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A clay & metal marquee inspired name brooch with crystal pin lights!
I tried to dream up the fiddliest project I could think of to put the Embellie Gellie to the test and these marquee letters with crystal embellished pin heads was as simple as could be.

Posted by Cat Morley from London, United Kingdom • Published 15th May 2015 • See Cat Morley's 1146 projects »

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Step 1
Lay the can flat under several books overnight to help flatten it out.
Step 2
Trace out your letters on paper and cut out.
Step 3
Trace around the letters onto the back of your flat beer can, remembering to flip the letters to face the wrong way.
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.
Step 5
Carefully cut the letters out of the can. Using a cutting knife to remove the middle of any letters.
Step 6
Punch holes around your letters with a hole punch.
Step 7
Take a ball of fimo and roll into a flat disc a little larger than your letters.
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.
Step 9
Outline the whole letter.
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.
Step 11
Cut away the excess clay from the edges of the letters, leaving a small outline of clay.
Step 12
Make the remaining letters and then mould together, sticking some extra clay to the back to hold them in place.
Step 13
Neaten up your letters with a cutting knife until you're happy with your design.
Step 14
To make the lights, I trimmed down some thick dressmaking pins with wire cutters.
Step 15
Press a pin into each of the holes of the letters.
Step 16
Bake in an oven until hard.
Step 17
This is where the Embellie Gellie came in handy.
Step 18
Coat each of the pin heads with a little glue. I used ScraPerfect's Best Ever Glue.
Step 19
Use the Embellie Gellie to carefully place a crystal on top of each pin.
Step 20
Leave to dry.
Step 21
Glue a brooch back onto the back and leave to dry.
Step 22
Put your new brooch on and sparkle away!