Shoulder Necklace and Earring Set with Gemstone Beads, Cubic Zirconia Links and Dance With Me™ Crystal Flat Backs
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Design Idea PA32
-- Designer --
LauraLynn, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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- Bead cap, Czech pressed glass, amethyst purple AB, 10x3mm flower, fits 8-10mm bead
- Bead, amethyst (natural), 6mm round, C grade, Mohs hardness 7
- Bead, ametrine (heated), 8x5mm-15x7mm hand-cut faceted freeform with 0.4-1.4mm hole, B grade, Mohs hardness 7
- Bead, green aventurine (natural), 4mm round, B grade, Mohs hardness 7
- Chain, glass and stainless steel, amethyst purple, 3.5mm faceted rondelle
- Component, gold-finished brass, 16x15.5mm single-sided flower
- Earstud, cubic zirconia / gold-finished brass / plastic, clear, 5.5mm round with loop
- Eye pin, gold-plated brass, 1 inch, 21 gauge
- Flat back, Dance With Me™ crystal rhinestone, crystal clear, foil back, 3.8-4mm rose, SS16
- Head pin, gold-plated brass, 1-1/2 inches with 1.5mm ball, 24 gauge
- Jump ring, gold-plated brass, 4x3mm oval, 3.1x2mm inside diameter, 24 gauge
- Link, cubic zirconia and gold-finished brass, clear, 35x3mm single-sided cupchain
Instructions
Necklace Instructions
Shoulder Caps
Step 1
Use a small amount of adhesive to apply a flat-back rhinestone to the center of a flower component. Repeat to embellish three more components. Set aside to dry.
Step 2
String a glass flower bead onto a head pin. Bend the head pin 90 degrees against the back of the bead then create a simple loop at the edge of the bead. Repeat to create three more flower drops.
Step 3
Remove two 13-link sections of purple beaded chain and two 26-link sections of gold beaded chain.
Step 4
Use an oval jump ring to attach a cubic zirconia link to a loop on an embellished flower. Repeat to attach a purple length of chain to the next loop, then a gold length of chain to the next.
Use oval jump rings to attach the opposite ends of the link and chains to a second embellished flower in the same way.
Step 5
Attach the loop of a flower drop around the links at the center of the purple chain. Repeat to add a flower drop to the center of the gold chain.
Step 6
Repeat Steps 3 - 5 to create a second shoulder cap.
Front Strands
Step 7
Remove the following lengths of beaded chain:
Purple:
- Two 9-link
- Two 7-link
- Two 5-link
- Two 3-link
Gold:
- Two 13-link
- Two 11-link
- Two 9-link
Step 8
String an ametrine freeform bead onto an eye pin then create a simple loop. Repeat to create a total of seven ametrine links, five 4mm green aventurine links and four 6mm amethyst links.
Step 9
Use oval jump rings to attach the following into a chain:
- One amethyst link
- One 9-link length of gold chain
- One ametrine link
- One 11-link length of gold chain
- One amethyst link
- One 13-link length of gold chain
- One ametrine link
- One 13-link length of gold chain
- One amethyst link
- One 11-link length of gold chain
- One ametrine link
- One 9-link length of gold chain
- One amethyst link
Use an oval jump ring to attach the created chain to the loop of the flower just above the gold chain on a shoulder cap. Repeat to attach the opposite end to the same loop on the second shoulder cap.
Step 10
Use oval jump rings to attach the following into a chain:
- One aventurine link
- One 9-link length of purple chain
- One ametrine link
- One 7-link length of purple chain
- One aventurine link
- One 5-link length of purple chain
- One ametrine link
- One 3-link length of purple chain
- One aventurine link
- One 3-link length of purple chain
- One ametrine link
- One 5-link length of purple chain
- One aventurine link
- One 7-link length of purple chain
- One ametrine link
- One 9-link length of purple chain
- One aventurine link
Use an oval jump ring to attach the created chain to the loop of the flower, two from the chain attached in Step 9, on a shoulder cap. Repeat to attach the opposite end to the same loop on the second shoulder cap.
Back Strand
Step 11
Use eye pins and simple loops to create the following links:
- Eight aventurine
- Six amethyst
- One ametrine
Step 12
Cut the following lengths of cable chain:
- Four 7-link
- Six 5-link
- Four 3-link
Step 13
Use oval jump rings to attach the following into a chain:
- One aventurine link
- One 7-link chain
- One amethyst link
- One 5-link chain
- One aventurine
- One 3-link chain
- One amethyst link
- One 3-link chain
- One aventurine link
- One 5-link chain
- One amethyst link
- One 7-link chain
- One aventurine link
- One 5-link chain
Add the ametrine link then repeat the sequence in reverse to complete the chain.
Use an oval jump ring to attach the created chain to the loop of the second flower, opposite the cubic zirconia link, on a shoulder cap. Repeat to attach the opposite to the same loop on the second shoulder cap.
Step 14
Repeat Step 2 to create four flower drops. Attach the drops on your preferred lengths of chain on the back strand.
Earring Instructions
Step 1
Remove four links from the purple beaded chain and four links from the gold beaded chain. Remove the beads from the links.
Step 2
String two gold glass beads and one amethyst 6mm round onto a head pin then create a wrapped loop. Repeat to create a second amethyst drop.
String two purple glass beads and one aventurine 4mm round onto a head pin then create a wrapped loop. Repeat to create a second aventurine drop.
Step 3
Attach an aventurine drop to the loop of a cubic zirconia link. Use an oval jump ring to attach an amethyst drop to the same loop.
Use an oval jump ring to attach an ear stud to the opposite side of the link.
Repeat to complete a second earring.
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