Tangerine Dreams Live Challenge Mix

You can use all of the items from our mix, or pick your favorites. Try a whole new direction and shop all of our other jewelry-making components to create your own style inspired by some pieces from this mix . Remember, you can use the categories on the left of our search pages to shop by color, theme, and more.

Make something special with your chosen items. You can use these pieces for making necklaces, bracelets, earrings, or something else entirely. Try making a matching jewelry set. See what Cynthia made with these items while watching the video. You'll find basic instructions for each design she made in the steps below. If you need more inspiration, make sure to check out all of the fabulous free instructions in our Design Studio.,

Necklace

• Cut a length of jewelry wire approximately 20 inches long. Slide a TierraCast antique copper 2x2mm crimp onto the end of the wire, followed by a TierraCast copper small oval open jump ring attached to half of the TierraCast antique copper-plated pewter Artisan toggle set. Bring the wire back through the crimp tube and crimp in place.
• Add 42 TOHO 6/0 PermaFinish translucent silver-lined grapefruit round bead to the wire.
• Add a grapefruit seed bead, a 4mm round pearl in Coral, a 4mm bicone in Tangerine, a Coral pearl, a grapefruit seed bead, and a Dakota Stones orange impression jasper 11-piece ladder pendant. Repeat five times, leaving off the last ladder pendant.
• Add 42 grapefruit seed beads to the wire.
• Slide a crimp tube onto the wire, followed by a jump ring attached to the other half of the clasp. Bring the wire back through the crimp tube and crimp in place.

Crimp Tool Tutorial
Crimp Tube Video Tutorial
Opening and Closing Jump Rings Video

Hoop Earrings

• Cut a length of jewelry wire approximately six inches long. Add a ladder pendant to the center of the wire.
• Add a grapefruit seed bead to one side of the pendant, followed by a Coral pearl, a 4mm Tangerine bicone, a Coral pearl, and three grapefruit seed beads. Repeat the bead pattern on the other side of the pendant.
• Bring both ends of the wire through a crimp tube in opposite directions to form a loop. Flatten the crimp tube in place with chain nose pliers.
• Attach a TierraCast antique copper-plated pewter faceted diamond earring post over the crimp tube using a 5.5mm antique copper-plated 21 gauge open jump ring.
• Repeat these steps to make the other earring.

Opening and Closing Jump Rings Video

Long Dangle Earrings

• Make a wrapped loop at the top of a ladder pendant using six inches of 20 gauge Copper Artbeads Designer Wire.
• Attach a TierraCast copper 2-inch 21 gauge eye pin to the top of the wrapped loop using an oval jump ring.
• Add the following beads to the eye pin: A grapefruit seed bead, a Coral pearl, a 4mm Tangerine bicone, a Coral pearl, and a grapefruit seed bead. Make a wrapped loop at the top of the beads.
• Attach a 1/20 14K rose gold-filled ball end earwire to the top of your dangle using an oval jump ring.
• Repeat these steps to make the other earring.

Wrapped Loop Tutorial

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List of Components
Dakota Stones Orange Impression Jasper 11-Piece Ladder Pendant Set (PEND-1498, qty 1) (Or, try PEND-1378)
5328 6mm Bicone Tangerine (5328-TGR6, qty 10) (Or, try 5328-API6, 5328-FIRE6, or 5328-TO6)
5328 4mm Bicone Tangerine (5328-TGR4, qty 14) (Or, try 5328-TO4 or 5328-LTAM4)
5754 8mm Butterfly Bead Tangerine (5754-TGR8, qty 2) (Or, try 5754-BRO6)
5810 4mm Round Pearl Coral (5810-COR4, qty 39) (Or, try 5810-ROP4)
TOHO 6/0 PermaFinish Translucent Silver-Lined Grapefruit Round Bead 2.5-Inch Tube (TBRD6-PF2112, qty 1) (Or, try TBRD6-PF551F)
TOHO 6/0 PermaFinish Translucent Silver-Lined White Round Bead 2.5-Inch Tube (TBRD6-PF2100, qty 1) (Or, try TBRD6-PF2110)
TierraCast Antique Copper-Plated Pewter Artisan Toggle Set (CA-6214, qty 1) (Or, try BRO-6214)
TierraCast Antique Copper-Plated Pewter Faceted Diamond Earring Post (CA-1076, qty 1)
12 x 7mm Antique Copper-Plated Oval Magnetic Clasp (CLASP-0867, qty 1) (Or, try GA-1076)
TierraCast Copper 2-inch 21 Gauge Head Pin (C-0028, qty 4)
1/20 14K Rose Gold-Filled Ball End Earwire (EAR-0101, qty 1)
TierraCast Copper 2-inch 21 Gauge Eye Pin (C-0027, qty 2)
TierraCast Copper Small Oval Open Jump Ring (C-0016, qty 6)
5.5mm Antique Copper-Plated 21 Gauge Open Jump Ring (BCA-OJR06-A, qty 6)
TierraCast Antique Copper 2x2mm Crimp (C-0030, qty 6)
Artbeads Designer Wire - Copper Non-Tarnish 20 Gauge (30 ft. spool) (ADW0020, qty 1)