Cute as a Button Ornament
Project C1020 [Skill Level: Intermediate]
Designer: Megan Milliken
The perfect gift for any new parent or grandparent, this ornament features a personalized baby photo pendant and a stamped name and birth date on a little button blank.
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What You'll Need
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Specialized Tools
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Instructions:
- Choose your photo for the ornament. If you have a regular photograph, make a color copy of it. If you have a digital image, print it out on a color laser printer.
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Use the second circle from the left on the top row of your circle template (marked 32/4) to trace around your photo with a pencil. Then cut out the circle. Make sure it will fit into your Vintaj Natural Brass 32mm circle bezel pendant and adjust if necessary.
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Use a paintbrush or your fingers to spread Nunn Design glue onto the back of your photo and press it down into the bezel pendant. Allow to dry thoroughly.
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Use Nunn Design sealant to prepare your image as shown in this video. Allow all three coats of sealant to dry thoroughly.
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Mix 1 ounce of Ice Resin and fill your bezel as demonstrated in this video.
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Allow your resin to cure for three days.
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Watch the video: How to Make a Name Stamped Mother's Necklace. You'll only be using the metal stamping technique demonstrated, so feel free to disregard the rest of the instruction.
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Using the technique demonstrated in the video, stamp the name and birth date onto a Vintaj Natural Brass 24mm blank stamping button. See photos for placement details. Use the Vintaj relief block to lighten up the button stamping and make the name stand out more.
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Take your length of pine green silk fabric ribbon and bring the pointed ends through the hole in your photo pendant, leaving a loop. Then pull the ends through the loop to create a lark's head knot.
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Next, thread each pointed end up through one of the bottom button holes from the back to the front. Then bring them back through the top button holes from the front to the back.
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Adjust the placement of your button on the ribbons until you like where it sits.
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Decide how long you want your hanging loop to be and tie the ends in a bow above there. Trim the ends if you like.
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Variations
You could also use a glass tile bezel kit if you prefer and feel free to play around with the metal finishes and the shapes of your bezel pendant and your stamping blank. When substituting in items, pay attention to sizes and styles to make sure all your pieces will fit together.
Keywords: personalized, custom, name, stamped, Christmas, ornament, gift, baby, parent, grandparent, photo
Tip: Check package quantities for each component. You may have extra material to make more than one finished project, or will have leftovers for other projects. In some cases, adding on just one more package of a component may be all you need to make multiple pieces.
All designs © Beadaholique Inc.
You may use our designs to make items for personal use or gifts.
Sale of our designs, whether in written form or assembled, is prohibited.
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