Media Mixage from Spellbinders

I finally get to share a fun project that I did for CHA

this past month!  Spellbinders is partnering with two

amazing artists-Susan Lenart Kazmer and Jen Cushman

and offering some amazing jewelry pieces to design with.  

We had the opportunity to create too and one of the projects 

I made was this fun Wild West Belt that you can see here...

on the Spellbinders Gallery!!  

 For this project I used lots of the New Bezels that they 

designed and created and filled them with embossed papers
 and colored resins and sparkly crackle polish.

Here is a closer view of the resin and the faux leather

that I created using papers and one of the brand

New Metal Embossing plates from Spellbinders.

To make this project you will need ICE Resin,

enough Bezels to fit around your waist or hips,

embossing plate, square dies and re inkers to dye

the resin with, PPA Gloss and brown distress ink.

First you will cut and Emboss the papers and chipboard and

ink around the leather looking pieces to distress each of them

a little bit more.  You are going to glue the chipboard

pieces in the square bezels first just enough so that

when you put the textured piece of paper in it will

be level with the top.  Add a thin coat of a glossy

coating like PPA when it is dry as shown to fill the bezel.

For the round Bezels I started with a tinted batch

of ICE Resin in each and let them dry.  Then I painted each 

with crackle polish and let them dry again.  Then I wiped each

of the bezels off with a soft cloth and polish remover to 

get a distressed look.  When it was dry I coated it one more time 

with ICE Resin and let it dry for 24 hrs.

When all the pieces were dry I attached them together with a fancy

bead and wrapped thin wire between each bezel about 3-4 times.

For the ends I added a chain and a large clasp to

attach it together to wear it with my favorite jeans

or over a blouse.  It was really fun to create and

I think I would love to make another maybe filling

each bezel with resin to look like turquoise.. but

that's another project down the road and I hope that 

you try some of these when they come out in stores

and create something special for yourself!! Be sure 

and check out the other Media Mixage Projects from

Spellbinders in the gallery here.....

Have a wonderful day and happy crafting!