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Mother’s Day is around the corner. Are you ready? If you need a last minute, handmade gift, today’s post is for you. I am sharing with you a quick, cheap and simple pair of shrink film heart earrings you can make that any woman on your list is sure to love. With just a few supplies and 20 minutes or less, you are on your way to making her smile.
SUPPLIES:
Matte Shrink Film
Heart Paper punch, template or die (I used Spellbinders Media Mixage Hearts One – the middle size die)
Ear Wires
Jewelry Pliers
Mod Podge Dimensional Magic
Alcohol inks and applicator
Distress Paints or other acrylics of your choice
TUTORIAL:
Ink your felt applicator and pull stripes (left) or dab color splotches (right) onto rough side of shrink film. Cover entire sheet or just what you will use. I made a bunch of shapes, so I covered the entire sheet.
Die cut, paper punch or hand cut out your shapes. You can see the inks I used and how the pieces look before baking.
I wasn’t quite thrilled with the coloring after the alcohol inks, so I added Distress paint (barn door). Punch a hole in your pieces where you want the jump ring to be and bake per shrink film instructions.
Let cool, apply a coat of Dimensional magic for a gloss look. When that dries, you may have to reopen your hole with a needle tool or awl. Insert your jump ring and ear wire.
Most people would never guess these were made from shrink film. I get tons of compliments every time I wear them!
I have a charm bracelet on the work table using the rest of the pieces from this shrink film afternoon.
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