![]() Using the Black permanent marker colour in the squiggles being careful to work towards you so that you don’t smudge any wet pen ink.ħ. One Leopard Print outline complete (I did mess the first one up and had to rub it out with a cotton cloth and some alcohol, which is why it’s drawn in pencil first and not with pen).Ħ. Basically keep the shapes nice and rounded and not too thin.ĥ. Both the squiggly patterns and inside the patterns are also going to be filled with crystals so don’t make hard work for yourself by creating shapes that tailor off into fine points or edges of shapes that are too fine to crystallize. Any gaps between patterns need to be at least as wide as your smallest crystal (if not wider so that you can use a larger crystal or combination of crystals to fill the gap). There are a couple of things you need to take into consideration when doing this. Once the toe is dry using a fine pencil draw the outline of the leopard print pattern you intend to crystallize. The alcohol will dry very quickly leaving no residue behind.Ĥ. Using a clean cotton cloth and some rubbing alcohol wipe down the surface of the toe to remove any grease or rubber particles. ![]() Give the flat face of the rubber toe a good rub down to scratch the surface, this creates a much better platform for the adhesive to bond to than a smooth surface.ģ. For this tutorial the main crystal sizes used are ss5 and ss7, ive also used a number of ss9, a small quantity of ss12 and 3 0r 4 ss16 crystals.Ģ. Place the Light Colorado Topaz crystals faceted side facing up on a clean flat surface, keeping the various crystal sizes in separate groups so that they are easy to locate.
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