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Hi this is Julie with Beadaholique.com and I'm going to show you how to make this locket
It's a mixed media collage art locket
You open it up. You see you can put a photo in there
we've used several different techniques in this project. I want to show you
how to do the locket itself from start to finish and then we just added
some chain which is really easy to do with pre-made chain
or just add some chain but the focus of this video is the locket
what you start with is your basic locket finding
so this one has a nice bezel in the middle. It's not too deep but it's deep enough
just opens up
it's got a pretty decorative pattern on the back
you're going to need some collage art. You can also use photographs as well
I would recommend making a copy of the photograph not using the original
you need some crystal clay
I have sage green here and of course it's going to be part A and part B to
that
you need some crystal chatons. I have Swarovski Elements chatons here in size
pp10
and pp24
and the final ingredient you need is a glass cabochon, this is one is
one inch
and I'm going to show you you're going to be able to put this over your different
collage images to choose the one you like best
and then work that into your locket
only two tools required. You need some kind of pic to get the chatons
into the clay, now there is a little toothpick with beeswax that will come with
your crystal clay kit, you can use that
I have a magic pic right here and that works really well as well
then you need a pair of simple scissors to cut your paper with
so to begin pick your image
if you're unsure of what you want
just roll the glass cabochon on the top of the surface until you capture an image you
like
I actually did this earlier and I really the love
pattern right here with the blue and green
I'm going to take my Diamond Glaze
I'm just gonna flip my glass dome upside down so that flat surface is facing
upwards
go ahead and put
about that much in the middle
it's not that much, it's going to spread out
you want a flat surface
turn it upside down
place it over the area
that you want to show
you have a little bit of time to move it around but not too much
once you're happy with it
press into place
and hold it there for a few seconds to make sure that the Diamond Glaze spreads
out all the edges
as you can see it's doing right here
and now we're going to let that dry for about twenty minutes
then we're going to cut it out and put it onto a locket
we've been patiently waiting. It's twenty minutes later. Your glue is going to dry
depending upon your conditions
but this is now dry
I'm going to cut it out
I'm going to rough cut around it
and then I'm just gonna follow the line
of the glass cabochon and I'm going to put my scissors right up against
the edge of the glass
and work my way around
so that is ready to go
where we're going to put it is in the center
of our locket
so to adhere it I have Nunn Design glue. I could just as easily use Crafter's
Pick or another white glue
and if you've seen my videos you know I tend to not use toothpicks but
basically just need to go ahead
and put some glue on the back
picture image
flip it over
press it into place. Now with white glue you'll have a little bit of work time here
so you can put it on their and then
adjust it as needed, it doesn't dry right away
now we have to be patient again
and wait for this to dry
so again it's probably about fifteen to twenty minutes until it's dry enough to
work with again
but you drying times might vary so we're going pause
and then when we come back we're going to do the crystal clay and the chaton
embellishments
all that's left to complete our locket is to do a rim of crystal clay
little crystal clay accents along the edge and add the chatons
the way you're going to do that is you're going to take equal amounts of part A and
part B of crystal clay
crystal clay is a epoxy clay. It self hardens so don't need to bake it
it's going to be very durable
you have to estimate about how much you need
and roll each segment into a little ball
you don't want to do this on a
mat, you I need a clean surface
because the crystal clay will pick up any fibers
I've got a large pea size here. If you think it's going to be a little big you can either shoot
a little bit over and have it a little bit big and have a side project ready to use the clay
on that's left over
or you can do it a little bit under and just mix up more clay if you need to
I've got two equal balls
take them
and squish them together
for the purpose of the video I'm not wearing gloves, it is recommended that
you do wear gloves
it's a little hard to see in the video if I have them on. I'm squishing it together
kneading it
combining the one color with the hardener
roll it together
what your goal is to have it be one solid color
get rid of the different striations
with crystal clay you do you have a half an hour and forty five minutes
