RUBBERMOON: Shrinky Dinks

Oh, to be a child again!

Oh Wait, you don't need to be a child to still enjoy the fun of Shrinky Dinks!!

Not knowing how everything will turn out, I wanted to play around with this oldie but goodie.

In 3 (okay maybe 4) Simple Steps, I made several embellishmnets to use for future projects.

STAMP

It's a bit hard to see the stamps on the clear Shrinky Dinks.

I used a variety of stamps including my favorites from RubberMoon:

Sunny Carvalho and Mindy Lacefield collection

Staz-On and Archival inks worked best as they did not smudge. 

Brilliance was used on the black sheet, I just had to let it dry longer.

  I did have to sand down this brand, but love how the ink pops by itself.

COLOR & CUT

Coloring a few with Prismacolor pencils, but also leaving some just simply stamped.

SHRINK

And just like in my childhood, I still got giddy anticipating the results and

watching the pieces curl up and shrink and flatten back out.

The theory of using a brown bag under to remove the shrinky dinks didn't work so well.

 It was better to just stick with the cookie sheet alone.

Many curled up and stayed curled. 

When trying to flatten...I broke the bunny's ears. Poor Frolic :(

But hey....just like in childhood...Glue will fix it :)

I love the colors on the black, but one thing to remember is the colors don't show through the opposite side as with the clear sheets.  Hence the rougher texture. 

Completely adore how all these turned out.

You may not be able to tell, but they are vibrant.  

(The sun has gone down so lighting isn't the greatest. Apologies. )

It's hard to tell how small some of these are. I adore the lil' scully. And the lime green dog.

ADORE. 

Both of those stamps and many others can be found at RubberMoon 

 

These gals would make great jewelry pieces.

Just remember to punch holes before shrinking...(.which I didn't.).

 

And then the rest of the batch.

 

I made the beach themed ones for an upcoming trip. (Is it June, yet?!?)

I plan to use them in my Project Life album in various pockets. 

Again, the sizing is hard to photograph, but it shrinks about 40% from the original.

 So...what are you waiting for....

 

Grab some stamps!

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Create a childhood favorite!

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And a memory to last forever!

(unless you flatten it after shrinking :)