Jewellery - La Palma Transvulcania Running Medal

It's done, he did it. The weekend before last he ran the 83.4km in 18 hours and 30 minutes. I am very proud of him, he did so well and finished. I probably would still be running ........ to honour the occasion I made a medal for him with a solid Sterling silver disk and 24 carat gold foil. The techniques I used include etching and Keum-Boo. I was so happy once it was finished .... and, of course, it needed a little presentation box .......

 

have a nice evening, Petra.

Jewellery & Lunagirl - Wooden Scrabble-Look-Alike Tiles

The images from Lunagirl Moonbeams Shabby Green collage sheet are just too darling and so perfect for using them in jewellery making .....

 

 The ingredients are simple:

wooden tiles, images, epoxy sticker, glue, scissors, bail and necklace

and some embellishments for the edges of the tiles

 

Hope you have time to check-out Lunagirl Moonbeams' current challenge for all the fabulous inspiration and take part in the challenge! Petra.

Linked to: The Shabby Tea Room

Lunagirl - Goddess Pendants

There is still time to play with Lunagirl Moonbeams and her wonderful Goddess challenge. I could not decide which lady goddess to choose so I decided to create a little goddess trio

  

All images on the three collages are from Lunagirl Moonbeams' Classical Beauties and Victorian Butterflies collage sheets apart from the script on the left-hand side (Magic Moonlight Free Images)

I turned the collages into pendants

using Ranger Memory Frames and Glas

and adding a little resin flower and some lace

Hope you have time to pop over to Lunagirl Moonbeams blog for fabulous inspiration from the DT and to play along! Have a great weekend, Petra.

Jewellery - Stamped Pendant

The inspiration for this little bit of jewellery came from Paula's (from One Lucky Day ) wooden stamped disks. I just fell in love with them and really had to give it a try. It all started with a wooden disk and gesso and several layers of distress stains and Perfect Pearls ... front and back

 

 

 I stamped the disk with Archival Ink and stamps from PrimaMarketing and PaperArtsy. To seal it a generous layer of Glossy Accents was applied to which I then added a little bling.

 

Instead of using Memory Foil tape (which I di not have) I just added a little bit of Silver Stickles around the edge. To make it into a piece of wearable art a little bail was glued to the back of the disk and a lovely voile ribbon and waxed cord is used as necklace

  

Have a lovely evening, Petra.

Jewellery - Christmas Ornament

This is my second piece I made in the silversmithing workshop, a Christmas ornament with silver wire, silver plate and fabric bead

the individual elements I made from silver are:

star, domes to cover top and bottom of bead, hanger

The fabric bead I bought a very very long time ago and I thought this is the occasion to show it off.

Happy Sunday, Petra.

Jewellery - The First Ring

After recognising that opening and closing jump rings for jewellery making are not my strong points (lol) I decided to sign up for a jewellery class or more precise a silversmithing workshop. It has been quite an eye opener. My respect and admiration for silversmiths and jewellery makers has increased manifold. It is not only the techniques which need to be learned (soldering, annealing, cutting, understanding the different properties of metals, ....) but you need to have a vision of what you want to make and plan it carefully otherwise you will loose the precious metal and it is quite challenging physical work when you start the filing, polishing and everything. In the end it was worthwhile ... I am now the very proud owner of a ring which I designed and created myself (BIG SMILE)

 

The ring itself is copper. The fine line you see at the back of the ring inside is the joint whereI soldered the ring together.

For the decoration I made a silver dome and soldered it on to the copper ring. As it looked a bit plain I decided to add a little square glas bead. Et voila!

The workshop will finish very soon but I will definitely sign up for thr next term ... there is still so much to learn! Thank you for stopping by, Petra.

Give-away Winner

I want to say a BIG thank you to everybody who left a comment on the give-away post. It meant so much to me and was true encouragement to dive a little bit more into the world of jewellery .... and if you fancy doing it and do not really know, I can just say, just go for it! It is enjoyable and you can show it off!

Mr Random.Org did his job and picked a number ... drumroll and cheers please ... the winner is

No 5

and this is: Valerie! Congratulations!

Wishing you all a lovely evening and a good start into the new week, Petra.

Cheerful Monday #26 - Your Choice, a Bracelet!

It is the second week of Vicki's: Your Choice challenge and how could I resists to make a second bracelet :-) I never thought jewellery making is so addictive! I had great fun!

