Just a few caveats before we get started: You need to be sure to use a permanent ink like Ranger Archival or Staz-On. Make sure you that you file or sand the edges of your metal thoroughly if you cut it yourself. These shears are designed for use with 20 gauge or thinner sheet metal.  They won’t work on thicker metal.  Be very careful if you decide to use them as they’re sharp enough to cut through metal so they’re definitely sharp enough to do some damage to you. Being craftastrophe prone, I take my time when working with tools like these. We also provided links below to metal parts that are pre-cut so you can get right to stamping!

Level: Intermediate

Skills: rubber stamping, metal stamping, meta

You will need:

leather wristband with snaps(to make it deeper brown use leather dye)
24 Gauge Copper Sheet OR Copper Tag with Holes
Vintage Scissors Stamps
Waxed Linen Cord Black
Ranger Archival Ink Black
Folk Art Enamel Acrylic Paint, Licorice
Impressart 3mm Lowercase Economy Metal Stamp Set
ImpressArt Metal Shears
ImpressArt Nylon Jaw Bracelet Bending Plier
ImpressArt 2-Hole Punch
Leather Hole Punch or Crop-A-Dile
ImpressArt Metal Stamping Hammer
Chasing Hammer
ImpressArt Steel Stamping Block
Impress Art Stamp Straight Tape
Black marker
Ruler
Cotton swab
Paper towel

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Step one: If you are cutting your own piece from sheet metal or a strip, measure and mark a 1″x2 1/4″ piece. Step two: Cut carefully using the metal shears. IMPORTANT: USE A METAL FILE OR HEAVY GRIT SAND PAPER TO SAND EDGES! Step three: Mark and punch holes in all four corners with 2-hole punch. Step four: Hammer around the edges with the ball end of your chasing hammer.

Step five: Use the holes in your cut metal piece to mark the placement of the first set of holes in your leather. Punch 1/16″ holes using an awl, leather punch or Crop-a-dile.  Step six: Use permanent ink and small scissors stamps to stamp handles and blades of scissors on your leather as shown. Step seven: You are stamping three lines into the blank using 16mm stamps. I started with the top and shortest line, counting the number of letters and spaces to find the center. Then I work out from there. This first line has a space in the center. The next two lines have A LOT of letters, so I started at the far left and worked my way over. You will need two pieces of tape to secure the blank. The lines are: bleeds glitter, runs with scissors, sleeps with glue gun… I used punctuation stamps to add commas and the ellipses. Step eight: Swipe across letters with black enamel paint on a cotton swab. Let the paint sit for 30-60 seconds. Wipe off excess with a paper towel.

Step nine: Use the bracelet bending pliers to create a slight arc in your stamped metal tag. Step ten: Mark the placement of your second set of holes so that you can lace the tag to the front of the bracelet. Use a leather punch, awl or Crop-a-dile to punch 1/16″ holes.  Step eleven: Lace tag to front of bracelet with waxed linen as shown. Thread linen cord ends through the top of the bracelet.  One goes into the tag hole and leather and the other through the leather.  Then cross the threads underneath and thread each one through the hole on the opposite side. Don’t tighten then down. Do this for all four sides.  Step twelve: Knot each one securely. Cut off ends leaving a little bit of excess as in photo.

Phew! You did it!

We hope you love this DIY Runs with Scissors Bracelet as much as we do. Check out Mark’s YouTube Channel, he dishes up TWO divine DIY videos every week. Tell ’em Madge sent ya.

Happy Stamping,
Margot and Avalon

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