Handmade Bezel Resin Hearts

Make your own heart shaped bezels

Posted by Mark Montano

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Make a bezel in any shape using easy to find supplies!

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You Will Need (13 things)

  • Aluminum flashing
  • Serrated Scissors
  • Famowood Glaze Coat
  • 18 Gage Wire
  • Clear flat plastic Sheet
  • Aleene's Tacky Glue
  • 2 Jewerly pieces
  • E-6000 Glue
  • Needle Nose Pliers
  • Book pages
  • Latex Gloves
  • Plastic Cup(s)
  • Decorative Chain

Steps (4 steps, 120 minutes)

  1. 1

    Aluminum flashing (any hardware store)
    Serrated edge scissors
    Glaze Coat (2 part epoxy resin)
    18 gage wire
    Flat plastic (top of a takeout container will work)
    Aleene's Tacky Glue
    Jewelry pieces
    E-6000 Glue
    Clothespins
    Needle nose pliers
    Book pages or music sheets
    Latex gloves, plastic cups and stir sticks
    Chain to hang your hearts (www.ChainGallery.com)

  2. 2

    Cut 3/8" wide strips of aluminum flashing with serrated edge scissors
    (I got serrated scissors in the kitchen department at the dollar store)
    Bend into a heart shape
    Glue the edges together with E-6000 and then clamp with a clothespin until dry
    Trace the metal heart on a thin sheet of clear plastic
    *I use the tops of takeout containers
    Cut out and glue the metal heart to the plastic using Aleene's Tacky Glue
    Add more glue around the outside edges so that it's air tight

  3. 3

    Watch the short video tutorial here:

  4. 4

    When dry, cut out book page hearts and fill with beads and jewelry pieces
    Mix equal parts of Glaze Coat and stir for a few minutes
    Fill the hearts and pop the bubbles with a long arm lighter
    Let dry overnight in an unoccupied part of the house or outside under a box
    Create "S" hooks with heavy gage wire and glue on the back with E-6000
    When dry, hang from a chain