Sublimation on Acrylic: Keychains, Nightlights, & Photo Panels!

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Sublimation on acrylic is my favorite way to showcase illustrations and photos on keychains, nightlights, and photo panels! You don’t even need to buy acrylic with a sublimation coating or use a spray to add one! The detail and color possible with sublimation printing is hard to beat for home crafters and small businesses. But combining it with acrylic pieces really makes your work stand out! There are some special tips and tricks to acrylic sublimation blanks (did you know you can control their shape? SO cool!) so let me show you what I’ve learned!

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Acrylic Photo Panel - https://shrsl.com/42xqt
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Topics covered in this sublimation on acrylic tutorial:
0:00 - Sublimation on Acrylic
2:11 - Supplies & Tools
2:55 - Get My Free Sublimation Designs
4:00 - Project 1: Nightlight
4:35 - Prepare and Print Your Sublimation Design
4:54 - Use Google Docs to Print
5:32 - Sublimate Your Square Nightlight Blank
9:22 - Tips for Working With a Round Blank
9:51 - Project 2: Keychains
13:02 - Project 3: Curved Photo Panel
17:24 - Comparing Results of Sublimating on Acrylic
18:22 - Top 3 Tips for Sublimating on Acrylic
19:01 - Closing Notes and Link to More Information

While making these projects, I learned a lot about sublimation on acrylic from some very talented crafters! Angie Holden at The Country Chic Cottage has an excellent introduction video (    • Sublimation On Acrylic: Your How To Guide  ) you should check out for tips and ideas on other blanks! And I got great help on working with the acrylic photo panels from Becky at DesignBundles and her video (   • 🥰 How to Sublimate Clear Acrylic Panels wi...  )!

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Credits:
Introduction: PixelBytes (my daughter Alexa)
Music: Cute by Bensound (licensed, royalty and copyright free)
Videography: Jennifer and Greg on Panasonic Lumix FZ-1000 DSLR 4K cameras
Audio and Video Editing: Team JenniferMaker
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