The Mermaid's Den

Materials used : Easy Cast Resin Mold Release Star Wars Han Solo Silicone Tray Resin jewelry mold for clasp, part I Resin jewelry mold for clasp, part II Jacquard Pearl EX Set (Series 1) Black Ink  Plastic Medicine Cups Craft Sticks Files Empire Precision Drill Set   Needle Tool Beads of your choice (I used hematite) FireLine Bead Thread I started by spraying the mold release into the mold and allowing it to dry. Then I measured out the two parts of resin into the medicine cup, stirred them together with the wooden craft stick (you can't clean the resin off or reuse the stir stick, so use something disposable), and added the pearl ex mica powder. I used two shades of silver and a bronze color. 30 ml was enough resin to fill all six molds almost to the top. They weren't quite full, though, so I mixed another 15 ml of resin, into which I added the black ink. Initially, I thought the resin had set enough that there would be a layer of black, but instead

Materials used : Disc Cutter Hammer Cut Lube Metal shears Files Epic six embossing machine Floral Embossing Folder Birds & Swirls Embossing Folder Wood Dapping Block Hole Punch Pliers  and  Replacement Pins Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink 1/2-Ounce, 3-Pack, Nature Walk, Wild Plum/Buttrscotch/Stream Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink 1/2-Ounce, 3-Pack, Rustic Lodge, Bottle/Terra Cotta/Denim Alcohol Ink Applicator Sheets of colored aluminum from Bead Landing (can't find a link for these online, but I got them at Michaels ) Glossy Accents  or   Resin   In my previous post , I discussed how to cut up aluminum cans to use in jewelry and showed some examples of what I've done as well as what others have done with similar materials. In this post, I'll show how to punch out discs for jewelry, emboss them, dap them, and turn them into earrings like this: First, you'll need to punch out some discs. You can also draw a circle on your metal sheets and cut o