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Personalized Leather Cuff by Ana Araujo From "Jewelry Making" episode DJMK-408

Guest jewelry artist Ana Araujo shows you how to make a cuff bracelet with a secret place to put your treasures.

Materials --

Leather band for wrist cuff
Thermo O Web Peel 'N Stick Double Sided Adhesive and Super Tape
Rhinestones (beads or micro marbles)
3/4" "D" rings
Small mint tin
Beacon Gem Tac glue
Beacon FabriTac glue

Tools --

Hammer
Nail
Small block of wood
Sizzix Personal Die Cut Machine
Alphabet die cut (your choice)
1/16" hole punch

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	Figure A
	Figure B
	Figure C
	Figure D
	Figure E

1. Color tin with paint pen all around the edge (save the packaging the mint tin came in).

2. Measure the wrist with a tape measure.

3. Cut the leather 1-1/2" wide by the length of the wrist and add 2". For example, 1-1/2" x 7" + 2" = 9".

4. On one end cut a 1" tab, place the buckle on, place the "D" rings on, and glue the tab to the back side (figure A).

5. On the other end measure 2" down and 1/2" in on each side -- this will form the strap/buckle around the edge.

6. Glue leather/vinyl to the back and trim side to fit.

7. Pull the lid off of the tin and place the bottom of the tin on a wood block.

8. With a hammer and nail punch three holes -- two holes at one end and one hole in the center of the other end. (figure B). These are the connector holes, so make sure the holes, on the end that has two holes, are even.

9. Set the tin over the center of the leather/vinyl and mark the holes.

10. Remove the tin and punch holes with 1/16" hole punch on the marks.

11. Line up the tin holes with the leather holes and push mini-brads up through the hole.
    
    
12. To make a template trace out the lid on the acetate from the mint tin packaging and set aside. Cut the template out, place in onto the double-sided tape, and then set it aside for now.

13. Using the die cut machine, cut out the desired letter out of another piece of leather/vinyl.

14. Remove the letter from the leather and turn it over. Place the acetate over the letter (figure C) and trace around the edge and then cut out the letter.

15. Cover the lid of the tin with super tape, and carefully line up the cutout letter onto the lid.

16. Place gemstone or mini-marbles inside of the cutout letter by putting the lid in a bowl of beads and rubbing the beads into the letter.

17. Slide the lid top back onto the lid bottom (figure D), and add more gemstones to the wristband with Gem Tac.

18. Cut out a piece of leather/vinyl to fit in the bottom of the inside of the tin, attach with double-side adhesive (this will give a nice finishing look to the box).

19. Another idea is to cover a small heart-shaped tin box with tiny beads all around the sides. Put a leather heart on top and an initial. Make a leather loop and wear this pendant on a leather cord (figure E).

RESOURCES :

Beacon's Fabri-Tac Glue
Website: www.beaconcreates.com

Ott-Lite
Ott-Lite Technology
Environmental Lighting Concepts
PO Box 172425
Tampa, FL 33672-0425
Phone: 813-621-0058
Toll-free: 800-842-8848
Website: www.ott-lite.com

Die Cut: Sizzix Lower Case Fun Seif
Ellison and Provo Crafts
25862 Commercentre Dr.
Lake Forest, CA 92360-88004
Toll-free: 800-253-2238
Websites: www.sizzix.com
www.ellison.com
www.provocraft.com

Peel 'N Stick Double-Sided Adhesive and Super Tape
Therm O Web
770 Glen Ave.
Wheeling, IL 60090
Phone: 847-520-5200
Website: www.thermoweb.com

Tiny Glass Marbles
Halcraft USA, Inc.
30 W. 24th St.
New York, NY 10010
Phone: 212-376-1580
Website: www.halcraft.com

Leather Scraps
LF Tandy Leather Co.
The Leather Factory
Fort Worth, TX 76105
Website: www.leatherfactory.com

D-Rings
Prym-Dritz Corp.
Spartanburg, SC 29304-5028
Phone: 864-576-5050
Fax: 864-574-3847
Website: www.dritz.com

GUESTS :

Ana Araujo
Creative Arts Designer
E-mail: Ana@WhenCreativityKnocks.com
Website: www.whencreativityknocks.com