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product_id: 26068689
title: "Grafix Shrink Film - Sanded Translucent 8.5\"x11\" Sheets, Design Your Art and Shrink It to Create Jewelry, Embellishments, Paper Crafts, Gift Tags, Ornaments and More, Pack of 50"
brand: "grafix"
price: "€ 55.05"
currency: EUR
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 10
category: "Grafix"
url: https://www.desertcart.sk/products/26068689-grafix-shrink-film-sanded-translucent-8-5x11-sheets-design-your
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region: Slovakia
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# Shrinks to 20% original size Easy to cut with scissors & die-cutters Sanded surface grips permanent inks Grafix Shrink Film - Sanded Translucent 8.5"x11" Sheets, Design Your Art and Shrink It to Create Jewelry, Embellishments, Paper Crafts, Gift Tags, Ornaments and More, Pack of 50

**Brand:** grafix
**Price:** € 55.05
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

## Summary

> 🎨 Shrink it, shape it, own your craft—make your art unforgettable!

## Quick Answers

- **What is this?** Grafix Shrink Film - Sanded Translucent 8.5"x11" Sheets, Design Your Art and Shrink It to Create Jewelry, Embellishments, Paper Crafts, Gift Tags, Ornaments and More, Pack of 50 by grafix
- **How much does it cost?** € 55.05 with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
- **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sk](https://www.desertcart.sk/products/26068689-grafix-shrink-film-sanded-translucent-8-5x11-sheets-design-your)

## Best For

- grafix enthusiasts

## Why This Product

- Trusted grafix brand quality
- Free international shipping included
- Worldwide delivery with tracking
- 15-day hassle-free returns

## Key Features

- • **Shrink Your Creativity:** Transforms your designs to durable, thick plastic charms at 20% of original size—perfect for standout jewelry and embellishments.
- • **Safe & Family-Friendly Fun:** Non-toxic, easy-to-use material that sparks joy for all ages (with adult supervision during baking).
- • **Effortless Precision Cutting:** Compatible with scissors, die-cut machines, and punches for flawless, custom shapes every time.
- • **Vibrant, Long-Lasting Colors:** Sanded translucent sheets hold permanent inks, markers, and stamps with exceptional detail and durability.
- • **Bulk Pack for Endless Projects:** 50 sheets of 8.5"x11" film keep your creative momentum going—ideal for professionals, educators, and craft enthusiasts alike.

## Overview

Grafix Sanded Translucent Shrink Film offers 50 sheets of 8.5"x11" plastic film that shrinks to 20% of its original size and thickens into durable, vibrant charms. Designed for permanent inks and easy cutting, this sanded surface film is perfect for creating personalized jewelry, gift tags, magnets, and more. Trusted by artists and educators since 1963, it’s a versatile, bulk-pack essential for professional-grade crafting and creative projects that demand standout detail and lasting impact.

## Description

Grafix Sanded Shrink Film is the perfect material for anyone who wants to add dimension to their art and craft projects. Teachers, Artists, Crafters, Sculptors, Adults and Children (with supervision) will delight in using Grafix Sanded Shrink film for their next creative project. This sanded, translucent, shrinkable plastic sheeting is the same film that has been popular for decades. With just a few easy steps you can create your own one of a kind jewelry, magnets, buttons, gift tags, collage art, paper craft embellishments and more! This film also works great with die-cutting machines, permanent inks and stamps, glitter, embossing and glues. This pack of 50 sheets is a perfect addition to any craft room or classroom. Kids will love watching their designs shrink down 20 percent of their original size in just a few minutes. Make sure to check out the rest of the Grafix Shrink Film line, which comes in many different colors, patterns, and finishes to suit your individual needs! Grafix offers the largest range of Shrink Film materials in the art and craft industry including traditional transparent, opaque, translucent finishes, Ink Jet Printable, Bright colors, Metallic colors and Pre-printed Artist Series designs. Grafix has been selling quality plastic films for creative industries since 1963. Grafix products cater to the Art, Craft, Graphics and Design markets with traditional and innovative films to spark your creativity.

