Saturday Step X Step - Vintaj Heart Necklace

Hello Everyone!  Donna here today with my first Saturday Step X Step for Frilly and Funkie!  Thanks for joining us!  Today I'm going to show you how to create a lovely heart necklace using Vintaj jewelry components and the Sizzix Vintaj Nouveau Roses DecoEmbossing folder.

First, open the embossing folder and determine what portion of the design that you would like to emboss onto your blank charm.  Place your charm over that section. With the heart charm, you'll need to be mindful of which direction you would like to have your charm hang on your necklace.  This will determine which side of the charm you should have facing up.

Next, carefully close the folder and make a sandwich with your cutting plates.  Place the cutting plates on tab 1 of the Sizzix platform and place the platform in your Sizzix BigShot machine.  If you're using the Sizzix Vagabond you'll need to use the platform and solo shim for this step.  Run the platform through the machine.

When you remove the blank from the embossing folder you should have something like this!  Repeat this step for all of the blanks that you want to add to your necklace.  

At this point, you can add Vintaj patinas to your pieces if you want to add some color.  Once the patinas have dried, use the Vintaj reliefing block to sand each charm.  The step removes the extra patina and reveals the embossed design.  I didn't want to add color to my necklace so I skipped adding the patinas and sanded my embossed charms.  

I now have the pieces ready to assemble my necklace.  You'll need a chain, jump rings, and a clasp.  I also have crystals from my own stash that I will be adding between each charm.

Position the chain on your craft mat making sure that it's laying flat.  Find the center and add the charm that you want to be the focal point of your necklace.  Using the remaining charms determine the desired distance between each charm and begin adding the charms to the chain with the jump rings.

Once you've added all of your charms you need to add a clasp to the ends of the chain.

And there you have it!  A beautiful Vintaj heart necklace!  I love the vintage brass finish and the art deco rose pattern from the Nouveau Roses deco-embossing folder!

Thanks so much for joining us today!  The following items that I used on my project can be found at The Funkie Junkie Boutique!  The boutique offers merchandise at a 20% discount from the typical retail price!  That's a great deal and you should check it out!!

Ranger Inkssentials Non-Stick Craft Sheet	Sizzix DecoEmboss Die - Nouveau Roses by VINTAJ	VINTAJ Artisan Heart	VINTAJ 12mm Circle Tag Altered Blanks	VINTAJ 3.5x4mm Cable Chain (24 inches)
VINTAJ 4.75mm Jump Rings (Set of 24)	VINTAJ Reliefing Block