Experiments with Shrink Plastic, Fresco Paints, & Stamping!

I read a fabulous tutorial by Carol Quance on Paper Artsy's blog. She used shrink plastic, Fresco Paint, and Paper Artsy Stamping to make a bracelet. Here's a link to the tutorial!

I decided to give it a go, but I made a key chain, which will be much more usable for me!

Before I share it, I will mention that I am not great at using pliers and other tools and manipulating jump rings. I will also mention that I'm rather low on the learning curve with acrylic paints. Nonetheless, I decided that my key chain is a passable result for a first go.

Here it is lying down on a piece of black velvet. You might notice the cat fur and the little grasshopper on the velvet. Think of those elements as adding visual interest.

Here's a close up (taken with my right hand whilst holding it with my left. Hence the interesting focus).

I followed Carol's Tutorial fairly closely, except that I didn't die cut the flowers. I fussy-cut them. I also had issues using Versamark and UTEE, so I coated 'em with Glossy Accents, which gave me quite the glare on this sunny (and HOT) day!

I also didn't use the same set of stamps. I used Hot Pick 104 and I used different colors of Fresco paint.

I shall enter this project in the following challenge(s):
• Anything But a Card Challenges #23: Steampunk!
• Just Us Girls 197: Mixed Media
• Alphabet Challenge Blog: K is for Keys (and Keychains?)