Bountiful Apple Tree

Designed by Susan Johnson

 

Supplies:

 

Amate Studios Designer’s Collection Large Flower Pendant

Amate Studios Designer’s Collection Medium Long Rectangle Pendant

Fiskars Lg. Squeeze Punch Brick by Brick
McGill Super Giant Flower Punch

Magic Glos® by Lisa Pavelka

Dazzle Tac Jewelry glue by Beacon

Light Green, Dark Green, Red and Brown Clay

Small circle clay cutter or empty eraser tip of a pencil

“Swirl” stamp by Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous

Needle/Straight Pin

Bird charm

Jump Ring
Scrap Paper

3 pennies

 

Instructions:

 

1. Use scrap paper to punch out flower and rectangle with the paper punches to use as a templates.
2. Take ½ a bar of light green clay and ½ a bar of dark green clay and loosely mix the colors together to get a swirled look. Roll flat to ¼” thick.
3. Push “Swirl” stamp into green clay.
4. Use flower template to cut a piece of green clay out to make the “Tree” top. Use left over green clay to make leaves for the apples.
5. Roll brown clay to ¼” thick and use rectangle template to cut a piece of clay out to make the trunk. Use needle to make bark lines in the clay. Use left over brown clay to make stems for the apples.
6. Roll red clay to ¼” thick. Cut out several small circles with the small circle cutter or empty eraser tip of a pencil to make apples. With your fingers, squish the sides of the circle inward making the bottom a little smaller than the top. Using the needle, make 2 indent on the bottom of the circle and one on the top.
7. Attach a small piece of brown clay to the apple for the stem and attach a small piece of green clay for the leaves.
8. Bake clay according to directions on clay packaging. Let clay cool.
9. Take the apples and apply a thin layer of Magic Glos® to the red part of the apple. Cure according to package directions.
10. Glue green clay into flower pendant and brown clay into rectangle pendant with Dazzle Tac jewelry glue.
11. Glue apples to green flower pendant Dazzle Tac jewelry glue.
12. Apply a good size amount of Dazzle Tac jewelry glue to the bottom (side with out loop) of the rectangle pendant and attach tree top to the trunk. Hold pendants together for a few seconds to bond. Set aside to dry completely. Use pennies to help pendants lay flat.
13. Once pendants are attached together add bird to the tree with a jump ring.

Give Thanks Family Tree

Designed by Deborah Anton

 

 

Products used:

Amate Studios Design Base Elements Small Pendants/Dangle earrings

Amate Studios Designers Collection Large Rectangle Pendant

Family Photos

Decorative Pumpkin

18ga or lower craft wire

Piercing Tool

Hot Glue gun

Embellishments

Round Nose Pliers

Ranger Glossy Accents

Micro Metal Beads

SU! Happy Harmony Stamp Set

Stampabilities Embossing Powder

Heat Tool

Zip Dry Glue

 

 

Instructions:

 

1. Cut your photos to size for each pendant and adhere with Zip Dry glue. If your photos are copies, be sure they are copied from a laser printer or if not, sealed with an acrylic spray to ensure colors do not run.
2. Add Glossy Accents to each pendant and while still wet, place micro beads around the pendants.  Let Dry.
3. Stamp sentiment onto some cardstock using Versamark ink, sprinkle some embossing powder, and heat. Cut to size Amate Studios Large Rectangle Pendant and adhere using Zip Dry glue or glue of choice.
4. Add some fall embellishments if desired in the sentiment pendant.
5. Cut your craft wire to size and using your round nose pliers, curl the ends to allow for pendants to hang from.
6. Using your piercing tool, pierce a small hole where you would like your wires to be on the pumpkin.  Using the hot glue gun, add a little to the end of your wire prior to sticking them into the holes you have made for extra hold.
7. Add more fall embellishments if desired to the top of your pumpkin using your hot glue gun for hold.
8. Once all your pendants are dry, hand them from your positioned wire and enjoy!

