Fantastic plastic for inkjets

[mfkirke]

I have just bought a packet of this. Now the instructions say it is dead easy but my experience of shrinking plastic is that getting your items out of the oven flat is not that easy. Any tips would be much appreciated.

Madelaine

[beautifultemptress]

Hi I have found that if you place a baking tray on top of the item as soon as it comes out of the oven then put something heavy on top it helps.

[aries458]

Is that stuff like the "shrinky dinks"? You can use the styrofoam egg cartons to "shrink" art too:) Cheap to use and is the same stuff :wink:

[mfkirke]

Thanks for that - will try the baking tray tip.

Lots of plastic items shrink nicely - crisp packets make fun brooches when they are 1" across. I haven' t tried egg cartons but I don't think they will go through the printer :wink: so I'll try decorating some other way.

[wireweaver]

Like using shrink plastic. Normally stamp, and colour in outline then cut out and shrink with heat gun then quickly place large heavy object on top to flatten. Like the idea of crisp packets and egg trays.

Lorraine

[beautifultemptress]

You can also shrink a lot of chocolate bar wrappers.

[wireweaver]

oh my gosh doing my two fav things at once. Eating chocolate and crafting. mmmmmmmmmmmmmm Heaven

Lorraine 8)

[glennis77]

The beauty of that one is..........
you simply MUST eat the chocolate so you can do the craft!!!!!!

Compulsory in my books!

[beautifultemptress]

Well I tried doing it before eating the chocolate but it squirted out every where! LOL Only kidding :D

[mfkirke]

Do remember to open the chocolate bar very carefully or the crafting is rather spoilt (the chocolate still tastes good though).