Marquee Name Brooch

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  Step 1

  Lay the can flat under several books overnight to help flatten it out.

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  Step 2

  Trace out your letters on paper and cut out.

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  Step 3

  Trace around the letters onto the back of your flat beer can, remembering to flip the letters to face the wrong way.

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  Step 4

  To get the metal for the necklace, carefully remove the top and bottom of a beer can with a can opener and then cut down the middle with a pair of scissors. Wash and clean the can before you start crafting with it - I used the Best Ever Cleaner to clean mine.

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  Step 5

  Carefully cut the letters out of the can. Using a cutting knife to remove the middle of any letters.

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  Step 6

  Punch holes around your letters with a hole punch.

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  Step 7

  Take a ball of fimo and roll into a flat disc a little larger than your letters.

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  Step 8

  Press the first letter into the clay and then cut thin strips of metal from the can and create a trim around the outline of your letters.

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  Step 9

  Outline the whole letter.

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  Step 10

  Then take more clay and mould it around the outside of the letter, to the same height as the metal outline, packing the letter in nice and tight.

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  Step 11

  Cut away the excess clay from the edges of the letters, leaving a small outline of clay.

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  Step 12

  Make the remaining letters and then mould together, sticking some extra clay to the back to hold them in place.

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  Step 13

  Neaten up your letters with a cutting knife until you're happy with your design.

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  Step 14

  To make the lights, I trimmed down some thick dressmaking pins with wire cutters.

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  Step 15

  Press a pin into each of the holes of the letters.

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  Step 16

  Bake in an oven until hard.

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  Step 17

  This is where the Embellie Gellie came in handy.

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  Step 18

  Coat each of the pin heads with a little glue. I used ScraPerfect's Best Ever Glue.

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  Step 19

  Use the Embellie Gellie to carefully place a crystal on top of each pin.

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  Step 20

  Leave to dry.

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  Step 21

  Glue a brooch back onto the back and leave to dry.

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  Step 22

  Put your new brooch on and sparkle away!

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MischievousRaven · Shrewsbury, England, GB · 51 projects 16th May 2015

its almost steampunky

Cat Morley · London, GB · 1432 projects 17th May 2015

Yeah it is a little will all the metal. I should make something steampunk next time! x

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