Lizard Playing Dress Up Necklace

A free necklace project featuring a pewter lizard colorized with Tim Holtz® Adirondack Alcohol Inks and sealed with ITS™ Image Transfer Solution from Rings & Things.

Created by: Sondra Barrington

Suggested Materials:
1 each #44-821-06 Casting, Lizard (Pewter)
1 each #44-158-9 Filigree, Butterfly Wing (Black Gunmetal)
42 each #26-233-9 Bead, Metal, Heishi-Style, 3.4x1mm (Black Gunmetal)
12 each #05-328-06-78 SWAROVSKI ELEMENTS Crystal, Bead, Faceted Bicone, 6mm (Amethyst/ Aurora Borealis)
36 each #20-241-273 Glass, Seed Bead, Size 13/0, Charlotte Cut, 1.8mm (Purple/ Iris)
22 each #37-722-9 Eye Pin, 2", Standard (Black Gunmetal)
12" #46-404-30 Artistic Wire®, 24ga, 60ft (Gunmetal)
32 each #37-136-9 Jump Ring, Round, 5mm (Black Gunmetal)
2 each #37-145-9 Jump Ring, Round, 6mm (Black Gunmetal)
24" #40-099-03-9 Chain, Footage, Hammered Long & Short Curb, 5mm
(Black Gunmetal)
1 each #86-110-012 Adirondack® Alcohol Ink (Pitch Black)
1 each #86-110-052 Adirondack Alcohol Ink (Purple Twilight)
1 each #86-110-053 Adirondack Alcohol Ink (Raspberry)
1 each #86-910 ITS Image Transfer Solution, 2oz

Tools and Supplies:
#69-270-99 Tool, Lindstrom® Four-Piece Set
Steel wool (from hardware store)
paintbrush or cotton swab

Designer Tips:

Use alcohol inks to colorize the lizard. Apply and blend with paintbrush, cotton swab
or fingertips. Experiment to find a method that works for you. Mix the colors together
for interesting hues.
Apply ITS to seal the color and bake according to the Image Transfer Solution instructions.
ITS is the designers preferred method to permanently seal colorized items. It ONLY
works when the item can be heated though!
String 24-guage wire with seed beads and wrap around the lizard and filigree wings to secure.
Make sure wire wrapping is secure, and that there are no loose ends that will poke the wearer. Snip off lizards back legs for a better fit on the filigree.
Make simple-loop connectors using the eye pins and crystals or heishi.
Cut chain into the following lengths: two 1", two 3" one 2" and one 3.5".
Use 6mm jump rings to attach lizard to chain.
The finished length is 34".

For additional details about techniques used in this design, see:
Basic Jewelry-Making Technique Sheet

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