just wanted to thank you for this video, you're the ONLY one I could find that is not using resin to make a nice clear coat/seal and that stuff did NOT work for me and my daughter, too toxic. So thank you for this alternative I never knew about!
IDK if anyone needs to see this but, when using E6000 glue , I use a scrap plastic piece & pour out a big blob of the glue on to it , then use a ball tip tool to apply it to my earrings , So you don't have to go super fast & It's less messy c:
@Lucycat Playz She explains at 1:59. She made a real size ruler in Photoshop and printed it in shrink plastic then shrunk it :) Maybe you can google ‘print real size ruler’ and just print it on shrink plastic.
@Lucycat Playz You can try printing on regular paper and place the shrink plastic sheet on top of it then trace the ruler, cut it out, and shrink it. When tracing you can use an actual ruler to get straight lines :)
The ruler idea is so smart, thank you for sharing!! I want to try with printing pieces for earrings, but I’ll also try with the regular clear paper first (as soon as I figure out if I should use the frosted back and how to color them)!!
Which plastic do you use? I just tried graphix and it is awful. 90% of the time the ink crinkles and peels off during baking. I don’t know what I’m doing wrong
The embossing powder technique looks awesome and way faster than adding resin to each one at a time! Does it adhere pretty well? Or will the embossed layer pop off if the earring hits anything? Or if you squeeze it?
Hi, amazing video! Question, in here you just cut the images out with scissors, but in the video you also mentioned sometimes using your brothers cricut. On what base material do you set it, so it cuts all the way through? I have to cut it twice as it didn't go deep enough through the shrinking paper.
Thank you for this my daughter just got her ears pierced and while it will be a few months before we can switch her earring this will be a great project for the summer.
Hello great video tutorial! I love the embossing coat you use and I am very interested in using it. However, can you use this on regular shrink plastic material ? Additionally, can you use the embossing on sticker paper ? Thank you.
Ahh great tutorial it's so cool to see what techniques people use 😍 did you try uv resin for doming? Why do you prefer the embossing powder? Is the result just as clear and shiny as with uv resin?
This was an awesome video. Maybe I can save someone some trouble though- the embossing powder caused my images to bleed. I used Sharpie on ShrinkyDinks brand plastic. I used the exact embossing pad and powder she used in the video. If anyone has any tips let me know!
You can order it off Amazon. Just search Shrinky Dink. I've tried both the brand Shrinky Dinks and Grafix. Grafix, lately, seem to get better reviews, as some feel the Shrinky Dink brand ones have been reformulated. Don't bother with the clear inkjet. It's not truly clear and instead turns frosted after shrinking. There's a bit of a learning curve too, so don't expect perfection right at the bat and practice. Your heat settings, oven, technique . . . all these can affect the final result. However, that's not to make it seem troublesome. I still have fun experimenting. I even bought white Grafix sheets to pass out for kids for Halloween.
Totally Unrelated but help is appreciated :3 :- So basically I watched some videos about shrink plastic and found out that the UV resin doming peels off easily if a layer of mod podge isn't added. Please let me know if you've had any problem like that. (Using colour pencils on a rough sided shrink plastic)
From watching this and handling resin myself I'd say yes the powder is better! Resin is much more toxic, requires further safety such as gloves & respirator and you'd need to put down the resin carefully and cure each one in smaller quantities depending on how big the UV lamp is (I have one that would fit maybe half the amount of earrings she made) if you're using shrink plastic you'll already be using an oven to make em shrink so may as well use the exact same method to protect them too!
If the recycling symbol on your plastic has a 6 in the middle of it you should be able to shrink it! It is the type of plastic that stuff like baked goods and sandwiches come in.
I printed the designs onto the paper. They sell a few different brands of shrink paper like this. Make sure you only use it with an ink it jet printer!
You can! But if you're making tiny pieces like I do, they will probably blow around everywhere. I don't know a way to stop them from blowing around. An oven would be easier to work with for smaller pieces!
Can you please do a video on how to know what size your image is before you print? This is the part that stumps me! I can't seem to find an actual size ruler in any of the programs I've tried!
Everything worked perfectly until I baked them with embossing powder, they started curling again and didn't flatten back out. There was no way to flatten them back out without smudging the powder! Anyone have recommendations?
I bought all this same stuff, but after a few days my design started to bleed. What did I do wrong? 🥲 I thought the embossing powder method was supposed to not cause bleeding
There are embossing powder heat guns that doesn't blow air. It heats up the powder and melts it. You should be able to find them in the scrapbooking aisles of craft stores.
I didn't make a video but this was the first tutorial I watched on this, and I love it. Thank you so much for making this. I've been making earrings now. I use uv resin, but I also appreciate the ruler.
Hello! Sorry about that! I actually just added it now, I thought I had added it already. If you have problems with it, let me know. It should work tho!
Actually did this and when I take the pieces out of the oven, first, it will get a sharp outline, like it was a saw, and second the colors will burn a little, also, I tried to make the colors more bright but it won't look as it should
I dont know why but I'm the type of person who doesn't understand stuff right away but may explain the whole ruler thing and how it works? I'm confused. Sorry.
Dont need specific printer for this. A lot shrink paper are for inkjet printer. You can looking for: "Sticker paper for Inkjet printer" or "Shrink film paper for inkjet printer" and you will find that ;) !
She mentioned in the beginning that its recycled shrink paper. I imagine it was just for the tutorial or she has awesome customers that are supportive of recycling materials. (recycled = used in another project)
I have some doubts about the process, I use the same material in my oven but it just twists and I don't see any state coming back, would you give me some advice?
@Luna MagnascoFarinas Thanks, I did some tests and I realized that I should not put it in baking mode, I should put it in broil mode and it helps me a lot more, since apparently portable ovens do not work in the same way
Omg I love your video!! This is exactly how I want to do my RU-vid video! How do you do it, what program do you use! I was told to make slinky dink art crafts and your video gave great information! Thank you! Btw love your back ground music!!
