Class: Shrink Art

• Shrink Film – Brand used in class is Shrinky Dinks Creator, Crystal Clear
• Mod Podge Matte, Mod Podge Gloss or Mod Podge Sparkle – Sealing your shrink art will help protect it.
• Let's Resin UV Resin – Seal your shrink art for the best finish with UV Resin.
• SUN UV/LED Light – For curing the resin, the SUN UV/LED Light works great and will give your shrink art a professional look.
• Fantastic Glaze and Glue/Mod Podge Dimensional Magic – craftfantastic.com
• Regular Scissors & Curved Scissors – You will need both regular and curved scissors for cutting out shrinks. The curved scissors make it much easier to navigate around small curved areas.
• Hole Punch – Regular paper punch size
• Sharpie Creative Markers Bullet / Sharpie Creative Markers Brush  – Very smooth and buttery. Goes on well to the plastic. Great for large surfaces.
• POSCA Markers – Great quality acrylic paint markers. Many sizes and tips.
• Pagather Acrylic Markers – Dual end acrylic markers. The price is right and the quality is super!
• Prismacolor Pencils – For a lighter, softer look, these do a great job!

• Jewelry/Charm findings – Earring wires, jump rings, lobster clasps, assorted key chain findings
• Items of inspiration – Line art hand created, line art printed from the internet, graphics from publications, anything you want to make into jewelry or charms
• Oven – The shrink film used in class requires a 325 degree oven setting.
• Aluminum or parchment paper
• Flat cooking tray
• Flattening Tool – Piece of wood or something dense to press items once pulled from the oven (only if needed)

Instructions

Trace your artwork onto the shrink plastic with a Sharpie. Fill in the artwork with colors using markers or colored pencils
The acrylic paint markers have worked the best for me. Lighter colors shrink better than darker colors. Darker colors shrink darker than their original color.

If you like a black line around your artwork, do it after all colors have been applied.

Cut out your image. Punch a hole in the top of your plastic where the earring or charm hardware will be attached. You may also attach a magnet or pin to the back instead.

Preheat your oven to the specifications on your shrink plastic instructions. The shrink plastic in class requires a setting of 325 degrees. Line a flat cooking pan with a piece of aluminum or parchment paper. Once the oven gets to the required temperature place the pan inside. It takes approximately 60 seconds for your item to shrink. Keep a close eye on it. Once it shrinks and lays flat wait approximately 15 more seconds. Use an oven mitt to pull the pan from the oven and press firmly onto the items with a hard flat surface such as a block of wood or something else flat and dense.

Two options for sealing.

Coat the top of your item with Mod Podge Matte, Gloss or Sparkle. Once it is dry, coat it with a clear sealer such as Fantastic Glaze or Mod Podge Dimensional Magic.

UV Resin is my favorite option for sealing the shrink art. The Let's Resin UV Resin kit is the perfect resin to learn with and everything you need is included in the kit. Coat the piece of art with the resin using a small paintbrush. Make sure to get the resin to the edge. Put under a UV light for approximately 3 minutes.