Flirty Floral Headband

Designed By: Cheryl Ball

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Supplies:

Amate Studios™ Designer’s Collection™

Medium Bezel Flower Pendant - #167 – silver overlay

Liquid Fusion™ Adhesive

Aleene’s® Fast Grab™ Adhesive

Head band

Fabric to cover headband – desired color 18” square

Decorative ribbon – 1 yard

Beads - 1/4” flat rectangle – pink, turquoise

Felt – pink, green, white

Button – ¾” orange

Decorative edge scissors

Needle with thread

Pencil

Low tack masking tape

 

Instructions:

1. Cover headband with fabric if needed.  Add a thin layer  of Fast Grab™ to top of headband and smooth with finger.  Press fabric in place.  Use scissors to trim excess fabric leaving about a ½” border. 
2. Add a thin line for glue to inside edge, and then fold fabric to back and press in place.  Use ribbon or another piece of fabric glued in place to cover cut edges.
3. Use a pencil to trace around pendant on pink felt then cut out trimming as needed to fit inside pendant. 
4. Use decorative edge scissors to cut a circle about the size of a quarter.  Place circle on pink flower then use needle and thread to sew button through both layers.
5. Sew on beads.  Come from back of flower, thread on bead then insert needle back through flower.  Add desired color of beds where shown, knotting in back to secure. 
6. Cut a leaf shape from green felt.  Apply a thin layer of Liquid Fusion™ inside of pendant then press flower into place.  Add glue to tip of leaf and press to back of pendant where shown holding with tape till dry. 
7. Cut a 14” length of ribbon and tie around headband just past center.  Tie a knot.  Insert end of one ribbon through loop of pendant then tie a knot with other ribbon to hold in place. 
8. Loop ribbon back and forth to create bow.  Place over knot and tie ends in knot to hold bow in place.  Trim ends. 

Thanksgiving Wreath
Designed by Terry Ricioli

Hang this small wreath on the wall or tie it around a candle on your harvest table.

Supplies:

Amate Studios 1 1/4" Circle Pendant
Computer printed words "give" and "thanks" (These are printed in brown ink on tan cardstock in Batik Regular font.)
1 1/4" wood circke (Woodsies by Forster)
1 1/2" Square of Grungeboard
1 1/2" square of cereal box cardboard
Acrylic Paint: Terra Cotta, Teddy Bear Tan (Folk Art from Plaid)
Decoupage glue (Aleene's INstant Decoupage)
About 9 Jasper chips
Large jump ring or piece of wire
3" grapevine wreath
1 yard each of raffia and two kinds of yarn
2 metal leaves

Tools:
Scissors
Paintbrush
wire cutters
two pairs chain nose piliers
hot glue gun

Instructions:

Use the wood circle to trace a circle on the board and cardboard and cut out. Tear out the words "give" and "thanks" or words of  your choice. Paint board with Terra Cotta and dry brush with Teddy Bear Tan. Dab Terra Cotta around the edges of the words.

Glue the cardboard into the pendant. Glue the board on top of cardboard. Glue the words on the board. Coat the board and words with decoupage glue. Dot on more decoupage glue around the edges and in spots and add jasper chips. Let dry.

Slide the jump ring wire through wreath on the inside where you want to hang the pendant. Attach the pendant and close the ring.

Hold raffia and yarns together and wrap around wreath. Glue ends to back of wreath and trim. Use the remainder to make a bow and glue to top center of werath above pendant. Glue metal leaves to wreath and bow.

Birthday Present Pendant

 

Designed by Cheryl Ball

 

Supplies:

Amate Studios Designer’s Collection Pendant Trays – 1 ¼” square – Silver Overlay

Liquid Fusion™ Adhesive

Felt – turquoise, bright blue

Seed beads- lime green

Bugle beads – lime, turquoise

Center bead – ¼” across

Satin cording – 1 yard lime or desired color

Fingernail polish – lime green iridescent

Scissors

Needle with small eye and thread to match

 

Directions:

1. Use scissors to cut turquoise felt to fit inside Amate Studios pendant.  Cut a square from bright blue felt just slightly smaller.
2. Using needle with lime thread, push needle from back in center of small square.  Thread on two lime bugle beads then insert needle close to edge pulling tightly.  Couch beads to felt by coming up between beads, over thread and back into felt pulling tightly to hold beads in place.  Repeat step with three other side as shown. 
3. With needle coming up at center, thread on 16 – 18 seed beads then push back through hole creating a loop of beads.  Repeat step having end of loop at each corner of center, knotting after each loop to secure.
4. Sew round bead in center as shown.  
5. Use Liquid Fusion Adhesive to glue smaller square in center of larger and let dry.
6. Thread needle with turquoise thread then couch turquoise bugle beads around smaller square. 
7. Paint on a coat fingernail polish to add color to outside of pendant.  Let dry then add another coat for depth of color.  Let dry.
8. Apply a thin layer of Liquid Fusion to inside of pendant then press felt square into place.  Let dry.
9. Thread cording through pendant, determine length of cording and trim as needed.

“Alphabet” Domed Resin Pendant
Designed by Michael Jack Putman

*Warning- This project makes reference to a resin based project. I recommend you read any and all MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets) and warning labels on any product that you use. I also suggest that you always mix and pour your resin in a well ventilated are. Wear gloves and cover your work area.