Review: Easy, Fun, Great for Personalized Embellishments - Just like the fun Shrinky Dinks we all remember as kids, these are just as fun and easy - they are basically the next generation of Shrinky Dinks. Grafix Sanded Shrink Film has a great surface to color on - these thick sheets of plastic accept lots of media. I have successfully used all sorts of things to add color to these prior to shrinking, but the best advice I can give you is to experiment and see what works best for you. (If you are truly stumped, Sharpies are foolproof with these.) These save you a step since they arrive pre-sanded and ready to go. The sanding helps the plastic really grab and hold onto color - and these retain crazy detail. Stamping with StazOn (or similar permanent ink) is one of my favorite uses for these - it is so easy to make darling embellishments, gift tags, jewelry charms, etc in no time at all with this method. A quick stamp, a bit of color, a hole punched for hanging...heat with a heat gun or toaster oven (or the regular oven) and VIOLA! Very sweet creation that didn't require any drawing or artistic skills at all, but look like they did. I have found these shrink to about 40% of their original size and become quite thick. People will wonder where you bought them and you will enjoy telling them your wacky, crafty self actually made them. (Don't tell them how easy it was - a good artist/crafter never gives up all the secrets! lol) I love using these on "consumable" gifts - flowers, food, etc. You know, gifts that don't last forever. By making a personalized charm and attaching it with a ribbon around flowers...taking an extra 2 minutes to adhere a magnet to the back (after shrinking!) and presenting your personalized magnet with concert tickets...or even spending an extra 5 minutes and adding some super easy ear wires (maybe a bead or two if you have some around) - then attaching them to the edible item you are gifting with bakers string or twine - and you will be giving two gifts in one. Every time the recipient wears the earrings or looks at the magnet, they will remember the gift and think of you. I love stuff like that. (Just remember these shrink to almost half the size you originally create - so be sure to get the correct size magnet!) (Ask me how I know...never mind.) I also used these a lot when my kids were small. I made personalized tags for their backpacks, etc, by attaching these with ball chain key chains. Although the ball chain key chains are incredibly cheap, you could always use whatever you have handy to attach these - ribbon, glue, string, a split ring key chain, etc. Since these are so easy to write on (with Sharpie, for example) and are so easy to read once reduced, I've made some very fun "over the hill" cards, and included a plastic magnifying glass for the aging friend. My problem is not finding a use for these...it is stopping! I want to write, draw, stamp, and then shrink everything! (The phone company probably wouldn't appreciate receiving a shrunken copy of my check as payment, for example. They're sense of humor is lacking. Ask me how I know...forget it.) Ok, ok. I'll stop now! Bottom Line: Extremely easy to use. Accepts a wide variety of media. I find using a heat gun to shrink these to be the easiest method, but they work just as well in a regular or toaster over. These will distort as they shrink, sometimes the plastic kind of folds up on itself. No worries! They usually straighten out without any intervention - if not, CAREFULLY peel apart while the plastic is still warm. (Right out of the oven or just as you turn off the heat gun.) Remember, they will be HOT! Using a pick or similar tool, gently pull apart and press to flatten. You can always briefly return them to your heat source if you need to. Similarly, you can lift the still-warm plastic and carefully lay it over a mold (pop can, cup, bottle, whatever) to shape the plastic. Leave it on the mold until cool. How fun is that?! Just please remember the plastic is HOT and careful attention must be paid to avoid injury. (Ask me how I know...or don't!) It's also important to remember to punch any holes BEFORE shrinking. Although you can drill holes afterward, it is much easier to make the hole prior to heating. (Yes, the hole shrinks, too...so don't make some tiny hole thinking you are only connecting it to a jump ring or something - because the hole will melt closed. Or so I've heard. ) Before heating, the plastic is in sheet form - think thick transparency. After heating, the sheet becomes approximately 9 times thicker and is not at all flexible once cool. (The plastic will snap instead of bend.) These are also not for use in any printer - be sure to get the type for printers if that is your intended use. (Again, ask me how I know...or not!) I wholeheartedly recommend these for adults and children (with supervision for the heating part, duh) and consider these a fantastic family project. The large number of sheets you receive in this package will keep you shrinking for a long time!
Review: So glad I did because it worked fine - Honestly, reading all the reviews on here about this product and also the unsanded version made my head spin, but I thought I'd give it a go anyway. So glad I did because it worked fine! I have to make 100 little charms for a church camp so I really wanted to be able to avoid doing them all by hand. After doing a couple of tests for size I took my master sheet to my local office store and they color copied it onto the sanded side for me, just like an overhead transparency. It looked pretty light and I was worried about the vibrancy of the finished product (I had done my original test ones with Sharpies and they were great). The guy did stick his finger print into the middle of one of them which smudged ever so slightly, but I doubt anyone else would have noticed it especially once it was baked. I came home, cut them out and baked one. I had a piece of baking parchment on the top and bottom as per the instructions. It did stick and took off a little of the ink--again, I'm probably the only one who can see it. I didn't put the parchment on top of the second test one and it was fine. The color of the shrunk end product is great and I needn't have worried about how light the original printing was. The cooled printing seems pretty durable when scratched with my fingernail. If I really wanted to fuss with them, I'd probably spray clear on the printed side and white on the shiny so that they'd really pop, but since it's probably something that the kids are going to loose within a month I'm not going to bother. Unbaked, they're about 2 square inches and they shrunk 50%. I baked them at 300*F. My first test pieces were baked individually and they took 3 minutes. When I baked 10 together I used a bigger, heavier baking sheet and they took about 4 1/2 minutes before they were finished. I may raise the temp to 325 for my next batch. I had very little warping. I don't know if I'd want to attempt this on my own printer, but I was VERY pleased with the results I got having them done at the office store. It's worth the 75c a sheet to have it done on the big machine. I would highly recommend this product and this method to anyone.

