Creative idea
A Keyring with a Leather Cord
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A pendant made from plaited leather cords. Hot owls painted with Poster Hobby Markers on black shrink plastic sheets, shrunk in the oven to 1/3 of the original size and attached to a keyring.
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How to do it
1 Cut two pieces of leather cords each measuring 15cm. Fit these in the keyring.
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2 Plait with four cords – plait the leather cord as shown in picture 2, 3 and 4.
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3 Plait with four cords.
4 Cut off the ends.
5 Glue the ends together and attach an end cap.
6 Cut a 5cm piece of leather. Insert this piece through the eye of the end cap.
7 Glue on the bead.
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11 Draw a design on a shrink plastic sheet. Please note that the motif shrinks to slightly less than half size.
12 Cut out the design.
13 Make a hole using a paper punch or use a hole punch. Paint with poster hobby marker.
14 Put it in the oven at 170°C for approx. 1 minute. The design will start to shrink and twist. Take it out when it is flat again – use tweezers if necessary.
15 Fit a round jump ring.
16 Attach to the keyring.
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