  

I found the bracelet chain at a carboot sale 

and after cleaning it up, it has got a lovely vintage look and feel to it.

The Alice images are from Lunagirl Moonbeam. 

They are black and white prints coloured with Copics. 

 Various charms, a little teaset (isn't it charming?), some beads, 

a little bow and a little Fimo rose are attached to the bracelet

Hope you have time to pop over to Vicki's blog, you will find a bucketload of inspiration and there is still time to play along. Petra.

Linked to: Make My Monday

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Lunagirl - Alice Charm Bracelet & Giveaway

I cannot tell you how happy I am today ... a long Bank Holiday weekend has started (yippppeee) which means I will have time to do some of my favourite activities like crafting, gardening, go for walks, ..... how wonderful is this? ... and I finished my first ever piece of jewellery! I did not really occur to me to even attempt anything like this .... till I saw this charm bracelet and Karen from Lunagirl Moonbeams announced the current challenge: Alice in Wonderland. Well, I was hooked (lol)

 The bracelet and charms are all in Antique Bronze 

which works so nicely with the colours of Lunagirl Moonbeam's Alice & Friends 1910 collage sheet, the images are just adorable.

The images are Laserprints and sealed with Decoupage glue to - hopefully - prevent the inks to run. I also sealed the little trays inside. Once all the glue had dried, I used epoxy stickers to cover the images and then glued it into the trays. The little trays have a front and back filling.

The next step was to line up all the images, charms and beads and attach them to the chain.

I truly struggled with closing the jump rings and making the loops (sigh), it needs more practise!

I really like the way thebracelet turned out and I am quite sure there will be another one (lol)

and because it was such a happy day, I would like to share it with you and give the bracelet away.

If you would like get this little piece, please just leave me a comment mentioning that you would like it! I will draw the winner next Saturday.

And don't forget to pop over to Karen's blog for the current Alice challenge. There is still time to take part till Sunday. And there is also still time to get the Alice collage sheets for a reduced price.

Wishing you a lovely weekend, Petra.

The Past ....

 A beautiful Flower Maiden dreaming of ... well, who knows ....

I started this little project with a plain wooden disk which I treated with gesso, several layers of distress stains and Perfect Pearls being inspired by Paula from One Lucky Day ... front and back

The image of the Flower Maiden is from a digital sheet from the Altered Pages: Flower Maidens. I cut it with Nestabilitiesand glued it to the disk with Glossy Accents, a sprinkle of dark red acrylic paint complemented the design. As last embellishment I added microbeads (lots of them) around the edge and everywhere else on the dining room table (lol) using Glossy Accents. To seal the image I covered it all with Glossy Accents - and this is where it all went wrong ...

It was the first time Glossy Accents let me down because as soon I had covered the surface, little and not so little air bubbles began to emergewhich I was not able to remove - panic! Somehow I was able to remove almost all of the glue and replace it with Diamond Glaze which worked absolutely fine. I would be grateful if any of you would maybe know why this happened???????

To finish my little piece I covered the back with felt and added a brooch needle.

If you would like to see more wonderful projects from the past, just hop over to the Cheerful Stamp Pad and join us! The current challenge is sponsored by Altered Pages and you might be the Lucky one! Petra.

Charming

This month theme at Gingersnap Creations is to add sparkle to our art ... what better way is there than to use and/or to create some delightful charms yourself. The Gingersnap DT definitely put the charms to fabulous use in their creations.
My charm is a hand-made creation where for the first time I used my new jewellery pliers and some findings .... I can only say that after this adventure I have even more respect for all those fantastic jewellery makers ....

The main piece of the charm is a bottlecap ... luckily somebody helped me to find for this crafty purpose (lol) .... As it was a used one, I slightly bent the outside rim to make the opening a little wider at the top. I punched two holes into the bottlecap (one at the top, one at the bottom), pushed some wire through the holes and secured it inside the bottlecap with some tacky glue. The image inside is from Marie's Freebies which I printed and cut to shape ... once glued in place I covered it with quite a thick layer of Glossy Accents. Above and beneath the cap I added some beads, pearls and embellishments to finish the charm.
I was quite happy with it and couldn't wait to use it for a little Valentine's hanging
To see all the other inspiring creations, just hop over to the Gingersnap blog and join us for this month's Spicy Supply Challenge! See you there, Petra. x

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