## Features

- EASY TO DESIGN: Simply draw or trace a design onto film, decorate with permanent mediums, cut out the design and bake! This film is not suitable for inkjet or laser printing
- EASY TO CUT: Grafix Shrink film is easy to cut with scissors, die-cut machines, or large punches Always supervise children when cutting and baking Shrink Film
- FUN TO SHRINK: Designs will shrink to 20% of its original size and thicken to a durable plastic. Plan appropriately for size and always test first before shrinking your design.
- MAKE YOUR OWN CRAFTS: Add dimension to your creative projects! Make one of a kind Jewelry, magnets, gift tags, ornaments, kid’s crafts and more!
- RIGHT AMOUNT: Pack contains 50 sheets of 8.5"x11" sanded, transluscent film. Use with permanent inks and mediums, and colored pencil. Made in America. Packaging may vary.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| ASIN | B01CCVXH7M |
| Best Sellers Rank | #109,505 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing ( See Top 100 in Arts, Crafts & Sewing ) #961 in Decorative Craft Paper |
| Brand | Grafix |
| Color | Sanded, 50 sheets |
| Date First Available | February 29, 2016 |
| Global Trade Identification Number | 00096701144341 |
| Is Discontinued By Manufacturer | No |
| Item Weight | 0.64 ounces |
| Item model number | KSF50-S |
| Manufacturer | Grafix |
| Material | plastic, paper, rubber, Paper Plastic Rubber |
| Number of Items | 50 |
| Paper Dimensions | 8.5"x11" |
| Paper Finish | Translucent |
| Paper Weight | 22 |
| Product Dimensions | 11"L x 8.5"W |
| Sheet Count | 50 |
| Sheet Size | 8.5x11” |
| Style | Silver Opaque |
| UPC | 096701144341 |
| Unit Count | 1.0 Count |

## Product Details

- **Brand:** Grafix
- **Color:** Sanded, 50 sheets
- **Material:** plastic, paper, rubber, Paper Plastic Rubber
- **Paper Finish:** Translucent
- **Sheet Size:** 8.5x11”

## Images

![Grafix Shrink Film - Sanded Translucent 8.5"x11" Sheets, Design Your Art and Shrink It to Create Jewelry, Embellishments, Paper Crafts, Gift Tags, Ornaments and More, Pack of 50 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61FtgqEvhOL.jpg)

## Questions & Answers

**Q: What oven temperature and time is used to shrink these?**
A: 350. ..you have to watch them to see when they are done..THAT'S THE FUN PART!...5 minutes or so...if then item is large..it may curl up on its self...you can remove it from the oven are use 2 butter knives to unstick the edges..then continue back in the oven.

