resin clay ring

 

 inspired by my friend carmi and her new I love resin blog

this coffee break ring is a fun and easy project

 a little resin clay, a metal complex ring bezel and

a few miniature items supplied by carmi

five minutes later and one ring finished , so cute I had to make a second

KLIK collaboration

klik© - A New Metal Complex

DIY Program Featuring the 
Ideal Blank Bezel for Resin Crafters!

featuring 50 artist and there creations

check them out on the resin crafts blog

and all the components at metal complex

 

 

for one of my submissions i knew i was going to use wire

but needed todrill some holes in the KLIK bezel first

using 3 8 inch pieces of 12 gauge aluminum wire

 it was easy to weave the wire through the holes

looping and interlocking along the way

adding gold beads with  18 gauge wire

i filled the bezel with resin clay and added gold micro beads

and a metal bee on top

 



and of course i had to try out a few more ideas

the next thought was to get out the soutache cord  beads and pearls

 



creating for carmi

i  am so happy to be challenged by my friend carmi

she sits me at a table in her studio with some amazing products and says

"what can you do with this"

sometimes i can only feature one element and other times i can mix and match

featuring

 aluminum  wire

flat leather

faux suede tassels

suede lace cord

neo chain

plus all kinds of findings

she displays my work on several of her wonderful blogs

john bead

metal complex

dazzle-it

resin crafts

 

i am truly blessed to have such a great friend and a wonderful opportunity

to create every day!!

 

watch bezel pin project

i don't know how I forgot to include this on my last resin post

it is one of my favourite's

i knew i wanted to make a pin and when I found the metal bee

i thought of summer, my garden and went looking through my old photos

and found some cone flower, perfect

the key and heart balanced it all out

but it was still a bit plain

of course, i hadn't used any wire or beads yet!!

the rest was easy

putting it all together is the fun part

and i'm getting better at pouring resin

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if you would like to see the whole project

carmi, the organizer of this resin challenge, has started posting

all the participants work on the resin crafts blog

and also on pinterest

resin watch bezel challenge

back in the fall my friend carmi sent me a few watch bezels

for her resin time-is anytime! project

carmi posted:

With so many talented followers it is time for me to showcase

 your work on both our blog and at a super event we attend in January:

 The Craft & Hobby Association Conference and Trade Show  (CHA)

this weekend carmi is unveiling all the finished pieces 

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the first thing I did when I saw the brass watch was

to look through my supplies to see what would inspire me

above a layout of all the found objects I though might work

before I knew it , out came the drill, some wire and leather

I found an old wire bangle a figured why not make a watch



filling in the bezel was the easy part

I figured it was 5 o'clock somewhere

and the ETI resin pour came out perfect

and as always one thing leads to many more

but that will be another post