Weekender with Wanda – Ideaology Charm Bracelet!
Happy Saturday! It’s time for the latest edition of “Weekender with Wanda” here on the Simon Says Stamp blog! I could not be happier to see you today…because that means I finally get to share this project! It’s been driving me crazy – wanting to show you all! Today I’m featuring awesome items from Tim Holtz via his Ideaology and Ranger Alcohol Ink product lines. Remember last year when I was doing my monthly “Tim Holtz Color Pop” feature? I was sorry to see that come to an end, so we decided that I will continue to do a monthly feature with Tim Holtz and Ranger products. Today is the first one!
I really wanted to think of something new and different. This entire project was inspired by the new Charmed Findings. I saw these at CHA and they go with one of my favorite Ideaology products! So an idea was born. Inspiration is like a thread for me sometimes…you pull one little string and it unravels a whole sweater! So, this one product led me to think of one possible idea, which led to a big idea! Today I’m sharing my personalized Ideaology Charm Bracelet!
Here is a photo of the completed bracelet. This was really fun to make, and I hope you will try this. It is so easy to customize it for a friend, your mom, sister… I made this one for me, but I am already thinking of making (lots) more.
The Charmed Findings that started this idea are holders for the gorgeous Gumdrops gems (in green). The gumdrops are clear, and then you can dye them with Ranger Alcohol Inks. Alcohol Inks come in lots of beautiful colors. For my bracelet I made two of each color and then glued them back to back with Glossy Accents. Now they look like pretty spheres! The Mirrored Hearts are a new product also from CHA (in red). I dyed one with Cranberry Alcohol Ink and glued it to a Typed Token Charm.
Here is another gumdrop sphere dyed with Pool Alcohol Ink. The Heart Charms come with a package of different stickers so you can choose your own saying. I love the camera from the Souvenir Charms package!
Here’s how I started…. I bought the bracelet part at my local chain craft store. Everything else is from our Simon Says Stamp Store.
It’s so super simple to dye your own embellishments: Gumdrops, Mirrored Stars and Mirrored Hearts. I used my Ranger craft mat so that I didn’t get ink all over my table. Alcohol inks will stick to almost anything! Simply drop 1-2 tiny drops of the ink onto the gems. Then set them aside for 10 minutes or so to let the ink dry. Yes, that’s all! After the color was dry, I used Glossy Accents to glue the gumdrops into the findings and then glued the two sides together.
Here are all my finished charms ready to go. I used a Distress Crayon to get into the letters on the Faith charm. I put some Picket Fence paint onto the key to soften it.
Thanks so very much for spending part of your weekend here with me! I hope this project has inspired you to make something fun and different! Any of these ideas would make a neat necklace, or unique charms for your cards and altered books. Most of all have fun! Have a great day and I’ll see you next weekend!
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Wonderful Wanda is at it again! Holy canoli, this is an incredible and fun project! LOVE it!
Oh WOW Wanda, this is SO pretty! Its nice sometimes to create something a little different! Great idea!
Awesome! I want to make some for my Mom and sister. Great inspiration, Wanda! Thank you!
That is one beautiful bracelet! Thanks for sharing the techniques – I am sure others will appreciate receiving this lovely gift! Nice job and it is always fun to save something for yourself – have a blessed week!
So pretty…love it
Wow awesome project.
Love what you did with the gum drops! Thank you
You are such a clever and creative person. Love you and what you do!!
Really pretty bracelet!
That is so charming. OMG I cannot believe I said that! Wink*
What a beautiful bracelet! Great idea!
Love this gorgeous bracelet! Will be making some for my nieces soon. Thanks for sharing!
Gorgeous bracelet, love your creativity!!
Love this idea!!! It’s a great way to use all our metals!! Such a pretty way to wear our art too!
Love the bracelet Wanda. I like how you combined the gumdrops to make a round charm, genius. Thanks for sharing.
Wanda, this is a lovely charm bracelet. It brings back memories of my youth.
Wow! Great project.
Wow, love this bracelet – love the gorgeous colors and the design:)
Love this
Pretty and fun idea. Great project!
Hey Wanda,
Great minds think alike! I made a pair of earrings from one of the key sets from Tim! And I also made 3 bracelets from the Tim Holtz Idea-Ology Metal Word Bands for my daughters two years ago. Wish I could post a pic to show you-they turned out pretty nice. I added some metal stamping and did some hammering to them to curve and add more texture. Each one is unique with different stones and Swarovski crystals for each of the girls. When I saw them in the store, I just loved the wording on them, they HAD to be kept and worn!
Thanks for sharing,
Michelle
Hi Michelle! Gosh, that sounds wonderful! Wish we could see them! Happy Crafting! XO
Super cute charm bracelet!!
Love charm bracelets, lover ideology, what more is there to say?
Great bracelet and idea!
What a cool idea! Very lovely bracelet.
What a gorgeous charm bracelet!!
Love it! What a great idea.
Just love the bracelet and it looks like it would be so much fun to make.
Oh my goodness, what a wonderful idea, I LOVE IT! So fabulous to be able to tweak the components and have something so custom-made. And I would never have thought of this!
What a fun project!! Love it:)
Amazing!! What a cool and fab idea. You are a very talented artist.
Beautiful bracelet. It looks like it would fun to make.
Fabulous use of the Charmed Findings Wanda! Very lovely bracelet. :)
What a lovely bracelet!
This is just lovely! Would love to make one for my daughter and I!!
Super gorgeous bracelet…
I still have many charms and items here from making my own jewelry…great idea to use the alcohol inks!
super cute! Love the custom dyed embellishments!
Lovely project:-)
Those colors are so pretty!! Very lovely project
A blast from the past. I remember when those were popular when I was a teenager.
Glad to see them make a resurgence.
Very pretty and fun to put together.
thanks for sharing.
Very charming bracelet♥ I love the gum drops!
this is so pretty. I will definitely have to give this a try!!
very very cool esp the “gemstones”
There is nothing more that I can say except that it is beautiful. Love how you dyed some of the charms. Thanks for sharing.
Linda D.
Just love this, thanks Wanda for showing us how, I love charm bracelets, and actually wear one every day!!!! Thanks again for your tutorial!!!!
This is such a fun concept and those gumdrop gems are just fabulous! Great way to customize some cute jewelry!
Love this!
My granddaughters would love one of these bracelets.
Love the choices you made! TFS!
love it sooo sweet