It’s amazing when a deadline starts to close in, a designer will come up with some of their best ideas! That’s what happened with this week’s project. Faced with Brenda Pinnick’s Beauty Bloom petals, I knew I had to somehow create a necklace out of them but yet keep the beauty of Brenda’s fabric designs intact. I feel I succeeded with this pendant. My love of jewelry and books came together with this piece. Now who doesn’t like wearable books? This wearable fabric book is what I created from Brenda’s Beauty Bloom die cut.
Materials
Non stick mat
Glossy Accents (Ranger)
Beauty Bloom, Originals Die #655455 by Brenda Pinnick
Big Shot Pro die cutting machine Sizzix®
Fabric – Couluer Vie by Brenda Pinnick for Henry Glass & Co
Felt – National Non-Wovens
Stazon black ink
Time related stamps
Brass: rectangle jump, ball chain, and cuckoo clock, small 6mm jump ring
Three 4mm SUN Swarovski crystals
Chestnut Roan (ColorBox)
1/8 hole punch
Instructions
• Coat front & back of each petal with Glossy Accents by Ranger (let dry)
• Decide on which pieces you will use for your pendant, making slight changes with scissors if
needed
• Stack pieces: I used the felt pieces for the front & back with the thinner fabric as the pages
• Stamp each piece with the time theme stamps
• Edge each petal with the Chestnut Roan ink to age for a classic look
• On the cover of my book, I glued one of the inner pages over part of the felt to add depth;
trim
• Mark the first petal with pen and punch. Use this first piece as your template; punch
remaining petals (pages)
• Back felt page, punch 1/8 hole in the center petal tip
• Insert 6mm brass jump ring & attach cuckoo clock
• Open rectangle jump & the back cover, each page, then the front cover, close jump
• Finishing touches: detailed with black pen around flower petal on cover, add three 4mm SUN
Swarovski crystals with Glossy Accents, and brass ball chain
