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Free Class: Easy Peasy Earrings by Diane Dressler

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Earrings by Diane Dressler
 
Earrings by Helga Strauss
 
Class Description
These are really easy and fun to do. Make them for yourself, your friends and loved ones as special gifts.
 
ARTchix Studio Supplies General Supplies and Tools
Mini Chix collage sheet One pair pierced or non-pierced earring wires (craft or bead stores) Good bonding glue like Golden’s Matte Medium or Tacky Glue
Brass Double Loop Photo Charms (2) Small beads to hang on bottom loop of charm Scissors or X-acto knife or 1/2" hole punch

 
E6000 glue (optional)
 
Needle nose pliers
 
  1/2" Round Clear Page Pebbles (2)  
Instructions

1. Pick out two favorite images from the Mini Chix Collage Sheet. Try moving the Clear Page Pebbles over them to see which ones look best. If you have a 1/2" hole punch, punch out your images now, otherwise wait until adhering clear page pebble on top and then cut around it.

2. Place Clear Page Pebbles on top of images, pressing firmly for any bubbles. The page pebbles have an adhesive on the back but I wasn’t sure if it would hold for the long run, so I added a thin layer of E6000 just in case. If you did not have a hole punch for step #1, cut out your images using the edges of the clear page pebbles as a guide.

3. Now place a small amount of Tacky Glue or Golden's Medium into the circle of the Single Loop Photo Charm. Add Clear Page Pebble with image attached into photo charm.

4. With needle nose pliers, attach a decorative bead on a wire to bottom loop of photo charm. (I used a bead and wire from a pair of old earrings).

5. With needle nose pliers, open bottom of earring wires, slide in top loop of photo charm and close.
 

Notes

Note by Helga Strauss: I followed Diane's directions and love the earrings I made above. The adhesive that's on the Clear Page Pebbles was fine for me. I didn't add any extra glue. To attach the large red bead, I used a piece of wire with a loop at the end (found at bead and craft stores). I opened the loop end and attached it to bottom loop of the photo charm. Then I slid on the bead and cut the wire leaving about a 1/2" at the bottom. I used my pliers to make a small loop out of this 1/2" wire and then pressed it flat beneath the red bead to hold it in place.

Please feel free to print these instructions for easy reference. (Use Landscape Layout when printing this page).
 

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