Fall Napkin Rings
Designed by Sam Katz

Supplies Needed:

•Amate Studios Designer Collection Pendant Tray Mini Word Tag and Small Word Tag  in silver or gold.
•About 1/4 block of polymer clay. For this project, I chose Cernit “Doll/Almond” for it’s porcelain like finish.
•Either a clay dedicated pasta machine or acrylic roller
•A tissue or clay blade (or an X-Acto knife will do)
•A cheap plastic paint brush
•Acrylic paint in a brown tone (I prefer a mix of mostly burnt sienna with a little yellow ochre, used here)
•An old torn up sponge
•Any stamp or texture tool. I used Green Girl Studio’s Leaf Texture Roller.
•Beads from York Novelty Imports, yorkbeads.com
•Any cyano-acrylate glue.
•Tiger tail & 1 crimp bead

Instructions:

1. Condition clay.(If you are not familiar with conditioning polymer clay, you can go to:
          http://www.artjewelrymag.com/art/Default.aspx?c=a&id=755 for a short video. (You will need to        create a free account, but it is fast and easy)
2. After your clay is conditioned, roll a sheet on the thickest setting of your pasta machine or roll with your acrylic roller to a uniform 1/8” thickness
3. Using an even pressure, roll or push texture deeply into the clay
4. Find a nice spot in your texture & place your pendants face down on your clay & press gently
   to make an impression of the space you want to fill.
5. Using your clay blade (or X-Acto knife), trim around your piece, following the indentations made by pressing the tray into the clay as a guide. (If you are new to clay blades, be sure to hold it by the dull side!)
6. Gently fit your raw clay piece into the pendant tray.
               •It should be an exact fit so you may have to bend & cajole it a bit to get it in -be patient.
               •Once you have the clay in the pendant tray, gently press with your fingers to ease out any air     bubbles that may be caught under the clay.
7. Place on a ceramic tile, piece of cardboard or a cookie sheet & bake, at the temperature recommended by the manufacturer of the clay brand that you are using, for 20-30 minutes. Let cool.
8. Mix a small amount of acrylic paint & using a stiff brush, paint the surface of your clay, being sure to get all the way into the texturing you did. Quickly, before the paint dries, use a barely damp sponge to remove the excess paint from the surface of you piece. Repeat if necessary. You may want to have some Q-tips or cheap “duel tip cosmetic applicators” to remove paint from small areas. Be sure to clean any paint residue from the pendant tray.
9. Place on a ceramic tile or a cookie sheet & bake, at the temperature recommended by the manufacturer of the clay brand that you are using, for 10 minutes to bond the acrylic paint to the
   polymer. Let cool.
10. Pop clay out of pendant trays & glue back in using any cyano-acrylate glue.
11. String your beads on the tiger tail & run it 3 times through the larger pendant & twice through the smaller one. Crimp the 2 ends.

GIVE THANKS PHOTO FRAME

Designed by Cheryl Ball

 

Materials Needed:

Amate Studios™ Designer’s Collection™ - Round Pendant 1 ½’ –silver

Aleene’s® Fast Grab Tacky Glue®

Liquid Fusion™ Adhesive

York Novelty Imports – rectangle beads – Opalescent gold (3)

Frame – desired size

Thick felt – orange (I found mine in the $1 section at Joann’s)

Fabric – scrap of olive green wool ( I used an old blazer from goodwill)

Embroidery floss – brown

Needle with large eye

Sewing pin

Scissors

Ribbon – 1 yard ribbon – depending on size of frame

Fabric – Fall design – 18” square or more depending on size of frame

Cardstock – color to match fabric

Pencil

Ruler

 

Instructions:

1. Cut out leaf pattern.  Pin onto green wool fabric and cut out. 
2. Using pencil, trace around pendant on orange felt.  Cut out then trim till it fits inside pendant.
3. Center leaf on round and hold with pin.  Thread needle with single strand of brown floss, double then tie knot in ends.  Stitch leaf to round then add stitching around edge as shown.
4. Sew three rectangle beads at base of leaf.
5. Apply a thin layer of Liquid Fusion™ to inside bottom of pendant.  Press round into place making sure top of leaf is toward hanger.  Let dry.
6. Remove glass from frame.  To create mat – if desired – place glass on cardstock paper then use pencil to trace around. Cut out.  Use ruler to measure ¾” from edge on all sides then carefully cut out center.  Set aside.
7. To cover frame, place fabric, right side down on work surface.  Add a thin bead of Fast Grab Glue™ to front on frame then smooth with finger.  Press onto center of fabric.  Flip over and smooth fabric on front if needed. 
8. Pull one side of fabric to back of frame then trim leaving about a ½” border on all sides of frame.  Apply a thin bead of glue to back of frame, smooth with finger then press fabric into place.
9. Snip fabric in center of frame, and then cut diagonally to each corner.  Pull up one side then trim fabric so it fits on ledge of glass.  Glue in place.  Repeat with remaining sides.  Let dry.
10. Clean glass and place in opening, layer mat then photo and add backing piece.
11. Glue olive ribbons diagonally on corners as shown.   Bend ribbon to back, trim ends and glue in place.
12. Insert a length of olive ribbon through hanger and tie a knot.  Add a dot of Fast Grab glue to back of knot and press in place.  Let dry.