**Q: How good is this product in an inkjet? Also are there any tricks for consistent shrinking?**
A: you can get inkjet shrink sheets that are intended for this purpose. You could also pre shrink the blank plastic and place a small sticker that you print on it and seal it.

**Q: I’m having trouble with getting mine to flatten. after i cook them they curl up and i can’t get them to flatten. what am i doing wrong?**
A: A few tips from my experience! 1. Try not to make anything too large as the have a higher tenancy to curl in on themselves then. Try to stick to things smaller than half a sheet. 2. If you have an oven light, watch your shrink cutouts while they are heating up. 3. before taking them out of the oven, make sure to watch and wait for them to be shrunk and flat. They do flatten out a bit more after they finish shrinking. Sometimes all they need is just an extra 30 seconds or minute.  I've heard using a heat gun also does a good job of preventing curling, but I have not tried that myself.

**Q: After shrinking does the plastic retain a translucent/glassy quality or does it go white / opaque?**
A: It is not translucent/glassy. But it is also not completely opaque. It retains the same sanded scratchy quality that it has before shrinking. You can see through it...but not clearly.

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Easy, Fun, Great for Personalized Embellishments
*by K***. on October 19, 2016*

Just like the fun Shrinky Dinks we all remember as kids, these are just as fun and easy - they are basically the next generation of Shrinky Dinks. Grafix Sanded Shrink Film has a great surface to color on - these thick sheets of plastic accept lots of media. I have successfully used all sorts of things to add color to these prior to shrinking, but the best advice I can give you is to experiment and see what works best for you. (If you are truly stumped, Sharpies are foolproof with these.) These save you a step since they arrive pre-sanded and ready to go. The sanding helps the plastic really grab and hold onto color - and these retain crazy detail. Stamping with StazOn (or similar permanent ink) is one of my favorite uses for these - it is so easy to make darling embellishments, gift tags, jewelry charms, etc in no time at all with this method. A quick stamp, a bit of color, a hole punched for hanging...heat with a heat gun or toaster oven (or the regular oven) and VIOLA! Very sweet creation that didn't require any drawing or artistic skills at all, but look like they did. I have found these shrink to about 40% of their original size and become quite thick. People will wonder where you bought them and you will enjoy telling them your wacky, crafty self actually made them. (Don't tell them how easy it was - a good artist/crafter never gives up all the secrets! lol) I love using these on "consumable" gifts - flowers, food, etc. You know, gifts that don't last forever. By making a personalized charm and attaching it with a ribbon around flowers...taking an extra 2 minutes to adhere a magnet to the back (after shrinking!) and presenting your personalized magnet with concert tickets...or even spending an extra 5 minutes and adding some super easy ear wires (maybe a bead or two if you have some around) - then attaching them to the edible item you are gifting with bakers string or twine - and you will be giving two gifts in one. Every time the recipient wears the earrings or looks at the magnet, they will remember the gift and think of you. I love stuff like that. (Just remember these shrink to almost half the size you originally create - so be sure to get the correct size magnet!) (Ask me how I know...never mind.) I also used these a lot when my kids were small. I made personalized tags for their backpacks, etc, by attaching these with ball chain key chains. Although the ball chain key chains are incredibly cheap, you could always use whatever you have handy to attach these - ribbon, glue, string, a split ring key chain, etc. Since these are so easy to write on (with Sharpie, for example) and are so easy to read once reduced, I've made some very fun "over the hill" cards, and included a plastic magnifying glass for the aging friend. My problem is not finding a use for these...it is stopping! I want to write, draw, stamp, and then shrink everything! (The phone company probably wouldn't appreciate receiving a shrunken copy of my check as payment, for example. They're sense of humor is lacking. Ask me how I know...forget it.) Ok, ok. I'll stop now! Bottom Line: Extremely easy to use. Accepts a wide variety of media. I find using a heat gun to shrink these to be the easiest method, but they work just as well in a regular or toaster over. These will distort as they shrink, sometimes the plastic kind of folds up on itself. No worries! They usually straighten out without any intervention - if not, CAREFULLY peel apart while the plastic is still warm. (Right out of the oven or just as you turn off the heat gun.) Remember, they will be HOT! Using a pick or similar tool, gently pull apart and press to flatten. You can always briefly return them to your heat source if you need to. Similarly, you can lift the still-warm plastic and carefully lay it over a mold (pop can, cup, bottle, whatever) to shape the plastic. Leave it on the mold until cool. How fun is that?! Just please remember the plastic is HOT and careful attention must be paid to avoid injury. (Ask me how I know...or don't!) It's also important to remember to punch any holes BEFORE shrinking. Although you can drill holes afterward, it is much easier to make the hole prior to heating. (Yes, the hole shrinks, too...so don't make some tiny hole thinking you are only connecting it to a jump ring or something - because the hole will melt closed. Or so I've heard. <ahem>) Before heating, the plastic is in sheet form - think thick transparency. After heating, the sheet becomes approximately 9 times thicker and is not at all flexible once cool. (The plastic will snap instead of bend.) These are also not for use in any printer - be sure to get the type for printers if that is your intended use. (Again, ask me how I know...or not!) I wholeheartedly recommend these for adults and children (with supervision for the heating part, duh) and consider these a fantastic family project. The large number of sheets you receive in this package will keep you shrinking for a long time!

