resin jewelry help please?

19 Mar 2010

19 Mar, 2010 resin jewelry making

I need help with resin jewelry? (Im brand new to this)?
well im making a necklace and i want to put some pictures in it but the pictures are so tiny, that i cant really cut off the white area around it, so how do i make it transparent? also what kind of paper should I use for resin jewelry and does michaels have the materials i will need to make resin jewelry?

This is all that Micheal’s had to offer regarding resin jewelry. {I did find other places that will help you but you mentioned Micheal’s so that is the only thing I put one here. If you want the other sites email me and I can send them to you.}

We found 3 results for resin

Flower Pins & Scrunchies
Skill Level: Adult 2 (1 being easiest)
These pre-packaged little flowers make perfect pins, hair scrunchie embellishments or magnets. They’re already decorated with glitter and jewels and the coating makes the paper flower look like… More

Sassy Wood Bangle Bracelets
Skill Level: Adult 3 (1 being easiest)
Fashioned for any season, these one-of-a-kind wood bangle bracelets are decorated with your favorite scrapbook papers then protected with a glossy, durable finish. More

Toggle Charm Bracelet
Skill Level: Adult 3 (1 being easiest)
An abundance of wonderful toggle clasps are now available and make fantastic frames for one-of-a-kind charm bracelets. Many shapes are available to fill with colored resin, beads, scrapbook paper or… More

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Mommiedearest
2010 Mar 19 1

This is all that Micheal’s had to offer regarding resin jewelry. {I did find other places that will help you but you mentioned Micheal’s so that is the only thing I put one here. If you want the other sites email me and I can send them to you.}

We found 3 results for resin

Flower Pins & Scrunchies
Skill Level: Adult 2 (1 being easiest)
These pre-packaged little flowers make perfect pins, hair scrunchie embellishments or magnets. They’re already decorated with glitter and jewels and the coating makes the paper flower look like… More

Sassy Wood Bangle Bracelets
Skill Level: Adult 3 (1 being easiest)
Fashioned for any season, these one-of-a-kind wood bangle bracelets are decorated with your favorite scrapbook papers then protected with a glossy, durable finish. More

Toggle Charm Bracelet
Skill Level: Adult 3 (1 being easiest)
An abundance of wonderful toggle clasps are now available and make fantastic frames for one-of-a-kind charm bracelets. Many shapes are available to fill with colored resin, beads, scrapbook paper or… More
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Diane B.
2010 Mar 19 2

You’re not saying how you’re using the "pictures" with the resin, nor the type of resin you’re using, etc., so it’s hard to be specific.

However, I don’t understand how the images could be too tiny to use in resin in general (you could cut them out with scissors, or an Xacto blade, etc., or a shape punch or shape cutter, for example).

Most any paper put into resin will become transparent automatically if it’s not sealed, but that transparency includes the image itself and any text/etc that might then become visible from the front. If the paper is sealed first (including the cut edges) or the image has been printed onto photo paper, etc, it should not become transparent (anywhere).

As for where to buy paper for use in resin, Michaels should have ordinary papers of various colors, etc., but if you want the image to come from your computer (e.g., a printer) or a photocopier, etc., you’ll just be using plain paper or a special clay-coated "photo"-type paper which they may or may not have.

I suggest that you check out some of the lessons and info on this page at my site about putting various kinds of "embedments" (including paper images) into molds or cells with resin, to get more acquainted with using resin in general:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/other_materials.htm …look especially under the *Casting* category, under Epoxy Resins

HTH,

Diane B.
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