DIY Shrink Plastic Cat Pins | Shrinky Dinks and Resin

hi everyone its Amy and welcome back to my channel so today we are going to play around with some shrink plastics or more known as shrinky dinks in the US and I'll be showing you guys how I made these adorable cat pens perfect for cat lovers such as myself since I am a cat mom of two girls so stick around I'll show you guys how to do it alright enjoy the video [Music] [Music] so as I'm late I've been quite addicted to shrink plastic crafting and I made a bunch of cute little charms to keep myself busy during this time which all of them are posted on my Instagram so if you want follow me and you can see all the stuff that I've been working on okay so here's a finished sketch and since my sketch is too small I did have to scan it in my computer to make it bigger since shrink plastic will shrink about 50% of its original size after baking I mean at least with the ones that I'm using so check with your brand and adjust the size of your image accordingly I also flip the image horizontally so make sure you do this step as well so I'll be using the glossy shrink plastic and here I'm prepping the surface by cleaning it with some isopropyl alcohol this will remove any oil or dirt which will help the ink stick better on the plastic then we're just going to secure it with tape trace pen color and I'm just using Sharpie permanent marker for this process [Music] [Music] here's a tip when cutting shrinkies when you get to a sharp corner like here do not continue the cut as this will tear or bruise the plastic instead flip it over and cut from the other direction towards the corner [Music] I'm using convection toaster oven to bake my pieces and it has been preheating for a few minutes make sure to follow the baking instructions of your shrinkies because it will vary by brand now don't panic here it's supposed to curl as it shrinks it will eventually uncurl itself so I take it out as soon as I see it starting to flatten out if you leave it in there for too long it will overheat and you'll get tiny micro bubbles in the plastic so timing is everything here as soon as it's out of the oven I use something flat to press down on it as it cools down so you end up with a nice flat piece next I'm going to seal the plastic with Mod Podge I prefer the super gloss variety since it dries clear and there's no fogginess when it dries and yes I'm actually using my finger to do this because the brush will leave brushstrokes which will be very visible when the resin layer is applied so here are the reasons to why you need to seal the plastic number one sharpie marker needs to be sealed before the resin layer to prevent the ink from bleeding number two resin just doesn't adhere well to shrink plastics in general and it's surprising how people don't talk about this but check out this video by my friend Tomo tota to see what I'm talking about I'll put a card on the upper right corner and also in the description box also sub to her while you're at it so basically the layer of Mod Podge will help the resin stick to the plastic I'm going to apply an even thin coat of no wipe gel top coat you can also use UV resin for this step but I prefer the gel top coat because I can apply it quite thin [Music] all right so here are the chameleon flaky nail powders I'm going to use to burnish onto the gel this is where it gets fun you can use any nail pigment powder you want or any pigment powder really you can use holographic chrome mirror powders I mean you have so many different options nowadays so you know have fun with it now I'm going to do this step multiple times to build up the color now it may not look like much right now but once we add the black layer behind it the color will pop and to do that I'm going to paint on regular acrylic block of paint [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] and here we are all finished and they are so beautiful they don't even look like they're made out of shrink plastics so I hope you guys enjoy this video and I hope it inspired you to try shrinkies or shrink eating or shrink plastics it's such a fun craft medium to work with and honestly I wish it was more popular here in the US anyway I do learn quite a bit of stuff while working with it and I'm still learning but I don't know if you guys would be interested in more shrink plastic videos I mean is this something you'd like to see in the future let me know in the comments down below alright so thanks so much for tuning in and I'll see you guys soon bye [Music] [Applause] [Music] you [Music]

Channel: AmyMade

Views: 10,575

Rating: 5 out of 5

Keywords: shrink plastic, shrink plastics, DIY pins, Shrink plastic crafts, Shrinky dinks, Shrinky dink ideas, ArtnGlow Resin, artnglow, resin craft idea, resin craft, resin pins, DIY lapel pins, cat pins, cat lovers, crazy cat lady crafts, cat crafts, cat DIY projects, polymomotea, Moriah elizabeth, how to make pins, shrink plastic pins, sharpie project ideas, sharpie, kawaii crafts, diy custom pins

Id: MSXqsnIxjiE

Length: 8min 0sec (480 seconds)

Published: Sat Apr 18 2020