Cherry Blossom Blog Hop!!
Today I am playing with Shrinky Dinks...do you remember shrinky dinks from your childhood??? I haven't played with them in a very long time. I made a great little Cherry Blossom bracelet. I told my son he could put this in an Easter egg and give this to his girl friend for Easter (I made this before Easter).
Supplies:
Shrink Plastic
Stazon Ink
Rubberstamps
Alcohol Ink
Jewelry findings (jump rings, head pins, etc)
Instructions:
Using Stazon Ink - Stamp images onto Shrink plastic, let dry.
Flip plastic over, and apply a very light coat of alcohol ink over image - when you shrink image it will concentrate the color, so it doesn't have to be dark to start with.
Cut the images out and punch a 1/8th hole - if you punch a too small of a hole - and it shrinks - you won't be able to put a jump ring or head pin through the hole.
Then you need to shrink them. Follow the instructions from the package - generally done in the oven. Here you can see the size difference of them shrunk compared to the size of the original rubber image:
Here you can see I added jewelry findings to the shrinky dinks:
I took a premade bracelet and colorized it with some alcohol ink and added the blossoms bits from above image to the bracelet with jump rings. I think it turned out really cute:
(And as a follow up....My son's girlfriend really liked the bracelet too!!!)
Thanks for stopping by...now for more great stuff -
go check out Cheryl's blog hop project!!!
Or if you want to start at the beginning,
go check out Club Scrap!!!
Or if you want to start at the beginning,
go check out Club Scrap!!!
The majority of the materials used in this project are from ClubScrap. TFL DebDuzScrappin
What an Amazing work of art you created!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty and really refreshing to see something not paper related for this month. You are so talented.
ReplyDeleteThis is so creative, who would have thought, shrinky dinks! Love it, I bet she loves the bracelet!
ReplyDeleteVery Pretty! I LOVED working with stamps and shrink art, its been years*maybe 5 or 6) since ive done this, but used to add charms to my card matching my stamp image on the card, and LOVED it! So fun to work with!
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Cheryl
What a fun idea. Cute charm bracelet!
ReplyDeleteSo sorry to hear about your "pet" bunny. :(
ReplyDeleteLove how you created this darling little flowers with shrink plastic! Love it!
How fun is this! I loved shrinky dinks! Didn't we get a sheet of that in a kit at some point?
ReplyDeletePerfect idea with the flowers! Great jewelery, Deb.
ReplyDeleteNifty project! I love making shrinky dinks. They are so much fun.
ReplyDeleteAAAHHH I LOVE Shrinky Dinks! This came out so pretty! LOVE!
ReplyDeleteSo cute! Thanks for bringing back memories!
ReplyDeleteYou brought back fond memories of my childhood when I used to watch them shrink in wonder. Gorgeous charm bracelet!
ReplyDeleteYour son's girlfriend is a lucky recipient! What a great idea! You are wonderfully creative, like all the time!!!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE shrink plastic! What a gorgeous piece of jewelry! Did you make the holes to attach before you shrunk the flowers? My nieces would have a ball with making these. Thanks so much for sharing your ideas!
ReplyDeleteSo cute!
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear about your bunny...
ReplyDeleteThe bracelet is just gorgeous!!! Makes me wanna make one for myself! =)
Lilian
The Leaf Studio
It's hard to believe your son is old enough to have a girlfriend! But what a lucky gal she is to be the recipient of this beautiful bracelet. It's always fun to re-discover art supplies we've used in the past. Thanks for the reminder of how fun Shrink Plastic can be! Love it!
ReplyDeleteAwesome bracelet!!!
ReplyDeleteI'm with Tricia - how did your kiddo get old enough for a girlfriend? Anyway, the bracelet is cute. I hear you can use the plastic from the shells that come with products like embossing folders, etc. Might try that.
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