Butterflies

Beautiful butterflies Soaring in Ice Resin!

Have we mentioned just how much we love this stuff? Lol!

It's just so amazing!

Here, we just used mica flakes, with a 7/8" Piddix butterfly image. Then added 2 additional butterflies. The additional were stickers we just laid on top. 

Next, we poured the ice resin, filled to the brim until a dome formed. 

Any small bubbles you may see after pouring should work themselves out during the curing process. 

We then set it aside for 24 hours to let it completely cure. One the wait is over, it is rock hard!

Add a necklace, and it's complete!

You can find the necklace chain, pendant tray, Piddix images, and Ice Resin in either of our shops!

Www.WillowRunCrafts.com

Or

Www.Etsy.com/shop/WillowRunCrafts

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Gun metal Bezel Tutorial

Have you seen our new gunmetal colored pendants?

We decided to take them for a test drive by introducing them to Crystal Clay and some Swarovski Crystals.

The result? We LOVE it!

 

We love it so much, it is only fair we share the steps!

 

Materials needed:

Crystal Clay/ Epoxy Clay- we used silver color

Swarovski chaton crystals

25mm circle gunmetal bezel tray

Wire necklace- we used black

Eye shadow- only if you want to alter color- we used black shimmer

Eye shadow brush

Paper tissue

 

Let's get started!

Step 1-

Roll out equal amounts of your crystal clay materials A and B.

 

 

Step 2-Mix the two together until there is one solid color, no marbling.

 

Step 3-

Have your empty bezel ready to go!

 

Step 4-

Place the clay into the bezel and carefully spread it and smooth it. In this example, the crystal clay came to just over the lip line of the bezel, and a dome was formed in the middle. If you need to smooth it out, place a tiny amount of baby oil on your finger and gently smooth the surface of the clay.

 

Step 5-

Place you crystals in desired positions. A tip*** place them a bit loose on the clay until you have an idea as to how you want your final piece to look. Then go ahead and tap each crystal into the clay. Be sure you tap them firmly enough that they do not wiggle and will be held securely in place once the clay cures.

If you need to move a crystal, simply remove it, smooth out the clay on that spot, and place in its new spot!

 

Here is another view, to show how deep we set the crystals into the clay.....

Step 6-

Once all crystals have been placed, we took things a step further.... of course we did, why not!?!?

Using some eye shadow that will NOT be used on anyone at a later date, call it craft shadow, we slightly changed the color of the clay. Simply take your eye shadow brush, or a paint brush would work, and load it up with the shadow. Then pounce it on to the clay. Don't press so hard that you change the shape of the clay, but enough pressure that she shadow will stuck. You can be very generous with the shadow. Anything that doesn't stick will come off later, when the clay has cured.

Set aside- we left for 12 hours, but usually 6 hours works too.

 

Step 7-
Take your soft tissue or even a slightly damp rag, and basically polish the pendant. This will remove any residual eye shadow and clean up the crystals so hey sparkle again! Add the pendant to a necklace and ta-da!

You can find the bezel tray/ pendant tray as well as a whole assortment of necklaces in our shops!
Www.WillowRunCrafts.com
or Www.Etsy.com/shop/Willowruncrafts

Any questions, just let us know! Happy Crafting!

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Embossing Powder Pendants

As we have been doing more experimenting, we figured out a way to get our images to maintain the fuzzy look from embossing powder!

And we love the look!

Embossing powder was only added to the large rose in this image. It makes it pop, and gives it a texture level that doesn't occur anywhere else in the pendant image.

Here's how we did it!

First, we dabbed tiny spots of Judikins Glaze on to the large rose on our Piddix image, almost in a petal shape fashion. Before the glaze could dry, embossing power was sprinkled on top, and gently patted to be sure it would adhere to the glaze.

After 5-10 minutes, when it seemed the glaze had dried, the excess powder was tapped off of the image.

Next, we used our double sided adhesive stickers to attach the Piddix image to the tray. The stickers are as strong as glue and do not soak or discolor paper images.

We then took our rectangle glass and lightly lined the edges of the glass with E6000. Careful that you ONLY get the glue on the edges. Otherwise, it could distort the image. The glass was then placed into the tray, atop of the image, and set aside to dry.

Attach a necklace and you are done! So quick and easy!

Enjoy!

You can find the supplies in either of our shops:

Www.WillowRunCrafts.com

Or

Www.Etsy.com/shop/WillowRunCrafts

Materials used:

1 Silver rectangle pendant tray 24 x 48

1 glass rectangle 24 x 48

1 Piddix image rectangle 24 x 48

1 Rectangle double sided adhesive sticker

Judikins glaze

E6000

Embossing powder

Ball chain necklace 2.4mm in Rose color

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