Black Bird Beads

Another project for the Sweet Summer Blog Hop with

STAEDTLER and Stampendous

I love how the dark STAEDTLER fimo shows off the Stampendous glitter in this piece.

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To complete this project you will need:

STAEDTLER fimo soft #9 black

STAEDTLER fimo gloss varnish

Stampendous Charm Set Perfectly Clear Stamp Set

Stampendous Encrusted Jewel kit bronze

Stampendous Encrusted Teal Jewel kit embossing powders and glitters

Opaque blue ink pad

Rhinestones

Super glue

Silver coloured jewelry findings, chain, jump rings, lobster claw, head pins, silver coloured 22 gauge wire.

Tools you'll need to complete this project:

Home oven

Parchment paper

Water in a spray bottle

Rolling pin for clay use only

Craft knife

1 inch round clay cutter

Pack of round toothpicks

Three in one jewelry pliers, double round nose, flat and wire cutters.

Roll out some STAEDTLER fimo soft black clay to about 1/4 inch thick and sprinkle with an assortment of Stampendous glitters and embossing powders.

Roll over the glittered clay with the clay roller.

Use the round clay cutter to cut out circles from the pressed and glittered clay.

Sandwich a piece of wire between two glittered circles pressing firmly to create a solid bead. Rub the edge seam with your fingertips to seal the join.

I dusted one side of each bead with more embossing powder.

I made small ball beads by rolling some black clay balls in the excess glitter and embossing powder. Then I poked a hole in each bead with the wire.

I made a 1 1/2 by 2 inch flat bead poking a hole through the top of the piece from side to side. I loaded one of the teeny bird stamps found on the  Stampendous Charm Set Perfectly Clear Stamp Set with an opaque blue ink and pressed it into the clay bead to make an impression on the beads front.

I added some turquoise detail embossing powder to the stamped image and brushed away any surface powder.

I loaded one edge of the focal bead with some aged teal embossing powder and baked the beads on a 230 degree oven for 20 minutes on a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Allow the beads to cool completely before handling.

Put each bead onto the end of a toothpick and dip into the STAEDTLER fimo gloss varnish. Poke the other end of each toothpick into a large piece of styrofoam to let the beads dry. Check in a few minutes to dab away any varnish drips.

Here's a tutorial on how I make my head pins and eye pins to make this piece.

Don't forget to join this site by clicking the link at the very bottom of this page and leave a comment on this post for a chance to win this wonderful STAEDTLER Sweet Summer Giveaway collection at the end of the week.

Giveaway open to residents of Canada and the US only.

GIVEAWAY CLOSED!

 The “Sweet Summer” Giveaway includes the following:

1 Set of 6 Triplus fineliners, pastel assortment

4 blocks of FIMO soft oven-bake clay in vanilla, peach, lilac and mint

1 Mars plastic eraser

1 Double hole metal pencil sharpener

1 Mars Lumograph sketch pencil

1 Pigment liner sketch pen

2 Creative idea brochures

Visit and leave comments on this Tuesday's Blog hop posts for a chance to win even more:

Kim Stewart

Suzanne Czosek

Stampendous Impressions 

Cyndi Bundy 

Tenia Nelson