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The Swarovski Rhinestone Guide

The Swarovski Rhinestone Guide

25/05/2016
The Swarovski Rhinestone Guide

 

Add an extra touch of glam to your jewelry collection using the Swarovski rhinestone!


Jewelry made with rhinestone can easily look glamorous and colorful with all these small sparkly crystals. The best thing about these kind of jewelry components is that you really don’t need to work hard and embed a lot of crystals to create a truly wonderful jewelry piece. The high quality crystals in these Swarovski rhinestone would guarantee a colorful, sparkling and stunning result.


Another stunning effect that you can use to create a new look each time, is the relation between the crystal color and the metal plating. With 17 metal color plating’s and 28 SW crystal colors, the wonderful possibilities are vast!

 

Cup Chain has 3 sizes of SW crystal rhinestone, in many wonderful colors:
14pp that is 2mm size crystals - 28 color options
18pp that is 2.50mm size crystals - 28 color options
32ss that is 4mm size crystals - 9 color options

 

1. A combinations of crystal and metal plating
Take a look at this pendant, for example, you can see how different it looks when it is made with different crystals and metal plating colors.

 


14pp Chrysolite - Antique Silver
14pp Chrysolite opal - Antique Silver
14pp Air Blue opal - Antique Cooper
14pp Burgundy - Antique Silver

 

2. Multi pastel colors
Antique Silver plating is a great metal plating color of pastel crystals, and especially with a rhinestone such as: Crystal (AB) and the very special Multi color one.

 


14pp Crystal (AB) - Antique Silver
14pp Random pastel multicolor - Antique Silver
32ss Crystal - Antique Silver

 

3. Dangling crystals
The rhinestone has also a very nice and flowing movement as in this pair of earrings and dangling pendant.

 


32ss crystal - Yellow gold
32ss Light Peach - Yellow gold
18pp Rose water opal - Yellow gold

 

4. The Turquoise effect
The Turquoise rhinestone is made with opaque crystals, but it brings such a great color even with just a small part. The Turquoise color would look great with the Antique Silver, Brass and Copper plating colors, and combined with very colorful crystal colors.

 


18pp Turquoise - Antique Silver
14pp Turquoise - Antique Copper

 

5. Dainty and sparkly pendants
Small dainty and gorges pendants will be even more so, with rhinestone! They look small but more glamour’s with just this addition of sparkly high quality crystals.

 


14pp Crystal - Bronze matt
14pp Topaz - Yellow gold
14pp Burgundy - Shiny Silver
14pp Crystal - Shiny Rose Gold
14pp Crystal - Yellow Gold
14pp crystal - Matt Silver

 

6. Black &White dramatic look
Black & White have been always a beautiful and powerful combination that creates a look that is both stylish and dramatic, That is way the Crystal rhinestone with Black metal plating looks so great.

 


14pp Crystal - Black
32ss Crystal - Black
18pp Jet - Shiny silver

 

7. The romantic and soft look
Combining bright crystal colors with bright metal plating colors can make any jewelry piece look so very dreamy and classy, as this crystal rhinestone with bright silver or gold plating.14pp Crystal - Matt Silver

 


14pp Crystal - Shiny Bright Gold
18pp Black Diamond - Matt Silver

 


8. Simple to make heart shape pendants

Sometimes making a good looking Swarovski necklace is really simple. The only thing you need is a heart shape rhinestone pendant, connect it to a chain, and your done. So simple and so wonderful.

 


18pp Indian Pink - Antique Silver
18pp Blue Zircon - Antique Silver
18pp Light Rose - Antique Silver
18pp Crystal - Shiny silver
18pp Light Siam - Matt Silver
14pp Fuchsia - Nickle
14pp Tanzanite - Antique Silver

 


9. Timeless and classic style

These jewelries are nearly finished, you only need to choose the combination of crystal and metal plating. The most classic and elegant combination will be the crystal colors with the shiny nickel, Rose and yellow gold, you can’t go wrong with this combination.

 


18pp Crystal - Nickle
18pp Crystal - Rose Gold
18pp Crystal - Yellow Gold

 


10. A celebration of colors

Yellow gold metal plated elements with the most popping and vibrant colors, will create a stunning look for everyone to admire!

 


18pp Pacific opal - Yellow Gold
14pp Montana - Yellow Gold
14pp Jet - Yellow Gold
14pp Fuchsia - Yellow Gold
14pp Sapphire - Yellow Gold
14pp Blue zircon - Yellow Gold

 

A well-known fact is, when you want to create a truly gorgeous Jewelry items, you should always use high quality materials, the SW rhinestone is the thing that can easily bring that extra quality glam you need for your jewelry collection!

 

Have fun creating!
Cup Chain team.

