Life Hearts Necklace

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  Step 1

  Draw a grid for your hearts on some scrap paper. Use a shrunken ruler to figure out how big your grid should be.* Draw your hearts into the grid, making sure you add an extra pixel in the top corners of your outer hearts for the hole punch.

  *If you don't have a shrunken ruler, all you need to do is draw a ruler on a piece of shrink plastic (you can include some colour swatches and hole punches of different sizes to see how they turn out as well) then cook them to the requirements on your packet of shrink plastic.

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  Step 2

  Sticky-tape a sheet of shrink plastic to your grid and trace on your hearts.

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  Step 3

  Un-tape your shrink plastic and colour in your hearts.

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  Step 4

  If you make any mistakes, just use a cotton bud and some nailpolish remover to erase them.

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  Step 5

  Carefully cut out your hearts and punch a hole in each corner.

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  Step 6

  Cook your cut out hearts to the specifications on your shrink plastic packaging.

  Be careful though, because I've found that the heat specified on my pack is incorrect and causes the plastic to curl but not to shrink. Your oven also effects what temperature/time you need to cook your plastic at. I had to re-trace, cut and cook the hearts at a different temperature as the first one I did shriveled up and never shrank because I used the settings that I would have in my old oven.

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  Step 7

  Cut your chain in two equal pieces. Connect one piece to a jump ring and the other to a lobster clasp. Cut the other end of the chains to a length you want the necklace to be.

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  Step 8

  To the other end of the chains you just cut, add jump rings and connect your hearts.

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  Step 9

  Ta-da! You're done. Go wear your necklace and flaunt your geeky skills.

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Impluse L. 29th September 2015

Nice...

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Impluse L. 29th September 2015

Nice...

Jackkie · Sydney, New South Wales, AU · 51 projects 2nd October 2015

Thankyou

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Khadijah R. · Manchester, England, GB 15th April 2015

nice...where can I buy one of those shrink plastic ..........

Jackkie · Sydney, New South Wales, AU · 51 projects 19th April 2015

Thanks
I bought mine at an arts and crafts shop at my local shopping centre; just ask a staff member at any arts and crafts shops and they should be able to tell you if they have it or where to get it. It's also probably available online.
Good luck!

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