Amour Necklace Tutorial

Stamped Romantic Heart Necklace with Keys

Skill LevelBeginner

TechniqueCold Connections & Metal-Working

Time1-3 Hours

Approximate Size21 1/2 Inches

For this design, I wanted to create a Valentine's Day necklace that could be worn all year. author signature

This romantic necklace combines soft blue and green shades with silver chain and an open heart pendant. A rectangle tag stamped with amour, the French word for love, rests at the center of the heart as the focal. Wear this necklace for a Valentine's Day event or make it for a friend.

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Creating the pendant, charms and rhinestone link

Choose the letters a,m,o,u, and r from the alphabet stamp set, along with the heart metal stamp. We stamped the heart onto the top right section of the sterling silver large rectangle tag charm, and let the word amour cascade down the left side. We chose the word amour, but you could choose another word or a name to personalize the design.

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Attach the tag charm to the top loop of the 27mm heart outline pendant using a 1x6.1mm sterling silver open jump ring. Attach the pendant to the loop located underneath the center accent of the silver-plated pewter 3-strand multi-strand endpiece using a 1x6.1mm jump ring. Set the pendant aside.

Attach a 0.9x4.6mm sterling silver open jump ring to the sterling silver key to heart charm. Attach a second 0.9x4.6mm jump ring to the first one. Repeat step three for the sterling silver key charm. Set both key charms aside.

Attach 1x6.1mm jump rings to the holes of the 3257 19mm divine rock sew-on rhinestone in Aquamarine. Set the rhinestone link aside. ,

Connecting everything together

Attach a 1x6.1mm jump ring to one piece of the antique sterling silver leaf hook and eye clasp. Cut an 11-inch piece of Artbeads Designer Jewelry Wire and attach it to the jump ring using a sterling 2x2mm crimp tube.

String a 5000 3mm faceted round in Olivine and a 5328 4mm faceted bicone in Light Azure onto the jewelry wire. Repeat this pattern 24 more times for a total of 50 beads. String the second jump ring of both key charms onto the jewelry wire. String five more sets of beads and one Olivine faceted round. Attach the strand you just created to one of the jump rings on the rhinestone link using a crimp tube.

Cut a 4-inch piece of jewelry wire. Attach the wire to the other jump ring of the rhinestone link using a crimp tube. String an Olivine round, a Light Azure bicone, an Olivine round, a Light Azure bicone and an Olivine round.

Lay the pendant face up on a flat surface. The multi-strand endpiece connected to the top of the pendant features a group of three loops on both sides. Attach the jewelry wire to the middle loop on the left side of the endpiece using a crimp tube.

Cut a 9 1/2-inch piece of silver-plated 3 strand + 3 link chain, making sure that the locations where you cut the ends of the chain allow you to attach the chain to jump rings. Use a 0.9x4.6mm jump ring to attach one end of the chain to the middle loop on the right side of the endpiece. Use a 1x6.1mm jump ring to attach the other end of the chain to the remaining piece of the hook and eye clasp.

List of Components:
3257 19mm divine rock sew-on Aquamarine (3257-AQU19, qty 1)
27mm heart outline pendant (CHARM589, qty 1)
Sterling silver large rectangle tag charm (SS-TAG07, qty 1)
Sterling silver key to heart charm (CHARM194, qty 1)
Sterling silver key charm (CHARM362, qty 1)
Silver-plated pewter 3-strand multi-strand endpiece (PS-MSEND009, qty 1)
Silver-plated 3 strand + 3 link chain (SPCH21, qty 1)
5328 4mm faceted bicone Light Azure (5328-AZLT4, qty 32)
5000 3mm faceted round Olivine (5000-OL3, qty 34)
Antique sterling silver leaf hook and eye clasp (SSA-CL001, qty 1)
Sterling silver open jump ring (1.00x6.10mm) (SS-OJR40-E, qty 6)
Sterling silver open jump ring (0.90x4.60mm) (SS-OJR35-C, qty 5)
Sterling 2x2mm crimp tube (SS-CRM2, qty 4)

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