Showing posts with label shrink plastic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label shrink plastic. Show all posts

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Shrinky Horse Pin

Okay...I finally photographed and listed this horse pin to Etsy. I promised that I would get it up here so everyone could see. I made this horse with shrink plastic. I colored with colored pencils, cut him out, and cooked him. I used E6000 ( I think that is what it is called) to glue the pin to the horse. Let me know what you think.

Thursday, January 22, 2009

Shrink Plastic

I decided to buy some shrink plastic from Joann's after seeing a project in a book. I am still in the learning phases. I made a few things. They did not turn out that great. I saw on another blog that you should sand the paper so that is has "tooth" which will allow the color to adhere better.
So last night I sanded the plastic sheet with 320 grit sandpaper in a criss cross fashion. I drew a horse, colored it, cut it out, baked it.....and guess what. It turned out GREAT. I am going to make it into a pin. It is a paint horse for those of you that are interested. I will be posting to my shop soon. www.akkricket.etsy.com
Off to perfect my techniques.