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ So glad I did because it worked fine
*by M***N on June 10, 2017*

Honestly, reading all the reviews on here about this product and also the unsanded version made my head spin, but I thought I'd give it a go anyway. So glad I did because it worked fine! I have to make 100 little charms for a church camp so I really wanted to be able to avoid doing them all by hand. After doing a couple of tests for size I took my master sheet to my local office store and they color copied it onto the sanded side for me, just like an overhead transparency. It looked pretty light and I was worried about the vibrancy of the finished product (I had done my original test ones with Sharpies and they were great). The guy did stick his finger print into the middle of one of them which smudged ever so slightly, but I doubt anyone else would have noticed it especially once it was baked. I came home, cut them out and baked one. I had a piece of baking parchment on the top and bottom as per the instructions. It did stick and took off a little of the ink--again, I'm probably the only one who can see it. I didn't put the parchment on top of the second test one and it was fine. The color of the shrunk end product is great and I needn't have worried about how light the original printing was. The cooled printing seems pretty durable when scratched with my fingernail. If I really wanted to fuss with them, I'd probably spray clear on the printed side and white on the shiny so that they'd really pop, but since it's probably something that the kids are going to loose within a month I'm not going to bother. Unbaked, they're about 2 square inches and they shrunk 50%. I baked them at 300*F. My first test pieces were baked individually and they took 3 minutes. When I baked 10 together I used a bigger, heavier baking sheet and they took about 4 1/2 minutes before they were finished. I may raise the temp to 325 for my next batch. I had very little warping. I don't know if I'd want to attempt this on my own printer, but I was VERY pleased with the results I got having them done at the office store. It's worth the 75c a sheet to have it done on the big machine. I would highly recommend this product and this method to anyone.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ shrinky dink and you "and me!!! fun I LOVE THE STUFF
*by T***L on September 2, 2016*

This is a fantastic product! I use all the time. its a Go to when I feel like" and when kids come...Boy do we have fun....BUT wait Adults....you can make your own buttons and scrappers' embellish. and so much more... OH MY GOODNESS! It has a roughed side so your Pigment of choice will grab... just remember shrink drinks shrink so GO EASY on your drawing...do not over think the need to fill Incas when it shrinks the. color multiples, MY BEST ADVICE is before you create a MASTER piece , do a simple design so as you can then determine How much attention you need to give to "Coloring-in". Grafix'. Id love to see this in other colors and maybe clear? and Info on how to layer designs? peace

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