Materials:
Black Polymer Clay
Amate Studio’s 2” Copper Oval Pendant

Ranger Ink’s Perfect Pearls

Prima’s Clear Small Alphabet Stamp

Alumilite Crystal Clear Resin (Found at most Hobby Stores)

 Two Part Epoxy

 

Tools:
Clay blade

Brushes

Heat gun

Instructions:

·        Condition a good sized ball of black clay in your hands.  Warm it and work it until soft and pliable.

·         Once soft. Squeeze and mold the clay to fill the entire pendant. Pack it all in. As much as possible. (I know this is a sloppy method- but I’m a guy and it works for me).

·        Take your clay blade and lay it flat against the rim of the pendant’s well. Move your blade flat across the pendant cutting away all the excess clay that over fills the pendant. This method of removal should have created an evenly layered top. If needed fill any bubbles or gaps by applying more clay and perhaps re-cutting.  

·        Once you have an evenly smooth clay layer inside of your pendant. Lay your stamp on top of your clay and give a little push. Carefully remove your stamp off the clay. You should now have a very nice impression within the clay.

·        At this point brush on your Perfect Pearls. Perfect Pearls bonds to polymer clay when cured. Gives it great shine and is quite easy to use.

·        Bake clay in the pendant. Do not attempt to move it. Follow directions for baking on your chosen polymer clay package. 

·        Once the pendant has been baked and cooled. You will be able to remove the clay piece out by giving your pendant a tap on the back. 

·       Mix needed amount of two part epoxy on wax paper. Adhere your clay piece with two part epoxy to the inside of your pendant. Let dry.

·        Once your pendant is dry. You can apply a small mix of chosen resin or glaze to the top of your ring. I used a small mix of Alumilite Clear Resin. Poured just enough on the top to fill any cracks and extend all over the top surface of the ring. It helped give a nice domed top. Let dry… all done.

o        *Quick note: To remove any air bubbles from your resin. Run your heat gun over your resin before you pour and perhaps after.

Today I was looking at Amate Studios Design Teams blogs and websites. They all have great projects and ideas on them. I was impressed with Deborah Anton's blog. She also designs jewelry for My Favorite Things stamp company. She has created some really cute pieces that she has up on her blog. Check it out.  

Hope you have enjoyed the previously posted projects. There are also new projects posted on the Amate Studios website. More projects will be added in the next couple of days to the blog.

USA Hairclip

By Terri Ricioli

Materials:

 

Amate Studios™ Large Oval Hairclip (#803)

Cardboard or tag board:  2” by 4” piece 

Fabric:  2” by 4” piece 

Copper Alpha Brads or other small letters to spell “USA” (JoAnn Scrap Essentials™

Lightweight natural twine (or other fiber or thread):  about 30”

Star buttons, 11   (Heritage Stars from Favorite Findings by Blumenthal Lansing)

Jewel glue (Aleene’s®

Scissors, wire cutters, chain nose pliers

 

Instructions:

 

1. Cut one hairclip shape from cardboard.  To cut a shape, color the edge of the pendant tray with a non-permanent marker and press onto the cardboard.  Carefully trim shape to fit.  Wipe marker off pendant tray.
2. Cut one shape from the fabric using the cardboard as a pattern
3. Glue the fabric to the board and the board into the hairclip.
4. Trim prongs from brads and press any remainder of the prongs into the back of the brad with the pliers.  Arrange brads in center of hairclip in desired arrangement.  Remove and apply glue to the back of the brads and glue to fabric. 
5. Glue twine around edge of fabric, starting and ending at one end.
6. Cut remaining twine into 2” pieces, thread through holes in buttons and tie a single knot.  Thread some with knot in front and others in back.  Trim ends.
7. Arrange stars as desired and glue to hairclip around letters.

Father’s Day Magnet

By Lacy Carrall

Supplies

Amate Studios Tag Pendant in Copper
Grungeboard
Acrylic Paint
Patterned Paper
Vintage Photo
Vintage Charms
Diamond Glaze
Scrap Chain
Magnet


Instructions:

1. Trim vintage photo to fit the Tag Pendant.
2. Secure vintage photo to Tag Base with a small amount of Diamond Glaze or other adhesive.
3.  Embellish photo with crowns, words, etc.
4. Fill Tag Base with Diamond Glaze.
5. Cut wings out of Grunge Board.
6. Paint wings with Acrylic Paint.
7. Cover one side of wings with patterned paper and add embellishments if desired.
8. Attach wings to back of Tag Pendant with a small amount of Diamond Glaze or other adhesive.
9. Apply magnet to back of pendant.
10. Hang vintage charms from the bottom of the pendant with scrap chain.

 

I love our Design Team!!!! We have 5 new projects up on the website. This time I am not going to give you a preview picture. However you can click this link to view the new projects. After viewing the projects post a comment on the blog for a product give away! Post as many comments as you like. Let's see how this goes. I just might give away more than one prize!

Susan

Felt. Who knew? Check out Cheryl's cool Triangle Pendant using felt on our website. Instructions are on the website too! FYI this pendant fits Fiskars Large Nice Tri paper punch. I hope you are enjoying the projects so far. Keep checking back often for more projects.