DIY Designs » Folded Flower Frame
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This class is the perfect way to get started with simple metalworking techniques!
In this FREE beginner-level class, Instructor Tracy Stanley shares her method of making simple stamped charms.
Folded Flower Frame
This picture frame is a perfect way to showcase that special someone in your life. You can personalize your frame with words or names, and embellish your heart out with our FREE: Folded Flower Pendant Class. We especially love the variety of colors you can achieve with our Metal Patinas and vibrant Anodized Aluminum Sheet metal. Take your skills to a new level, and adorn your home, as well as yourself with these lovely folded flowers.
Tools And Materials
Tools
- Stamping on Metal Starter Kit
- 4" x 4" Steel Bench Block
- Metal Hole Punch Pliers, 1.8mm hole
- Pair of Hex Wrenches
- Fiona's Uppercase Letter Stamp Set 1/8" (3.2 mm) - Feel free to check out our awesome selection of Letter Stamp Sets and choose your favorites to adorn your work!
- Victorian Gable- Metal Patina Kit - These come in packages of three, the color combinations are fun and vibrant. See the various options here .
- Patina Brushes Mixed 2pk
- Star Design Stamp - 3/32" (2.4mm) - We used design stamps to get subtle texture and images on our petals, check out all the Design Stamps and choose for yourself which ones you like best.
- Basic Flower Face Design Stamp 1/16" (1.6mm)
- Double Faced Texture Hammer Star/Hatch - This is a great way to texturize the flower petals on the blank.
- Tronex Chain Nose Pliers, Short Handle #513
- Tronex Bent Nose Pliers, Long Handle #751
- French Shears - We used these to cut out the center of the frame.
- Coarse Flat File - We filed down the center with this to even out any imperfections from cutting.
Materials
- Mini Brass Hex Nuts, Washers and Bolts, 1/4", 10 sets
- Anodized Aluminum Sheet, 3" X 3", 24g, Light Magenta
- Copper Scalloped Bib, 24g - We used a Beaducation Original Blank to feature the hand stamped name, but feel free to use any blanks you like!
- Copper 1" Flower w/Top Loop, 24g - We cut off the top loop and filed it down to use it for a larger flower.
- Copper Large 6 Petal Flower, 24g
- Copper Small 6 Petal Flower, 24g
- Copper 4.5mm I.D. 18 Gauge Jump Rings, pack of 50
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