So, to make a pendant we will need the following set of items:
2 sheets of thick cardboard (one white, the other - any color);
ordinary table napkins with pictures of any theme;
strong threads of two contrasting but compatible colors;
PVA glue;
scissors;
ruler;
pencil;
brush.
Operating procedure:
Cut out a circle from a white sheet of cardboard. Its diameter should not exceed the size of the picture on the napkin. On the second sheet of cardboard, draw a circle slightly larger in diameter than the cut out circle and divide it into 24 equal parts using a pencil and ruler. We place the cut out white one in the center of the drawn circle, make marks about 4 mm long on its edges, and cut them (the marks) with scissors.
Cut out a picture from a napkin. It should be slightly smaller than the circle.Then, using the decoulage technique, we place it on the circle, dip a brush in glue and begin gluing the napkin directly on top to the cardboard. It sticks easily due to the fact that it gets wet very quickly.
When working with a napkin, you should consider some nuances:
Do not touch a wet napkin with your hands or try to move it from its place - it will instantly tear (if this does happen, you will have to take a new napkin);
work with a brush strictly in the direction from the center to the edge;
The entire surface of the picture should be ironed with a brush, avoiding the formation of bubbles under the napkin;
the formation of small folds is not scary - they will not be visible after the napkin dries.
After finishing working with glue, let the picture dry.
Then, having decided where the loop for the suspension will be located, insert the thread into the slot (1). Leave the end for the loop on the wrong side of the pendant. Next, by skipping 5 cuts located along the edges of the circle, insert the thread (2). We pass the thread from the wrong side of the circle towards the slot (1), passing 4 cuts, and thread it into the slot (3). And so on. While our thread is walking in a circle, it will visit each cut twice. We tie a neat knot (don’t forget about the aesthetic side crafts) of two threads in the place where the suspension loop is supposed to be. We wind the second thread of a contrasting color, adhering to the same principle, reducing the number of missed slots by one. That is, if we wound the first thread (green) through 5 and 4 slits, then the second (pink) through 4 and 3. We tie the ends of the second thread in a knot. The pendant is ready.
The reverse side of the finished pendant can be supplemented with congratulations or wishes, poems.This is just as your imagination tells you.
Happy creativity!
