Polymer clay bracelet

Hi friends!

I know that now is the time to prepare gifts for Christmas, and I have an autumn theme ... But this thing can also become an original gift for a woman who loves handmade jewelry

I want to tell you how to make such a nice bracelet from polymer clay and semi-precious stones.
Maple leaves and acorns are an unusual combination, but my friend wanted such a bracelet, and I made her order

We will need:
polymer clay of autumn colors (orange, two colors brown, yellow and green)
flexible blade
thin pliers
Maple leaf pattern
mold with leaf imprint
needle or toothpick
and a few handmade pins with a loop

To create a variegated maple leaf pattern, I grind up the rest of the orange-brown cane.

Then I add other colors and grind with a blade the same way.

Gently crush the clay so that the colors smear, but do not mix and do not lose their saturation

Then I take one of the pins and bend the end of it using thin pliers.

and stick it in a piece of clay that I need for one maple leaf

I make this piece of clay flat, I put a maple leaf template on top

and below the mold with leaf's streaks

and cut out the sheet according to the template

then I apply veins on top with a needle

I remove it from the mold and bend it so that the sheet looks like it is alive

This is the downside, as a real too

I making a few of these maple leaves

To create an acorn, I take a piece of light brown color and stick it on the pin from the side of the loop

Then I roll out a flat dark brown fragment and put it on a pin - this will be an acorn cover

It remains only to apply a pattern to the cover using a blade.

I bake the finished elements in the oven for 30 minutes over the slowest heat

So, when all the details are ready, I start assembling the decoration
These are the things that I will need to assemble the decoration.

Now I need a chain for the bracelet of the right length

I also need connecting rings and stone chips (I chose jade, carnelian and tiger's eye)
Yes, something like this will look like

I use pliers to open the loop at the pin

and attach the leaf to the chain link, twisting the pin two turns

And I do this with all the leaves, evenly distributing them on the chain

I hook acorns between the leaves in the same way

I will attach stone chips using connecting rings
Yes, I also found oak leaves imitating copper, I decided that they would look good here

It remains only to pick up the clasp

It looks good already

But I will add a final detail, which will make the leaves look very similar to the real ones.

Raindrops

When the varnish dries, it becomes transparent and looks like real raindrops.

Here is such a beautiful female decoration turned out, reminiscent of the recently passed autumn

I hope you'll like it too!
Thanks for your attention!
Regards
Gera