Gothic Glam--Chunky Charm

I joined a chunky charm swap on the Cricut Message Boards a while back and this is the result... I went from this mess of components:

To this finished charm:

And this is how I did it!

The photo is a layout of all of the individual pieces and below is the text that explains where the components came from and how I assembled them all together!

Individual components of the charm, I used various colored pins (black, silver and gunmetal) to create the components for a mixed metal look:

1. Tim Holtz Swivel Clasp (small size used)

2. Gunmetal Jump Rings

3. Black Jump Rings

4. Gold Jump Rings

5. Tim Holtz small gear cut from Gadget Gears die in shrink dink color 1” square in black, , the large pump ring is from Michael’s

6. A. Negative from thread cut from Tim Holtz die Sewing Room of the thread spool cut from 1”x2” shrink dink in black, 3 additional holes added with Crop-a-Dile in smallest hole setting. After shrinking this was wrapped with silver 24g wire

B. Positive cut from Tim Holtz die Sewing Room thread spool in black shrink dink, wrapped with red 20g wire

C. Earing finding from kit at Wal-Mart with attached beads from Michael’s.

7. A. Tim Holtz Hanger Clip

B. Misc. Beads from Wal-Mart

C. Sparkle n Edge gemstone from Wal-Mart

8. Flat bezel from JoAnn (Blue Moon) and attached beat from Wal-Mart

9. Tim Holtz small gear cut from Gadget Gears die in shrink dink color 1” square in black, the large pump ring is from Michael’s

10. A. Beads from Wal-Mart

B. Bead from Wal-Mart

C. Flat back mounted rhinestone from Sparkle n Edge at Wal-Mart

11. Red rhinestone chain from Rebel Shine at Wal-Mart (Came with the clip to set the rhinestone in to attach the chain to something else, you simply cut it to length and then squeeze on the provided clip.)

12. Beads from Wal-Mart

13. A. Negative black shrink dink from gear cut in 5 or 9 with the excess from the 1” square trimmed to a circle and a small hole punched in it with the Crop-a-Dile and shrunk

B. Tim Holtz Film Strip Ribbon, single frame with a rhinestone from Wal-Mart’s Sparkle n Edge collection attached

C. Beads from Wal-Mart

14. Flat back mounted rhinestone from Sparkle n Edge at Wal-Mart

15. A. Positive cut from Tim Holtz die Sewing Room thread spool in black shrink dink, wrapped with silver 24g wire

B. Charm from Rebel Shine at Wal-Mart

16. Tim Holtz Trinket Pin with 3 beads on the clip

17. A. Bead from Michael’s

B. Key charm from Wal-Mart

18. Blue rhinestone chain from Rebel Shine at Wal-Mart (See 11 for more details.)

19. Bead from Michael’s

20. A. Earing finding from Wal-Mart

B. Crystal from Michael’s

21. Rhinestone from Wal-Mart’s Sparkle n Edge collection

22. Beads from Wal-Mart

23. Beads from Michael’s

24. A. Bead from Michael’s

B. Tim Holtz Film Strip Ribbon, single frame

C. Flat back mounted rhinestone from Sparkle n Edge at Wal-Mart

25. A. Beads from Wal-Mart

B. Negative from thread cut from Tim Holtz die Sewing Room of the thread spool cut from 1”x2” shrink dink in black, 3 additional holes added with Crop-a-Dile in smallest hole setting. After shrinking this was wrapped with purple 24g wire

C. Beads from Wal-Mart

D. Bead from Wal-Mart

26. Flat back mounted rhinestone from Sparkle n Edge at Wal-Mart

27. A. Beads from Wal-Mart

B. Maya Road mini Wooden Spool wrapped with 18g purple wire with silver beads added for accents at both ends.

C. Filigree connector from Rebel Shine at Wal-Mart and all attached beads, metal, pear and crystal from Michael’s

28. Tim Holtz dress form cut from Sewing Room die on rough-n-ready Shrinky dink, with raspberry, and silver Bic Mart-it accents and stamped with zigzag pattern and “It’s your style” rubber stamps before shrinking with a hole at the top from the Crop-a-dile

Order to attach charms to the swivel clasp (1) use any color jump ring from piles 2, 3, 4 (I prefer to start at the bottom)

BR (Bottom ring) attach 16, 17, 18
L9 (Link 9) attach 15, 19
L8 (Link 8) attach 14, 20
L7 (Link 7) attach 13, 21
L6 (Link 6) attach 12, 22
L5 (Link 5) attach 11, 23
L4 (Link 4) attach 10, 24
L3 (Link 3) attach 9, 25
L2 (Link 2) attach 8, 26
L1 (Link 1) attach 7, 27
TR (Top Ring) attach 5, 6, 28


I hope you enjoyed my chunky charm and will come back soon to check out it's matching dressform (Coming soon!).
If you have any questions please let me know!!!!