DIY Butterfly Earrings

Learn how to make butterfly earrings with shrink film and UV Resin.

final earrings

I was so happy with the result of these DIY Butterfly Earrings. When my daughters saw them they requested pairs be made for them too, so I knew I had stumbled upon something good.

stamped image

I began with a stamped image on Grafix shrink art film in white. StazOn ink is great for this process because it is made for every surface and stamps a rich dark black.

cut out film

After stamping the image and allowing the ink to dry, I cut out the butterflies with a small detail scissor.

colored in

Coloring the butterfly with water-based markers was a bit of a challenge on plastic but I have a few tips in the video tutorial to make it work.

size difference

See the size difference between the stamped image and after the film has been shrunk. I used a heat gun to shrink the film, a dedicated toaster oven also works well.

I colored the edge and the back of the butterfly with a permanent black marker. Then I coated the back with matte UV resin and the front with jewelry resin both from You-V. The cool thing about You-V resin is that it is a quick cure resin, less than a minute under a UV flashlight.

You can see the gloss of the resin on the butterfly now. Drilling a hole into the top of the wing prepares the piece for the jewelry findings.

Video Tutorial:

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DIY Christmas Tree Earrings

Die cut a pair of Christmas tree earrings using shrink plastic three different ways.

with Scrapbook.com

3 pairs of earrings

Fun for the holidays, fun for gift-giving, make a pair of Christmas tree earrings with a die from Scrapbook.com, and shrink film. I’ve shown three different designs all made from the same die. The green earrings are using alcohol ink, the rose gold earrings used a stamp pad, and the silver and black pair were stamped with a rubber stamp.

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die and shrink film

To make the earrings I used the smallest die from the Nested Tree Dies and shrink film from Grafix. I used white and silver shrink film.

Materials:

  • Nested Tree Die
  • Shrink film – white, silver
  • CrossOver II
  • alcohol inks
  • Rose gold stamp pad
  • Stazon ink pad
  • rubber stamp
  • jewelry making tools and findings
  • Alcohol ink marker (green)
  • UV light
  • UV resin
  • hole punch
  • toaster oven

Video Tutorial:

As the film shrinks, the colors become more intense. While there was a pattern on the rose gold trees, it is all but gone once shrunk. However, they did take on a more metallic sheen almost like glitter. Do you have a favorite pair?

Make sure you stop at every crafty post along the way for Christmas magic and inspiration!

1. Jamie Pate
2. Juliana Michaels
3. Marie Nicole
4. Becki Adams
5. Patricia Roebuck
6. Terra O’Brien
7. Amy Mattingly
8. Janet Trieschman
9. Adrienne Boese
10. Amy Brown
11. Kinjal Trivedi 
12. Nadine Carlier
13. Erin Reed
14. Anita Trippi
15. Lynda Keyes
16. Lea Lawson

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Making Mod Earrings

Diy your own mod earrings with Grafix shrink film.

If you haven’t figured it out by now, I enjoy making jewelry. Grafix Arts sent me a variety of different plastic products to work with. These mod earrings are using silver shrink film.

I remember working with shrink plastic as a child and my excitement is still the same today. Watching the plastic shrink always thrills me and I am happy with the smaller results!

Materials:

  • StazOn black in pad
  • stamp
  • stamp block
  • hole punch
  • Silver Shrink Film
  • toaster oven
  • jewelry making findings
  • scissors
  • corner rounder
  • UV resin
  • UV lamp

Directions:

I stamped the image onto the silver film with StazOn ink twice.

I had a few areas that didn’t stamp solidly. Using a cotton swab and the ink pad, I filled in those areas – it worked great!

I used a corner rounder punch on the cut out pieces so there wouldn’t be any sharp edges when wearing the earrings.

I then centered a hole punch at the top of each image.

The plastic is now ready to bake. I have a dedicated toaster oven for crafting. I placed them on parchment paper, cover them with another piece of parchment paper, and followed the package directions for baking.

The two shrunk pieces are covered with UV resin to add thickness and longevity to the earrings. Then I used a variety of materials to finish off the earrings: silver wire, jump rings, black beads, ear wires, and jewelry-making tools.

I found the resin actually started the ink to bleed so if I were to do it again, I would spray fix the stamped image before using the UV resin.

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How I Used a Die as a Stamp

Can you stamp with a die? Check out how I made a shrink art keychain.

Maker’s Movement sent me the Nesting Doll die set. I decided I wanted to try something a little different with the dies. I wondered, can you actually stamp with a die? The answer is yes, well, kind of. Doing so leaves a light image but it is enough to work with and I make this sweet keychain using the technique.

Thank you to Maker’s Movement and Grafix
for providing materials that are used in this project.

CrossOver II and Graphix shrink film

Materials:

  • CrossOver II
  • Nesting Doll Die Set
  • Grafix shrink film in white
  • Alcohol ink markers
  • Paint markers
  • Black thin line marker
  • stamp pad
  • washi tape
  • keychain element
  • jump ring
  • 2 jewelry pliers
  • UV Resin
  • UV light
  • toaster oven

Directions:

Nesting Doll Die Set

To begin, I clipped the pieces of the die apart that I needed to work with. Then I cut out the doll shape from the Grafix shrink film.

Video Tutorial:

Look at the difference in size from the die (the original size) to the shrink film after baking. Not only did the size change but the colors got more intense.

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Shrink Plastic Necklace

Make a necklace from Shrink Film. #sponsored @graphixarts

I was sent a sample of Shrink Film from Grafix. I was so excited to see the film in silver and gold. I wasn’t aware of the color options. The gold was such a nice color for jewelry making. The technique I used was so simple and easy to do and the result is one of my favorite pieces.

materials

Materials:

  • Shrink Film – gold
  • StazOn black ink
  • stamp
  • hole punch
  • corner rounder
  • scissors or paper trimmer
  • toaster oven or heat source
  • UV resin (optional)
  • UV light (optional)
  • jewelry making materials
  • beads
  • cord

Video Instruction:

finished

To finish it off I used a black spacer bead and a gold crystal. Gold wire was used to join the pieces together and it hangs from an adjustable waxed cord in black.

Learn how to tie an adjustable knot [youtube video]

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