Polymer Clay Gummy Bear Jewelry Set with Crystal & Gold-Finished Accents
Design Idea SE2B
-- Designer --
Elaine, Jewelry Designer, Exclusively for Fire Mountain Gems and Beads®
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Bracelet
- Bail, Czech glass rhinestone and gold-plated brass, clear, 12x3mm single-sided hinged oval with closed loop, 6mm grip length
- Jump ring, gold-plated, 3mm round, 22 gauge / 1.7mm inside diameter / brass
- Chain, gold-plated snake, 3.2mm / lobster claw clasp, brass
Earrings
- Eye pin, gold-plated, 1.5 inch, 21 gauge brass
- Earring hoop, gold-plated, 17mm 0.75 round / closed loop / earnuts, 20 gauge carbon steel / stainless steel
Common Materials
- Seed bead, Miyuki, glass, #8 rocaille, opaque galvanized yellow gold / outside dyed (RR-1053)
- Chaton, crystal foil back, Crystal Passions® 6.14-6.32mm round SS29 1088
- Link, gold-plated brass, 6mm with SS29 4-prong chaton setting
- Head pin, gold-plated, 2 inch, 21 gauge brass
- Polymer clay, Sculpey® Soufflé™, buttercream
- Sculpey® acrylic emulsion, glaze, clear (ASGUV2)
- Sculpey® Premo™ + Soufflé™ polymer clay, clay 0.9 ounce neon and pastel mixed colors (PE 4075)
Instructions
Earring Instructions
Cut a 1/16-inch portion of Sculpey® Premo™ and Soufflé™ polymer clay in each color: fluorescent green, pink, yellow and orange.
Cut four 1/16-inch portions of Sculpey® Premo™ translucent polymer clay. Blend one portion into each fluorescent clay color until evenly mixed.
Press the clay mixtures into gummy bear silicone molds. Insert a 2-inch 21-gauge gold-plated head pin into the bottom of each green, yellow and orange gummy bear to create the hanging hole. Use a 1.5-inch 21-gauge gold-plated eye pin for the pink gummy bears. Leave the head pin in place during baking. Make two pink, two orange, two yellow and three green gummy bears.
Bake according to the manufacturer’s instructions. Allow the gummy bears to cool completely before removing them from the molds. Remove the head pins.
Apply a coat of Sculpey® clear acrylic emulsion glaze to each gummy bear. Allow the glaze to dry completely. Repeat if desired for additional shine.
String a single Miyuki #8 opaque galvanized yellow gold rocaille seed bead onto each head pin, followed by a polymer clay gummy bear and then another seed bead.
Using round-nose pliers, form a simple loop on each head pin and trim the excess wire to create gummy bear drops.
Place seven Crystal Passions® SS29 crystal chatons into each of seven 6mm gold-plated link settings.
Using a 3mm 22-gauge gold-plated round jump ring, attach one link from Step 7 to the top of one of he green gummy bears. Then, using another 3mm 22-gauge gold-plated round jump ring, attach the top of the link to the bottom of one of the pink gummy bear drops.
Using a 3mm 22-gauge gold-plated round jump ring, attach the remaining five links to the tops of the remaining unattached gummy bear drops. Set one green link-and-gummy-bear drop aside for the bracelet.
Attach each of the six gummy bear drops to the loop on a 17mm gold-plated earring hoop.
Bracelet Instructions
Using a 3mm 22-gauge gold-plated round jump ring, attach the green link-and-gummy-bear drop you set aside in Earrings Step 9 to the loop on a 12x3mm Czech glass rhinestone and gold-plated oval bail.
Clip the bail onto a 7-inch gold-plated 3.2mm snake chain.
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