Scrapblog Key Chain
Hello Fellow Scrapbloggers!
Recently, I was looking for a little party favor gift to hand out to some friends. After searching all around town and not finding anything personal enough, I came back to Scrapblog.
Being a crafter, I have a room full of crazy art supplies. Among the paper, ink, paint, & beads I remembered I had a pack of shrink film. A crazy fun project idea was born! You can print on shrink film from your home computer and printer and put it in the oven. It then shrinks to 1/3 it’s size and 9 times in thickness! The finished piece of plastic makes a great keychain.
Today, I’m going to share with you how I made this super cute personalized key chain. Before you begin this project, preheat your oven to the temperature recommended on the shrink film package.
Here’s the breakdown:
1. Create Your Scrapblog page - Add photos, your favorite stickers and text!
* keep in mind the page is going to shrink to 1/3 the original size and the colors will become more vibrant. Some stickers with fine detail may appear different in the finished keychain.
2. Save and Publish your page.
3. Export as a Jpeg - choose “Export as JPEG” from the File drop down menu in the upper left hand corner of the builder.
4. Print the Jpeg from your home computer onto the inkjet shrink film.
*Choose to print your photo as a 5×7 size, landscape. You can make it smaller, but you may sacrifice some detail.
5. Trim your printed photo removing the entire white border. I also rounded the corners using a corner rounding punch.
6. Using a standard hole punch, punch a hole for the keychain before you heat it in the oven!
7. Lay your page on a cookie sheet and cover it with a piece of parchment or wax paper.
8. Pop the cookie sheet in the oven per the instructions on the package.
9. Allow the heated piece to cool on a cooling rack until it’s cool enough to handle.
10. Add the hardware and your keys!
11. The finished product!
Enjoy making your own keychain. Let’s see the finished products! Make a scrapblog of your experience!
Cheers!
Rebecca
What are people saying?
THat is fabulous! You’ll want to seal it with something. If it gets wet it could run (or get ink on something else) I learned this the hard way.
Really? I didn’t seal mine, good point! Thanks Josie!!
this is soooooooo super cute and creative!!
I love this idea and the funny thing about it was that I showed my mom and at a quick glance, she thought that Meg (bottom left corner) was me. lol <3
Did you round the corners of the shrink paper before you heated it? Did you use a punch to do that?
Just wondering,
Annemarie
PS super duper idea. What a great gift for anyone!
AWESOME!
Thanks for sharing this.. you can gift or keep it as a souvenir too ( with a picture of your favourite holiday destination)
What a clever idea. I have some of this - somewhere amongst my stash!
AnneMarie - Yes, I used a corner punch!
very clever!
where do I buy the shrink film?
take into account I’m in the UK…
I have never heard of anything like that, but it s an amazing idea!!!!!
if you could find out who sells the film here, I would be eternally grateful!!!!
Thanks in advance!!!
LOL
I just realized it’s you writing, Rebecca ….
I thought was someone else!
I ll google this!!!!
I absolutely love this idea! I’m going to have to give this a shot. Thanks for sharing!
This is such a fabulous idea!!! I’m TOTALLY going to do this - maybe for Father’s Day!!
off I go to Micheal’s tonight to see if they have this stuff…
hehehehe
Thanks!!
It worked out pretty well - although the final product is a little crooked & there’s some green on Nia’s face that was not there until after it cooled… odd…
I’m going to try again & see if I can straighten it before it cools 
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I LOVE this idea. Terrific work!
You know, the ideas for this is endless. How about a favorite family recipe as a keepsake for your daughter when she goes away to college?
Or, maybe a little prayer or blessing as a little gift keychain to a girlfriend that is going to have a baby?
Thanks Vicky - those are terrific ideas!
Cheers!
Rebecca
hahah or a cute pic of yourself for your hubbys keychain hahah so your always with him? Or a great keychain for your kids’ backpack with their name and address if the backpack gets lost? Im so crazy about this idea i may blog about it.
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Oh, this is such a wonderful idea. I think that sometimes we forget what being a child was like. This would make a wonderful little gift for just about anyone. Teachers, etc….
As always, Thanks Rebecca!!!!!
Clarification
Step 8: Do you place the shrink wrap on top of the photo? How many can you bake at a time using one shrink wrap page?
Hi Latrese - you actually print on shrink film (it looks like paper, but when you heat it up it turns into plastic) so don’t use shrink wrap.
Email me if you need more details
Rebecca
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