Snowflake Cell Charm

Create a snowflake cell phone charm for Christmas or winter with a stamped metal tag. This beaded snowflake charm project from Rings & Things makes a great gift for holiday gift exchanges. For another great Christmas cell phone charm craft, see the Peppermint Cell Charm.
 

 Materials:

• 1 30-480-1-06 Lariat finding for cell phone, white/light blue
• 1 42-553-96-3 Double spiral connector, sterling silver
• 1 44-048-23 Snowflake charm, sterling silver
• 1 05-301-03-16 3mm Swarovski® crystal bicone, rose
• 1 03-700-06-162 6mm Swarovski crystal margarita bead, crystal/foil
• 1 03-700-08-162 8mm Swarovski crystal margarita bead, crystal/foil
• 1 03-700-10-162 10mm Swarovski crystal margarita bead, crystal/foil
• 1 05-601-04-178 4mm crystal cube, light gray opal
• 1 37-505-A 1.5" head pin, Argentium® sterling silver
• 1 37-290-459 5.9mm jump ring, Argentium sterling silver
• 1½ x ½" 64-519 24-gauge sheet metal, sterling silver
• flat-nose pliers
• round-nose pliers, shears (#69-230)
• letter stamps (#69-240-00-L, #69-240-01)
• hole punch (#69-235)

Instructions:

1. Cut the 24-gauge sterling sheet into a 1½" x ½" rectangle, and use the techniques for metal stamping to create the stamped metal charm.
    
2. Add the crystals to a head pin and make a wrapped loop, to create a tree-shaped charm.
    
3. Use jump rings to attach these charms and cell phone finding to the double spiral connector.