When I first saw these bezels at my local craft store I knew immediately what I wanted to do with them. The first thing was to pop out the acrylic rhinestones. Then I stuck one bezel in the oven with a load of polymer clay to make sure that they truly were metal and not acrylic, as sometimes is the case.

It took a bit of experimenting to get the look I wanted, but I’m quite pleased with how these came out. If I had to do it over the only thing I would change would be to use less green and more blue.

Have you noticed that I’ve been on a blue/turquoise kick lately? I can’t seem to stop using it. Don’t worry, that will probably pass and then I’ll be on to a different color obsession. 🙂

Of course, this technique can be used to make any sort of jewelry or even home dec. As you saw in the video, I was able to pop my newly created cabochons out of the bezels after adding the resin-those that were not super glued in first.

So you could make cabochons to use to decorate other objects, but I wouldn’t recommend putting the resin back in the oven. Sometimes it turns amber even at low polymer clay temperatures.

Tools and Materials

• Metal bezels
• Premo Pearl clay
• Pasta machine or acrylic roller
• Clay blade
• Simple Leaf
• Alcohol inks
• Translucent Pardo clay
• Kemper cutters
• Magic gloss UV resin
• 22 gauge craft wire
• Swarovski crystal 6mm bicones
• Clasp
• Round nose pliers
• Chain nose pliers
• Wire cutters

Enjoy the video and happy creating!

Watch the Jeweled Bezels-Polymer Clay Jewelry Tutorial video at YouTube.

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