 

Title
Plating/Rhinestone
Quantity
Price
Antique Copper (NF)
Antique Copper (NF)
Air Blue Opal
Air Blue Opal
Sale Expires:

1
$30.1

$13.5
Antique Silver(NF)
Antique Silver(NF)
Light Rose
Light Rose
Sale Expires:

1
$15.7
Antique Silver(NF)
Antique Silver(NF)
*Random Pastel Multicolor
*Random Pastel Multicolor
Sale Expires:

1
$21.8

$9.8
Antique Silver(NF)
Antique Silver(NF)
Crystal AB
Crystal AB
Sale Expires:

1
$21.2

$9.5
Antique Silver(NF)
Antique Silver(NF)
Crystal
Crystal
Sale Expires:

1
$43.6

$19.6
Antique Silver(NF)
Antique Silver(NF)
Crystal AB
Crystal AB
Sale Expires:

1
$12.1
Antique Silver(NF)
Antique Silver(NF)
*Random Pastel Multicolor
*Random Pastel Multicolor
Sale Expires:

1
$13.9
Matte Gold
Matte Gold
32pp Light peach
32pp Light peach
Sale Expires:

1
$21.2
Yellow Gold (NF)
Yellow Gold (NF)
Crystal
Crystal
Sale Expires:

1
$43.6

$19.6
Yellow Gold (NF)
Yellow Gold (NF)
Rose Water Opal
Rose Water Opal
Sale Expires:

1
$23.1

$10.4
Antique Silver(NF)
Antique Silver(NF)
Sale Expires:

1
$26.0

$11.7
Antique Silver(NF)
Antique Silver(NF)
Sale Expires:

1
$16.4

$7.4
Antique Copper (NF)
Antique Copper (NF)
Sale Expires:

1
$24.6
Matte Gold
Matte Gold
Crystal
Crystal
Sale Expires:

1
$11.6

$5.2
Yellow Gold (NF)
Yellow Gold (NF)
Topaz
Topaz
Sale Expires:

1
$13.4
Rose Gold Matte
Rose Gold Matte
Crystal
Crystal
Sale Expires:

1
$10.9
Crystal
Crystal
Sale Expires:

1
$12.2

$5.5
Black (NF)
Black (NF)
32PP Crystal
32PP Crystal
Sale Expires:

1
$21.2

$9.5
39ss/8mm Ring base with Rhinestoness Price for 1 unit 5001346
Shiny Silver (NF)
Shiny Silver (NF)
Jet
Jet
Sale Expires:

1
$12.3
Black (NF)
Black (NF)
Crystal
Crystal
Sale Expires:

1
$16.9
Black (NF)
Black (NF)
Crystal
Crystal
Sale Expires:

1
$29.8
Black (NF)
Black (NF)
Crystal
Crystal
Sale Expires:

1
$22.5
39ss Round ring base Price for 1 unit 5001467
Bright Gold Shiny (NF)
Bright Gold Shiny (NF)
Crystal
Crystal
Sale Expires:

1
$20.6
Silver Matte
Silver Matte
Crystal
Crystal
Sale Expires:

1
$20.6
Silver Matte
Silver Matte
Black Diamond
Black Diamond
Sale Expires:

1
$51.9

$23.4
Shiny Silver (NF)
Shiny Silver (NF)
Crystal
Crystal
Sale Expires:

1
$13.7

$6.2
Antique Silver(NF)
Antique Silver(NF)
Indian Pink
Indian Pink
Sale Expires:

1
$24.6

$11.1
Antique Silver(NF)
Antique Silver(NF)
Light Rose
Light Rose
Sale Expires:

1
$12.2

$5.5
Antique Silver(NF)
Antique Silver(NF)
Crystal AB
Crystal AB
Sale Expires:

1
$18.4

$8.3
Antique Silver(NF)
Antique Silver(NF)
Crystal AB
Crystal AB
Sale Expires:

1
$21.8

$9.8
Nickel/Rhodium color(NF)
Nickel/Rhodium color(NF)
Crystal
Crystal
Sale Expires:

1
$47.8

$21.5
Nickel/Rhodium color(NF)
Nickel/Rhodium color(NF)
Crystal
Crystal
Sale Expires:

1
$39.8

$17.9
Nickel/Rhodium color(NF)
Nickel/Rhodium color(NF)
Crystal
Crystal
Sale Expires:

1
$70.9

$31.9
Matte Gold
Matte Gold
Crystal
Crystal
Sale Expires:

1
$38.2
Rose Gold (NF)
Rose Gold (NF)
Crystal
Crystal
Sale Expires:

1
$49.1
Matte Gold
Matte Gold
Blue Zircon
Blue Zircon
Sale Expires:

1
$43.4

$19.5
39ss/8mm Ring base with Rhinestoness Price for 1 unit 5001346
Yellow Gold (NF)
Yellow Gold (NF)
Sale Expires:

1
$12.3
12mm Rivoli Ring base with Rhinestones Price for 1 unit 5000269
Yellow Gold (NF)
Yellow Gold (NF)
Indian sapphire
Indian sapphire
Sale Expires:

1
$9.2
Yellow Gold (NF)
Yellow Gold (NF)
Sapphire
Sapphire
Sale Expires:

1
$10.3
Matte Gold
Matte Gold
Jet
Jet
Sale Expires:

1
$14.9

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