Description
8.5" x 11" Size sheets. Stamp on the film, color the images with permanent markers or paint pens, then heat to shrink the images. You can even impress dimensional designs into the hot plastick! Each image will shrink to 50% of its original size. Use this Metallic Shrink Film to make charms, tags, jewelry, bookmarks, embellishments for paper crafts and more! (When making jewelry, be sure to punch a hole before baking.) You'll have fun creating your own unique accents for cardmaking, scrapbooking, and even jewelry!
It's ideal to use permanent markers, waterbased acrylic paints or heat set inks on these. If you want to use color pencil or if you want to rubber stamp, sand the film first with a 300-400 grit sandpaper.
- Place on a medium weight cardboard, teflon sheet, parchment paper or vellum. (Do not bake on bare metal or stoneware)
- Cover the piece with parchment paper or vellum to keep film from sticking to itself when curling. (when you bake)
- Bake in regular or toaster oven for approximately 2 -3 minutes.
- Do not remove from oven until piece is flat. (The piece will cirl before it flattens)
- If still slightly curled after 2-3 minutes in the oven, remove the piece, then flatten with a spatula
- While it's still hot, you may also try impressing on the the piece using items that have interesting texture (See picture taken from Grafix website)
- You may also try to use an embossing tool to heat it.