Single-Strand Necklace and Earrings with Sculpey® Polymer Clay and Crystal Passions® Flat Back Rhinestones and Beads
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Design Idea RN2D
-- Designer --
Elaine, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
To learn more about Elaine Young, read her jewelry artist success story here.
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- Bead Capri blue, Crystal Passions® 4mm round 5000
- Bead crystal AB, Crystal Passions® 4mm round 5000
- Bead crystal, Crystal Passions® 4mm round 5000
- Bead light rose, Crystal Passions® 4mm round 5000
- Bead topaz, Crystal Passions® 4mm round 5000
- Bead emerald, Preciosa Czech crystal 4mm round
- Bead, silver-plated brass, 4x2mm heishi
- Beading wire, Accu-Flex®, nylon and stainless steel, pearl, 49 strand, 0.019-inch diameter
- Clasp lobster claw silver-plated brass, 12x5mm / 4-5mm closed jump ring
- Crimp cover, silver-plated brass, 4mm round
- Crimp, sterling silver, 2x1mm cut tube, 1.1mm inside diameter
- Flat back crystal foil back, Crystal Passions® 3-3.2mm rose round
- Flat back crystal shimmer foil back, Crystal Passions® 3-3.2mm rose round
- Flat back emerald foil back, Crystal Passions® 3-3.2mm rose round
- Flat back light rose foil back, Crystal Passions® 3-3.2mm rose round
- Flat back sapphire foil back, Crystal Passions® 3-3.2mm rose round
- Flat back topaz foil back, Crystal Passions® 3-3.2mm rose round
- Hoop, silver-finished brass / glass / cubic zirconia, multicolored, 15mm hoop, 17 gauge
- Jump ring, silver-plated brass, 5.5mm round, 3.5mm inside diameter, 18 gauge
- Jump ring, silver-plated brass, 8mm twisted round, 6.3mm inside diameter, 18 gauge
- Polymer clay, Sculpey® PREMO, ecru
- Polymer clay, Sculpey® Soufflé™, cowboy
- Polymer clay, Sculpey® Soufflé™, latte
- Adhesive, 5 Minute® Epoxy, 2-part epoxy, clear.
- Wire protector, Accu-Guard™, silver-plated brass, 4mm tube
Instructions
Paint Palettes Instructions
Step 1
Cut 1/16 block of each of the following:
- Sculpey® Soufflé™ cowboy polymer clay
- Sculpey Soufflé latte polymer clay
- Sculpey PREMO ecru polymer clay
Step 2
Create a wood look by twisting the three clays into a snake. Then fold them over onto each other. Use a roller to roll out the clay and get a marbled look.
Step 3
Draw a paint palette for a template. Cut out three palettes from the marbled polymer clay. Then make a small hole in the palette—mimicking a thumb hole in an artist’s palette—for the jump rings to attach later.
Step 4
Bake the three palettes according to the directions on the polymer clay packages.
Step 5
Arrange six Crystal Passions® rose round flat backs in the following order:
- Crystal shimmer
- Topaz
- Light rose
- Sapphire
- Emerald
- Crystal
Using Devcon 5 Minute® epoxy, glue the flat backs to one of the palettes.
Repeat for the other two palettes.
Necklace Instructions
Step 1
Cut a 12-inch length of pearl Accu-Flex® professional-quality beading wire. Add a bead stopper to one end of the beading wire.
Step 2
String your chosen pattern of beads onto the beading wire.
Step 3
String onto the beading wire: one 2x1mm sterling silver cut tube crimp and one Accu-Guard™ 4mm silver-plated tube wire protector. Pass the beading wire back through the crimp. Pull the beading wire so the crimp rests snug against the Accu-Guard, leaving approximately 1/4 inch of beading wire on the end. Crimp then trim the excess from the short end of the beading wire. Finish with a 4mm silver-plated round crimp cover.
Step 4
Add an 8mm 18-gauge silver-plated twisted round jump ring to one of the palettes and attach it to the center of the beading wire.
Step 5
Add an 8mm 18-gauge silver-plated twisted round jump ring to each end of the beading wire. Then finish by adding a 12x5mm silver-plated lobster claw clasp.
Earrings Instructions
Step 1
Insert an 8mm 18-gauge silver-plated twisted round jump ring into the hole in one of the palettes.
Step 2
Using a 5.5mm 18-gauge silver-plated round jump ring, attach the palette to a 15mm silver-finished hoop component.
Step 3
Repeat Steps 1 and 2 for the second earring.
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