Faux Leather & Bling His & Hers Luggage Tags

I'm excited to be a part of the Designer Craft Connection Connie Crystal Blog Hop!  We each received a great package of sparkly goodness from Connie Crystal - fantastic crystal sheet in black and white, as well as assorted sun catchers with gorgeous pearls & unique glass beads.     Today I'm sharing a pair of His & Hers faux leather luggage tags I created with Makin's Clay® - one masculine and plain "leather", the second got the major bling treatment with black crystal sheet!  Be sure to follow the Designer Craft Connection link in the right column so you can see what other fun creations the designers are sharing!









Materials:

Connie Crystal Crystal Sheet - Black
Makin's Clay®  - Black Clay
                          - Ultimate Clay Machine®
                          - Self Healing Cutting Mat
                          - Ultimate Clay Machine® Motor
                          - Clay Cutter
Westcott® Titanium Bonded Non-Stick Scissors
Gift card for use as tempalte
Business card for use as template
Beacon Adhesives® 521 Adhesive
Toner Plastics® Craft Lace - Black
We R Memory Keepers® Crop-A-Dile punch
Aluminum foil, parchment paper, transparency sheet
Spice tin for template

Instructions:

1. Open black Makin's Clay® and roll to #3 on Ultimate Clay Machine® (or hand roll to approximately 1/8".)

2.  Crumple tin foil.  Unfold and place onto black rolled clay.  Press with fingers to transfer crinkle to clay, giving the effect of black leather.

3. Place credit card onto clay and use clay cutter to cut clay rectangle.  Cut 4 (depending on # of tags you are making... 2 per tag).

4.  On 2 of the rectangles, use spice tin to cut opening for address window - offset slightly as shown (or hand cut lol - but the spice tin works perfectly and rounds the corners in a nifty way!)

5.  Use business card as template and cut 2 rectangles from transparency sheet.

6.  Place transparency sheets over window opening on tags, with edge extending out over small edge.

7.  Add small piece of parchment paper over transparency. (This keeps the back piece of clay from sticking to the transparency.)   Add small amount of Beacon 521 Adhesive around top, bottom and left (wider) edge of tag.  Place second solid rectangle of clay over first to create back of tag.  (Note - Wet clay will stick to wet clay without any additional adhesive; however, since these will likely get a lot of rough treatment in baggage handling at the airport - I wanted to be double sure they would stay together so I used the 521...)  Repeat to make 2nd tag.

8.  Crumple small piece of foil and press into all outer edges of each tag.  This further gives the look of faux leather.

9.  Cut sheet of Connie Crystal black crystal to fit back of one tag.  Cut second strip about 1" wide (5 crystals across).

(Don't you just LOVE how the camera picked up the sparkle & shine on this first photo in this group!?!  Love my Connie Crystal!) 

10.  Use 521 to mount crystal sheet to back of tag.

11. Add small piece of crystal sheet centered on small edge of address window.  From 4 crystal by 5 crystal piece, cut two center crystals, then use 521 to mount to wider edge of address label.

12  Let clay dry 24 hours, the use Crop-A-Dile punch to punch hole in wide edge of solid clay tag, and in center of crystal piece where crystals were removed.

13.  Add 4 strands of black Toner Craft Lace to each tag.  Remove parchment paper, trim edge of transparency.  Print address and insert beneath window.

14.  Tie to suitcase handles using multiple tight knots.

That's it!  His & Hers Faux Leather Tags with a touch of BLING!