Monday, March 27, 2017

Die cut recycled shampoo tube planner charm

Gemini die cutting machine Crafter's Companion stefanie Girard bird planner charm
I love making planner charms and clips. It's like making jewelry for my planners, sketchbooks and mixed-media journals.

What do I like making my planner charms out of? Recycled materials of course and my new bird mixed-media dies and Gemini die cutting machine from Crafter's Companion are the tools I am in love with cutting all sorts of recycled materials with.

Gemini die cutting machine Crafter's Companion stefanie Girard bird planner charm
For this planner charm I die cut a shampoo tube in beautiful copper color.
Gemini die cutting machine Crafter's Companion stefanie Girard bird planner charm
I opened up the tube and washed it out. I taped the tiny mixed-media bird die in place and ran it through the machine.
Gemini die cutting machine Crafter's Companion stefanie Girard bird planner charm

As well as cutting the bird shape it also curved it slightly. This works out great as when I glued the bird to the round earring wire the glue pooled nicely on the back side.

I added a pearl bead onto the earring wire before closing the wire up.
The earring wire is linked to a clip with a jump ring along with a few bead dangles in a variety of colors and shapes.
I added a bit of glitter washi tape to the clip to dress it up further.



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