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Craft Tutorial #4 - Wire Swirls

 Craft Tutorial #4 - DazzlingWire Swirls

Make your own wire embelishments to make this stunning Wire Swirl Card 

 What You Need:

Adhesive rhinestones

Tri Fold card- each panel 11.5×11.5 with cut out square 5cmx5cm in middle panel

or use a square border with  5cmx5cm cut out square with any card  

Black  card 6.5×6.5

Double sided tape

Pliers- round nose, flat or chain nose and wire cutters

The swirls will be attached to the card by the 2 ends of the swirl being  bent backwards so that they can  be inserted into holes in the card

 Step 1-Cut 12cm wire

Bend 2cm from the end (this is your first bent piece that will insert into the top of the black card)

Step 2-Place the short bent wire parallel with your round nose pliers so that the wire is running along the  jaw of the plies, the tip of your  round nose pliers is level with the where the bend is

Step 3-Using your fingers bring the long  wire around the tip of the pliers making a complete loop

Step4-Grasp this loop with flat nose pliers and do a loose coil  

Approx 2-3 times around

Step 5 -Put a curve in the tail of the swirl- see example for the direction of the curves

Step6-Bend the last 1-2cm of the stem back ( this will go into the hole at the bottom of your black card) 

Make sure the swirls are no longer than 4.5cm not including the bent back wire 

Do 4 more swirls, they  can vary in length and size-see example as a guide

Step7-Arrange the swirls to see where the swirls  will sit on the black card. Make sure the bottom wires are aligned with each other. And are at least 1cm from the edge

 Make sure  you leave at least 8mm to 1cm border  around the  swirls

  If you need to make any of the swirls shorter  just cut the end and make a new bend at the bottom

 Put a pen mark where the holes should go for each of the bent back wires (2 for each swirl)

Step8-Using a pin pierce each pen mark making a hole for the wires. Put the  swirls on one at a time

 Step9-Push down each of the wires sticking out the back of the black card 

Step10-  On the back of the white card place double sided tape around the inside edges of the  cut out square

Turn the white card over and position it on top of your black card with the swirls and press down to stick

Step11-With the inside of card facing you, using double sided tape around the edges of middle  panel and  fold down the left side of the card over the middle panel of the card and stick  so you  cover the back of the black card. You now have a bi fold card

 Step12-Place adhesive rhinestones along the back of each swirl near the top. In the example there is a large one at the top then a medium then small . For the smaller swirls there is only 2 used a medium and small

Step13-You can use put short message on one of the corners by using a stamp or writing with an embossing pen or using a sticker . You can add a small rhinestone for extra touch.

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