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I am attempting to make wine charms using shrinky dink material. I am having a little trouble. The shrinky dink material I purchased is very clear. It will not take the ink from the Copic markers. I realize the color will be brighter after it is baked but I could barely detect where I attempted to color. I tried to color after I baked it and it would only accept really dark colors, not really what I wanted. What kind of black ink is everyone using with the Copic markers. My memento smeared even after it was baked. I guess I could use stazon on one side and then color on the other side with my copics. I am contemplating trying a different shrink material as Michaels had a couple different ones. I know the ones I used before were rough on one side and they worked perfectly. Any suggestions as to what I should get or any tips to use what I bought? I am also wondering if I can use paint on them before I bake them. I cannot think of what they are called but I am thinking of the little pots of paint that have a bit of shimmer to them. I think they are made by Lumiere or something like that.
Thanks so much
Sandy
Try using fine sandpaper on one side to 'rough up' the surface so it will be more accepting of ink. I use a nail buffing thingy. This is what the teacher used at a class I took. We used Primas to color but I'm sure you can use Copics. Like you said - color on the opposite from the stamped image might prevent smearing.
Yes, you can paint the shrink plastic first; that really helps give it some "tooth" to help you stamp the surface. Or sand in a crosshatch motion (across and then up and down) to roughen it up.
Chalks, colored pencils, permanent ink like sharpies, etc. will work great. Did you try shrinking the light colored pieces you did with the Copics? Did the color darken enough after shrinking, more than you might have thought just looking at it pre-baking, I mean?
Don't give up playing...shrink plastic is SO much fun to play with, and there are so many different things you can do with it.
Thanks for the tips. I did bake it after I attempted to color it and am pretty sure that I would not have noticed the blue on the dress had I not known that it was there. I will try the buffing tip but it makes me kind of nervous that it won't take the color evenly. I think I will also try my prisma pencils as well. Maybe they will work better with that particular shrink plastic.
Thanks again,
Sandy
The clear shrink plastic has to be sanded very thoroughly before it will accept any inks. Like someone else mentioned, sand across, then sand up and down. Pencils will work much better than Copics, they might bleed into all the little grooves you've created with the sandpaper. If you really want to use Copics, I would recommend getting the other kind of shrink plastic that is pre sanded.
The little pots of paint are called Twinkling H20's; I never tried them on shrink plastic, but I think they would work fine.
To my knowledge, all shrink plastic must be sanded before it will accept ink. I always buy the "Rough and Ready" (I think that's what it's called). Which sounds like what you bought before that worked for you. If what you have now is completely clear, just take fine grit sandpaper and sand in one direction and then in the other.
I haven't used shrink plastic in a while, so I'm going to pull it back out. I always use Memento when using my Copics, so will try that. I'm not sure that stamping on the front with Staz-on and then coloring on the back will work since the plastic gets so much thicker after you shrink it. And with such a concentration of color after being shrinked, I'll bet the lighter Copics will work great. Can't wait to try this! Thanks for reminding me of something in my stash I haven't used in a while!
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Shrinky dink help please