depending upon your environment
and when I say environment I mean
conditions outside, how hot it is hot, how humid, how cold, different factors such as
that but you do have about an half-an-hour of work time
you can take your time. Make sure you get this right
it is sticky
and that's good, we want it to stick to our surface
so once all the striations are gone, I'm gonna roll it into a ball
like so
and then I'm gonna roll it out
I want a nice long tube shape
I have too much clay here
just pinch a little bit off
you need to use that right away within the same half hour timeframe, you
can't put it in a bag and store overnight, it does need to be used
so if you don't have other projects ready
just air on the side of caution
make less than you need and just make more as needed, so what I'm doing is
gently pulling on the clay if I feel a weak spot I'm stopping
It could be a little bit hard to get a tube shape this long
you want it to be even
and when you have
this length which is about
eight inches, it's much more that you're gonna need
just err on the side of caution
take your end
lay it down into the bezel rim
lay it between the glass edge
and the edge of the bezel
work my way around
I can tell that this is a little bit bigger
so I'll pull that up
pinch it off
come right back to your starting point
I'm using my fingernail
roll this into a ball
so you can use it for your next project
obviously that's not very attractive
so we're just going to use our fingers. This is clay so it is pliable
smooth it out and squish it together
go along the edge and press it
into the bezel channel that was there
you don't won't any fingerprints at this point, you're not going to actually see them
because we're going to put the crystals into the clay
try to not touch the top of your glass dome
you don't want to get crystal clay on it
we're back to that area
I'm going to take my finger
work at it a little
and make sure that the first crystal I place is right over that same
so that we don't see it at all
go around the bezel
make sure that the clay is pretty evenly, you don't have a big
right here I have this sticking out . Make sure it's relatively even, it doesn't have to
be perfect
and that looks pretty good, so at this point go ahead wash your hands. They'll
be sticky at this point, if you've directly touched the clay
I'm going to start adding chatons. I'll start with the pp24's first
which are the largest
and I have a magic pick, to make it a little bit stickier I have this little
handy pad which just has some tape on it
do one at a time and I am going to start in my same area
just to cover that
pick it up
lay it onto the crystal clay where you want it
press it down a little bit
the goal is you want to have the
top edge, the outer edge of the chatons just beneath the clay
that's gonna hold it in place
work your way all the way around
adding one chaton at time
you don't want them to touch
but for this project you do want them to be as close together as possible
I've gone all the way around
take the tip of my magic pick or whatever
applicator you're using
just press them down even further because as I was doing this
I did not get all of the way press it in completely
and for me it is a lot easier to just go back and do it this way
then to worry about them being totally set each one as I
apply them, I'd rather just get them on there
and then go back and do this quick little rollover, just rotating
the tip a little bit just to smooth it out so that it's not sticking
to the crystal or pulling it up
there we go
now one final touch that we want to do and you'll see how in this one I added
more of the clay in the little
the tinier chatons on the side, so you want to have a little bit extra
now we're just going to pinch a
little bit by a little bit off so I just have
the tiniest amount here
rolling it into a tiny little ball
putting it right
along
the edge to follow the design of the pattern
you probably see that sometimes I feel I get a little too much so I'm just taking
my fingernail and
removing a little bit of it
wash your hands really good after you do this
you can tell I have a lot of crystal clay left so I'll definitely have some for another
project here
so I've got a little dot of clay
in each of the little scallops centers
you can probably tell I wasn't too concerned about really pressing them in
place and that's because I knew I was going to go back
pick up
these tiny pp10 chatons
they can be a little tricky sometimes
and I'm going to put
one of each in the center
of every little dot. I'm going to use it's force to press that dot into place
work my way around doing that
all done
so we did that
locket from start to finish. It has two different takes on it but the same process
for both
it's a fun easy project. It makes a great personalized gift if you wanna make one
for a loved one or just a fun project for yourself and this project and others can
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