1. Use electric drill with 1/16” bit to drill a hole in the top left side of heart.
2. Stamp wooden heart with archival ink jet black using writing stamp.
3. Use foam applicator to gently rub a small amount of vintage photo ink into wood to give an aged appearance.
4. Tear a piece of paper to fit along left edge of heart. Tear paper in half.
5. Use foam applicator to edge paper with vintage photo ink.
6. Adhere paper to front left corner of heart with decoupage medium.
7. Use a paintbrush or your fingers to glob decoupage medium over paper. It should have some dimension.
8. Use heat tool to dry decoupage medium. It should bubble up and the bubbles should burst. Don’t over heat! Allow to dry. When dry it should look like encaustic wax.
9. Paint edges and back of heart with copper leafing pen. Drag pen gently tilting it so you create a copper edge along the front of the heart.
10. Ink sides of bingo number with vintage photo. Adhere to front right top corner of heart. Allow to dry.
11. Create a hook for your clasp using a 1.25” section of 20 gauge copper wire. Bend wire over top of your finger. Use pliers to create a tiny loop in the front. Use pliers to create a slightly larger loop at the back of the wire, turn that loop perpendicular to the front of the hook and bend slightly upwards. Use fingers to compress hook so it will stay secure when threaded into jump ring.
12. Thread two 18” strands of satin copper wire into a crimp tube, through a jump ring and back into crimp tube. Use pliers to pull wires leaving a 1/8” loop. Crimp and cut off excess wire.
13. Thread a jet crystal on a wire, thread a copper crystal on the opposite wire and continue alternating wires and crystal colors until you reach the final copper bead.
14. Thread wires into crimp tube, jump ring and back into crimp tube as before and crimp. Cut off excess wire.
15. Attach your hook to one of the jump rings.
16. Attach pendant on jump ring to center of wire.
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