Felicita - How to create your own stylish earrings

Here's a quick jewellery project with step by step pictures on how to make a gorgeous pair of earrings.


Step by step

- Thread a selection of beads (assorted small beads and a large one in different shapes like round, bicone, teardrop and hexagonal work well)onto 11 headpins. Leave the teardrop to be wire wrapped latter.

- Using your flat nose pliers bend the headpins to the right angle leaving some space so the rest of the wire can be wire wrapped.

- Use your round nose pliers to create a loop. Hold the loop with the same pliers and using the flat ones wrap the excess wire around the neck until it's covered.
Flush any excess with the cutters and tuck the wire using your flat nose pliers to avoid sharp ends.

- Using 0.6mm wire wire wrapped the teardrop bead by bending the wire ends with the help of your flat nose pliers creating a "triangle shape" (don't forget to thread the bead on the wire first before you make the bends)

- Use the round nose pliers to create a loop and wrap the excess wire around that triangle shape. Flush any excess.

- Connect the beads using small jump rings. Start with the large one followed by a teardrop and round one. Link the others until you have linked the smallest ones at the top.

-Add an earring wire and voila!

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!


Latin Beads

HOW TO MAKE WIRE FLOWERS

Materials


* 0.8 mm wire
* Round-nosed pliers
* Nylon coated pliers
* Chain-nosed pliers
* Cutters


The beginning -  Make a loop with the round-nosed pliers and squeeze it  carefully using chain nosed pliers for a tighter loop


A much more closer loop


Coiling


Coil - The center of the flower





Backview - Bend the wire behind the coil to start the first petal


1st Petal





Start of the 2nd Petal


2nd Petal


4 Petals...looks like a butterfly!


Complete flower with a coiled end


Some ideas on how to use your flower

PAPER ROSES

Here's and step by a step on how to make "Paper Roses" like the ones on my previous layout. You need stripes of paper any width - it also depends on how big or small you want your rose.
You can use quilling papers to make them too - I usually cut my own strips of paper from A4 size (usually 0.4cm or 0.3 mm wide and 20 cm long).


Este es un paso a paso de como hacer las "Rosas de Papel" como las de mi página de scrapbook anterior. Necesitas tiras de papel de cualquier ancho (tambien depende de
cuan grande o pequeña quieras hacer tu rosa). Puedes usar los paleles de filigrama para hacerlas también. Usualmente corot mis propias tiras de papel de hojas A4 (mayormente miden 0.4cm ó 3cm de ancho y 20 cm de largo)


Once you got the paper stripe start by making a little stick that will be the center of the flower as you can see in picture 1.


Una vez que tienes tu tira comienza por hacer un palito/tubito que serra el centro de la flor asi como prodras apreciar en la picture 1.

Picture 2



Then fold the paper as you can see in picture 2 and keep on folding and the paper around the stick trying to make a triangle as you can see on pictures 4, 5, 6 and 7.


Luego dobla el papel como prodras ver en picture 2 y sigue doblando el papel en torno al palito del centro tratando de hacer un triangulo como prodras ver en picture 4, 5, 6 y 7.


Picture 3


Picture 4


Picture 5


Picture 6


Picture 7


Picture 8


Once you've finished use some tacky glue to stick the end.


Una vez que has terminado utiliza cola/goma para pegar el extremo.


Picture 9


Picture 9 is the finish rose and the other picture is a side view of the rose. To get a different look on the rose do all the same process but at the end let it unravel a little and then stick the end.


En picture 9 podras apreciar la rosa terminada y la otra foto es de la vista de la rosa desde un costado. Para obtener un look distinto en esta rosa deja que se desenvuelva un poco y no este tan ajustada antes de pegar el extremo.

Side view

WHIMSICAL SNOWMAN

Here's another of my christmas cards featuring a snowman and beads. You can find the list of materiald used and step by step below.

Aqui esta otra de mis tarjetas navideñas caracterizada por un hombre de nieve y perlitas. La lista de materiales y las instrucciones del paso a paso estan debajo.

