leather jewellery

I discovered I could cut thin leather with my die cutting machine and have been making some leather jewellery.

I used my circle die to cut leather circles and stuck them around an eye-pin to make ear rings.

These were made in a similar way but using hearts.

I also made some rings.

I then tried the same technique to make bracelets.

The butterfly bracelet was made using a Sissix die and I added interference paint on the butterflies.

This bracelet was made with  a Tim Holtz on the edge die.

This bracelet was another on the edge die featuring houses. It gives the dies another lease of life and kept me busy for many hours.

Fimo flowers

I bought some moulds and matching cutters and made some Fimo jewellery.

I cut the shapes out of Fimo and cooked them in the oven to harden them. Before I put them in the oven I made small holes so I could make them into jewellery.

I then painted and varnished them.

I then made them into ear rings.

Over the moon

I recently bought some Pebeo Moonpaint and have been experimenting using it in combination with glass paint on different surfaces.

This is moonpaint on a glass heart with orange and blue glass paint. The glass paint is added first and then the moonpaint dripped on. it react with the glasspaint and produces interesting effects.

I then tried moonpaint on pieces of clear plastic and it was just as effective.

This is moonpaint on thin pieces of wood.

I used my die cutter to cut dragonflies out of soda cans and painted them with glass and moonpaint.

I painted a whole bunch of dragonflies and made them into brooches.

I cut out pieces of CD painted them with moonpaint and attached a dragonfly with a painted glass nugget in between,

Here are some more creatures I tried. The lizard was a metal fridge magnet I had.

The moonpaint is very versatile  and I love the interesting effects it gives. I am looking forward to trying more ideas