His and Hers Wine Glass Charms
Designed by Terry Ricioli

For more charms in this set, use words like "him", "her", "me", "you", "mine", and "yours". Or, you can make a charm for each person using their initials.

Materials:

2 Amate Studios Mini Long Rectangle Pendants
Grungeboard pieces to fit pendants
Paint or paper cut to fit board pieces
Computer printed words: HIS and HERS
Decoupage glue (Aleen's (R) Instant Decoupage)
2 wire earring hoops
8 metal spacers
4 beads

Instructions:

1. Measure the inside dimensions of the pendant and cut pieces of bard to fit.
2. Paint with your choice of color or glue on paper.
3. Glue board piece into pendant.
4. Print word on colored cardstock. Trim word to fit or cut into letters and glue on top of board.
5. Finish with decoupage glue.
6. Thread on a spacer, a bead, a spacer and pendant onto wire hoop.
7. Thread on a spacer, a bead and a spacer.
8. Bend end of loop up at right angles and place in loop.

“Thanks” Vintage Image Pendant
Designed by Michael Jack Putman

Materials:

Amate Studio’s Large Square Pendant

Ice Resin

Brush on Nail Glue (Resin Glue) (found at most beauty supplies)

Vintage image

 

Instructions:
 

*One of the key elements to sinking an image into your pendants when using resin or gels is protecting the ink and image from bleeding. You also need to create an airtight bond with the image and the pendant. So that the resin or gel cannot create air bubbles, or cause your artwork to float during the dry process. The most common glue / adhesive used for this are Modge Podge. However I find that it does not always do the job. So far my favorite adhesive that I have found is “brush on nail glue”. It is a clear resin based glue, it will adhere your image to the pendant, seal the image, and dries quite fast. It’s my favorite so far for “inkjet” images. The only drawback is the smell and fumes. Like your resin -be sure to use it in a well ventilated area. Have fun!

 

1.            If you have an image to place within your pendant -cut or punch your selected image.

2.            Then apply a good coat of the “brush on nail glue” to the inside base of your pendant.

3.            Apply your image to the wet glue. Then apply a strong layer of the “brush on nail glue” to the top of your image and sides. Let dry.

4.            Then prepare and pour your Ice Resin according to directions on packaging. Use heat gun to remove any air bubbles. Let dry according to directions on packaging.

5.            All done! Attach to tag or chain.

Treasured Trinkets Bracelet

By Michal Rainsbarger

 

Materials:

• Amate Designer’s Collection Linked circle bracelet #80800014 (silver)
• Amate Hand made weave paper (cinnamon)
• Old book pages
• Lace ribbon (black and brown)
• Silver tulle
• Fresh water pearls (green, brown, white, grey)
• Rhinestones (topaz or amber)
• Any other small flat back embellishments you desire such as brads, buttons, metal spacers etc.
• Distress ink (walnut)

 

Tools:

• Scissors
• Tweezers
• Strong clear drying adhesive such as Weldbond or E-6000
• Matte gel medium
• Small paint brush

 

Instructions:

1. Using the Amate weave and book papers cut out 8 circles about ¼” larger than the circles on the bracelet.
2. Distress the edges of the paper circles with the ink pad. Let dry.
3. Brush a thin coat of gel medium onto both sides of the paper circles. Let dry.
4. Form the paper circles into cups that fit inside the circles of the bracelet. Glue them in with the adhesive. Let dry. Gently fold over the edges of the paper.
5. Glue down the “trinkets” in any fashion you desire in each of the 8 circles. Make each one different. Start with the ribbon then add the pearls, rhinestones and anything else you want. Use the tweezers to help position the smaller pieces as you glue them down. You’ll find It helps to let some of the pieces dry before you add more. Let everything dry completely. Enjoy!