Materials

- Pink card
- White cardstock
- Pink mirri card
- Free background paper from Simply Cards & Papercraft
- Recycled silver cardstock from perfume
- Black Stazon
- Whispers permanent pens
- Ink It Up clear embossing pad
- Heritage clear embossing powder
- Anitas’s 3D paint glitter silver
- Bag it refill-snowflake plastic
- Light blue small brads
- Papermania Whimsical Snowman
- Let it snow wooden greeting
- Big silver snowflake
- White thread
- Assorted beads
- Heat gun
- Double sided tape
- Tiny blue star button from Craftime


Step by Step

1. Stamp the snowman with the black Stazon on white cardstock and colour it with the permanent pens and 3d paint in silver as seen on card. Let it dry for a few minutes.

2.Tap the clear embossing pad on the coloured snowman. Sprinkle the clear power and emboss it using the hear gun. Do this process for 4 times to get a shiny glaze. Trim to size.

3. Thread the snowflake and beads to the bottom of the snowman as seen on card. Tie it at the back and stick some double sided tape to secure it. Tie the tiny blue star and some more beads. To the left of the snowman and secure at the back with double sided tape.

4. Stick the embellished snowman to the recycled silver card. Matt and layer your pink card with the mirri card and background paper. Stick the snowman on top of the card.

5. Attach the plastic snowflake background with the tiny brads. Finally stick the “Let it snow” greeting with double sided tape.

HOT PAWS TAG ACCORDION BOOK

Front



Back

This a step by step I made of a little tag accordion book in which I put pictures of my lovely cat Hot Paws.

Este es un paso a paso que hice de un pequeño librito estilo acordeón en el que coloqué fotos de mi linda gata "Patitas Calientes"

Materials

* All My Memories Simple Sweet Juicy 8 panel Tag Accordion Book
* AMM Simple Sweet Juicy Morsels
* AMM green Bazzil cardstock
* AMM Simple Sweet Juicy Tag Accents
* AMM Simple Sweet Juicy Signature Accent
* AMM Simple Sweet Juicy Alphadots
* Pink cardstock
* Papermania Rub-ons Kitty Sentiments
* Assorted buttons in orange an pink
* Assorted ribbons
* Silk flowers and heart
* Gold wire
* Round nose pliers
* Hole punch
* Stapler
* Craft Planet pink glitter glue
* Xcut Shape Cutter
* Xcut Circle Template
* Herma Transfer glue dispenser
* Double sided tape
* Packing from the tag book



Step by Step

1. Using the small circle template and the shape cutter; cut your picture and stick it to the front of the tag accordion book using the Herma glue dispenser.


2. Spell the name “H t Paws” using AMM Simple Sweet Juicy Alphadots and stick them at the top and bottom as seen on the tag accordion book. Stick a silk flower between the letters “h” and “t”. The flower will replace the letter “o”


3. Rub the PM rub-on paw to one side and stick a pink button to the right side of the picture. Stick some ribbon at the top of the 1st tag panel. Make the heart shape by using the round nose pliers. Cut 18cm of the gold wire and loop both ends to create the ends of the heart. Loop the wire in the centre to create the loop at the base of the heart. Clip the heart at the top of the 1st panel of the tag accordion book.


4. Stick the other 3 pictures and add the rub- ons, buttons, flowers and morsels on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th panel. Tie some ribbon on the heart buttons and trim it off before sticking them. Add some pink glitter glue on the word “playful”. Staple some ribbon on the 2nd panel. Punch a hole on the 4th panel and tie some ribbons.


5. On the other side (pink side) stick 4 of the AMM Simple Sweet Juicy Tag Accents. Do some matting and layering on 2 of the pictures using the AMM Green Bazzil cardstock and stick them to the 5th and 6th panels. Stick a bow on the 6th panel and cut the “Simple Sweet Juicy” top of the packing. Matt it with the pink cardstock and stick it on this panel. Add the other 2 pictures to the 7th and 8th panels and embellish them using the rub-ons, silk heart, flowers and pink glitter glue.