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Step 2Getting started on your charms - Color & Cut
First, decide on your colors and/or any design. For mine, I decided to do several different similar solid color charms.
Roughly color your plastic, so that you can still see the lines left from your markers. I didn't in these pictures, but a really neat effect is to color one side of the plastic with red in one direction, and the do the other side in magenta in a slightly different direction.
NORMALLY, you pick light colors because they darken considerable on shrinkage. For this project, you want to pick dark colors, as we'll be using the sealer at the end to lighten them and give them a mottled effect. I found the orange came lighter than I would have liked, but the red and magenta were quite nice.
Next, punch out the shape using your circle punch.
Then, using your hole punch, punch a smaller circle close to the edge of your disk (see picture)
Roughly color your plastic, so that you can still see the lines left from your markers. I didn't in these pictures, but a really neat effect is to color one side of the plastic with red in one direction, and the do the other side in magenta in a slightly different direction.
NORMALLY, you pick light colors because they darken considerable on shrinkage. For this project, you want to pick dark colors, as we'll be using the sealer at the end to lighten them and give them a mottled effect. I found the orange came lighter than I would have liked, but the red and magenta were quite nice.
Next, punch out the shape using your circle punch.
Then, using your hole punch, punch a smaller circle close to the edge of your disk (see picture)
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