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Faux Typewriter Key Jewelry From "Jewelry Making" episode DJMK-109

Mind your Ps and Qs: make this charming faux typewriter key necklace.

Jewelry artist Malana Watt Corn shares her technique for creating a necklace with the look of antique typewriter keys.

Materials:

Paper punch for 5/8" circle
A form of dry adhesive; double stick tape, glue pen, or glue dots.
Industrial strength viscous clear flexible glue (E-6000 brand)
Round nose pliers
Chain nose pliers
(4) 10mm jump rings
Archival dye ink pad in black
White smooth surface cardstock, 5" x 7" piece
Typewriter Alphabet and Numbers stamp set with ½" diameter image (Stampers Anonymous)
8 Rollabind discs, medium size, clear
Page Pebbles, circles, blank, medium size, (Making Memories)
Clear acrylic liquid lacquer
Base metal bracelet with 6 oval (3/4" x ½") blanks or pads
Additional chain to complement color of bracelet. One foot should do.
2" of chain for the adjustable extension piece at necklace closure.

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	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C
	Figure D

1. Select the letters you need for your name or word from the stamp set. Onto the white cardstock, stamp each chosen letter in black archival ink. Repeat as necessary to get the best impressions of all the needed letters. Let dry.

2. With the paper punch upside down on the table (so that you can see the round opening), position each stamped letter inside the cutting edges of the punch (figure A).

3. Cut out all needed letters this way. Lay out your name or word from the letters.

4. Use one Rollabind disc for each letter in the name or word.

5. One at a time, apply a bit of dry adhesive to the back of the circular letter, place it into the Rollabind disc, and press the circle firmly flat. Do this to all the letters.

6. Next, place a page pebble, dome side facing up, onto the set letter in the disc (figure B). The sticky backside of the page pebble will affix it firmly over the letter area.

7. As the page pebble does not quite fill the opening of the disc or cover 100% of the paper letter cut-out, run a narrow bead of clear acrylic lacquer around the page pebble – just enough to seal the open space (figure C). You need not cover the whole page pebble. Let dry until the lacquer is clear and undetectable.

8. If you have fewer than six (6) letters to place, remove some of the bracelet blanks or pads. To do this, with the needle nose pliers, grip one side of a connector in the curl closest to the link/s you want to remove. If there are more than six (6) letters to place, you will need to transfer blank pads from another bracelet.

9. Next you need to add chain to make the proper length of a necklace. For a 16-inch necklace, subtract the size of the typewriter key chain from sixteen and divide in two. Cut two chains in that length.

10. Attach one side with needle nose pliers and close. The other side attached with one clasp added. Add the second part of the clasp.

11. To complete, glue on all letters to the flat part of the bracelet (figure D).

RESOURCES :

Typewriter Alphabet and Numbers stamp set
Stampers Anonymous
Website: www.stampersanonymous.com

GUESTS :

Malana Watt Corn
Proprietor
Creative Daze Studio
3730 North Camino Lemaria
Tucson, AZ 85716-0800
Phone: 520-323-2131
E-mail: malana4art@aol.com