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Elegant Floral Stamped Photo Frame
Designed by: Lynda Musante
Skill Level: Beginner
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Materials:

  • 5mm Round Sterling Silver Beads - 6 beads
  • Faceted Sleeping Beauty Beads Turquoise Ovals - 30 beads
  • Diamond Sterling Silver Charm with Faceted Aqua Austrian Crystal - 9 charms
  • Rubber stamp with word/text image
  • Pigment ink, silver
  • White paperboard frame
  • Detail embossing powder, clear

Tools:

  • Special-T Illusion Glue
  • Heat gun for embossing powder
  • Italian Flush Cutters

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Instructions:

  1. Use silver ink on rubber stamp image and randomly stamp word image all over frame surface.

  2. Sprinkle embossing powder onto wet ink and melt powder with heat gun.

  3. Refer to photo for placement: Flower: Squeeze out a small amount of Special-T Illusion Glue onto frame and place a 5mm Round Sterling Silver bead into the center of the glue. Squeeze out a thin line of glue around the 5mm Round Sterling Silver bead. Place six Faceted Sleeping Beauty Beads Turquoise Ovals around the 5mm Round Sterling Silver bead. Bud: Squeeze out a small amount of Special-T Illusion Glue onto frame and place a 5mm Round Sterling Silver bead into the center of the glue. Squeeze out a line of glue halfway around the 5mm Round Sterling Silver bead. Place three Faceted Sleeping Beauty Beads Turquoise Ovals around the 5mm Round Sterling Silver bead.

  4. Repeat Step 3 to add beads and create flowers as desired.

  5. Cut the ring off of a Diamond Sterling Silver Charm with Faceted Aqua Austrian Crystal. Squeeze out a small amount of glue near a flower.Place Diamond Sterling Silver Charm with Faceted Aqua Austrian Crystal into the glue.

  6. Repeat Step 5 to add Diamond Sterling Silver Charm with Faceted Aqua Austrian Crystals to the frame as desired.

  7. Insert photo and enjoy!

    8. Other Materials: Project used Color Box® Pigment ink in Silver; EK Success Maple Lane Press® Frame in Classic White, Rubber stamp, words

Projects not intended for children under the age of 13. The information on this instruction sheet is presented in good faith, but no warranty is given, nor results guaranteed. Soft Flex® Company disclaims all liability from any injury to anyone undertaking the construction of this project as a result of improper safety precautions.
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