#charm tutorial

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[kikasdiycrafts-blog]

~*truffle charm- Part 1*~

Supplies:

Oven-baked clay

Small clay (cookie) cutter

Toothpick

Flat-head pin

Razor blade or x-acto knife (to remove excess clay)

Dotting tool

Paint (for decoration).

1- Flatten the brown clay and shape the clay that will go on the inside into a square with rounded edges.

2- cover the squared clay with the flattened clay. Try to maintain the square shape.

3- Don't cover the base yet, cut off the excess clay as pictured.

4- gather the clay that was cut off, shape into a ball, then flatten it.

5- Cover the base of the square with the flattened piece of clay. Cut off the excess clay as pictured. Use your fingers to smooth and combine the base to the square.

End of part 1... See part 2 for final touches!

[yachumistop-blog]

How-to: Resin charm tutorial PART III-

Part 1

Part 2

This is the final and most fun part! If you are satisfied with a clear resin charm, you can stop here and skip to the end of this part.

This part is the how-to for making them unique like these: 

Materials needed:

Stickers/cabochons/center piece (like the Hello Kitty one above)

Glitter/sprinkles/paint (for your background if you want one)

Eyepins (to make a pendant)

Step 1- Placing your sticker or cabochon.

If you are using a cabochon, you can immediately put your piece in when you pour your resin in, but I strongly suggest waiting 1-2 hours before you do to make sure there are less bubbles.

If you are using a sticker, the back will cause lots of problems when placing in the mold. 

Here's how I add stickers to resin: 

Take something smooth and thin, like a toothpick, a paintbrush end, or something of this sort, and use it to poke the sticker back. This allows the sticker to be stuck long enough to place it in the mold.

Place the sticker into the mold as you like (make sure it fits though!!)

Make sure that the sticker is firmly stuck in the resin (if you waited 2 hours, the resin should be very sticky and will hold the sticker in place well)

Step 2- More waiting and the background

Wait about another hour, less if you waited a long time before the sticker in, and add another layer of resin to the mold (If you missed how to mix resin, see part II). You can make this layer as thin or thick as you want.

After this, it's alright to add your background of glitter or sprinkles (not paint though!). Depending on how wet the bottom layer is, your background might get messed up, and the whole charms is ruined, so if you are paranoid (like I am) you may want to let it sit all day/night.

FOR PAINTED BACKGROUND: if you want to paint your background, Make sure you have popped the charm out of the mold before doing so. See below for how long you should keep it in the mold.

Step 3- Popping out the charm and the finishing touches.

After following all these steps, you can now pop out your charm!

You must wait exactly 24 hours before trying to pop out your charm. You charm will be very soft, and if it is still sticky, or is sticking to other charms, place it back in the mold and let it sit longer.

If you wait longer to pop out your charm, then it will come out easily and will be harder and not sticky at all!

And you're done!

If you want to glaze your charm (for extra shine), I suggest using Sculpey glaze.

You can also use E6000 to glue an eyepin to the back of your charms.

Thank you for reading my tutorial! If you have any questions, please ask!