Tyvek Pin
Artwork Created by Vicki Kohler
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Supplies:

Tyvek™ envelopes
Pigment or dye inks
Lumiere™ Paints
Pearl Ex™ Powders
Paint brush
Heat gun
Glue gun & hot glue sticks
Nonstick sheets
Embellishments
Pin backs

Directions:

1. Cut pieces of Tyvek envelopes.

2. Smear with pigment or dye inks or paint with™.

3. Holding the envelope to your work surface with the end of a paint brush or pencil, use a heat gun to warm the envelope. It will start to shrink and you can push it into various positions with the end of your paint brush.

4. When it is shrunk as far as you want or is the way you like it, turn off the heat gun and set it aside.

5. You can start to add embellishments as you like. Beads can be held on with Perfect Paper™ adhesive or Aleenes Tacky Glue™. Tacky glue works well to hold almost all of the embellishments. E 6000™ does not do well with this. It slides off the plastic envelope. You can use a glue gun for larger embellishments if you want, but it can burn through the envelope if you are not careful.

To make hot glue embellishments:

Drizzle hot glue onto the nonstick sheet. Make a blob of glue whatever size you would like.

If you want to stamp into the glue, let it cool slightly and then stamp with embossing ink. Not too deep or you will get your wood stuck in the glue. Leave the stamp in the glue until  cooled or your stamp will bring up bits of glue stuck on the rubber. Very hard to get out.

Paint with Pearlex™ or Lumiere™ Paints. Pearlex™ sticks better if the glue is still slightly warm.

6. Then, just add anything you want to embellish your background.

7. Add pin back or use on a card.

 

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