Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Charm Swap

On my Wisconsin Stampers list we're doing another charm swap. This is our 3rd one and it's getting hard to come up with new ideas. So I ordered these little silver charm frames from Artchix Studio. They have a hole at one end for the wire to go through. I wasn't really sure what I was going to do with them but I played a little bit with a small image and some glossy accents but that didn't look right. I remembered I had some Embossing Enamels so I pulled those out. I heated them up on a metal spoon with my heat gun pointed under the spoon. I had the charm with the wire put through the hole laying on my craft sheet and then I'd pour the enamels into the charm frame. When they cooled, I ran my finger nail along the edges to peel away any stray enamel and then bent the wire into shape. Easy Peasy!!

5 comments:

Unknown said...

Awesome! I LOVE them!

D. Rohm

Francine said...

Lisa your charms are awesome ... I have to try this...What a cool idea for a mingle on Persnikety!!!

Keep up the beautiful artwork!

Michi Michaelson, Orange County, CA said...

Eeeeeeeeeeeee-YAOW!!!!!!! These charms are GORGEOUS, Lisa!!!! I LOVE what you did with them!!!!

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous charms. But what I really dropped by to say is, my card turned up in the post today and it is *wonderful*. Thank you so much, you made my day. Cath in Sunny New Zealand.

Gina M Smith said...

Love them! I've been 'artchixing' charms, too!