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Flower Light Switch Cover Plate

This was easy to make.
First the background flowers were printed on SUPER COLOR GLOSS.
Next the same flowers were printed on SUPER COLOR SHRINK
The images were cut out of the Shrink Film and then placed into a toaster over.
Once the flowers shrunk in size, I shaped the flower pedals while the material was still warm. Using a good epoxy glue the "shrink" flowers were affixed to an acrylic Light Switch Plate

Same Concept ... a Second Project --- Sky Diving Light Switch Cover

A couple of years ago, my son called to say he had gone sky diving. GREAT!
The thought of jumping out of a perfectly good airplane is not one of the things I would enjoy. But then again, he was 21 and I'm ... a few years older. And then, so that we could "share the moment" Mitch sent us a video tape of the event along with a number of still photos. I must admit the pictures are great and I used two of them to make this Sky Diving Light Switch Cover.
The two photos were combined using "Corel Draw" and printed on SUPER COLOR PHOTO. This print was then used as the background and placed into the acrylic light switch plate.
Then two clip art images of sky divers were printed on Super Color Shrink. Next they were cut out from the film and placed into a toaster oven. Once they shrunk to their final size, they were shaped slightly and then affixed to the acrylic light switch cover with a strong epoxy glue.

Classic Jewelry - by Sandra

I wish I could take credit for this one, but I can't.
While looking for project ideas, shortly after we invented Super Color Shrink
a Micro Format employee - a talented crafter - made these two samples.
First I took my in-laws wedding photograph and scanned it into my comuter. I printed the sepia image a number of different sizes on Super Color Shrink. Then they were put into a toaster oven and shrunk.
Sandra show me a couple of settings she had found at a local craft store.
Using high school math, we compared the original printed size to the final hard plastic size.
The images were printed again. This time we guessed at the original size, hoping it would shrink to a final size that would work in the settings. After a number of tries, this is what Sandra made.

Linda's crafts:
Matching pin and earring set, another set of earrings and a leaf pin.

The leaf was made using the shrink plastic, colored it in, and the
others were made using gloss photo paper. After deciding on a good
size for these objects using my computer program, then printing.
I cut them out, punch a hole in the earrings, trim out every one and glued
on the pin backs, your done. The cat pin was trimmed with copper tape,
the others trimmed using gold paint.
These are going to be Christmas gifts for a dear friend of mine.

Music-of-the-Night Wall Hanging

One of my favorite plays is Phantom. My wife and I saw the production in Chicago and again when we were in London.

I don't remember where I saw it, but following one of our theater visits we walked into a small shop next to the theatre. There they had a number of play related items hung on the wall ... playbills, music, memorabilia.
And then there was this artistic piece which included a ticket stub, playbill cover and a "trinket" affixed to the outer frame to add depth to the piece.

This memory inspired the sample shown here. I scanned sheet music from Phantom and printed the music on a sheet of SUPER COLOR ART CANVAS. Then I printed another piece of music on SUPER COLOR SHRINK.
Next I printed a copy of the Playbill on SUPER COLOR SHINK as well as an enlarged image of the "mask."
The items printed on shrink were then placed into a toaster oven and shrunk to their final reduced size. I matted the Art Canvas and then placed it onto a wooden base.
Next the Playbill was creatively affixed to a piece of shrink on which music was printed. Actually, the base onto which the playbill cover was affixed was a piece of shrink which "stuck together" in the toaster oven. Rather than disgarding it, it became a "support" for the playbill. The "playbill" came out of the oven perfectly flat.
Finally the mask, which I shaped slightly while it was still warm, was glued in place.
And that's all there was to it.

I have to admit this is one of my favorite samples ... and I really did make it all myself !
Steve Singer