Printing on Fabric and a GIVEAWAY

I am helping a friend with a quilt block for the American Legion Auxilary Historical Project.
I thought it may be helpful for others to know the process I had to go through to get the results desired. 

She wanted the emblem with a photo of a lifetime member printed onto the 7x7" piece of cotton quilt fabric provided for the project.  The print area is to be only 6.5 x 6.5".

Step 1: Create a document (openoffice.org draw doc) large enough to accommodate your design area with plenty of border. I used 12x12".  My printer is an Epson 1900R photo printer.

Step 2. Make a square 7.7" and 6.5x6.5" and position them in the center of the page.  Put the smaller box inside the larger box to show your border area.

Step 3. Print the document.  Mark your paper with an arrow to show the top so you won't lose orientation.

Step 4. Spray the paper with spray adhesive, let dry to become tacky.  Add another coat of adhesive if necessary.

Step 5.  Iron fabric to remove all wrinkles.

Step 6. Place the fabric onto the paper within the print range (over the blocks you printed onto the paper).

Step 7. Insert your image to be printed into the smaller square in your document.  Delete the original squares but leave your image in the place where the small square was located.

Step 8. Use Scraperfect's Perfect Crafting Pouch!  (scraperfect.com) to treat the fabric, the ink will print bolder.  Also use the pouch to remove sticky areas outside the printing area.
----GO HERE: to see video tutorials of the Perfect Crafting Pouch
*NOTE-I had to cut a 12" x 2" strip of fresh card stock and adhere to the top of the page to get it to feed correctly through my printer.

Step 9. Re-insert the paper into the printer and print your document with image.

VIOLA!















Step 10.  Remove the fabric from the paper and assemble the quilt as usual.
**HEAT set your printed fabric with an iron, but my printer is inkjet and may not be as permenant as I'd like.
If you know of a product that can be prayed or added to help make it more permanent, please leave a comment.
ALSO, LEAVE A COMMENT TO WIN A PERFECT CRAFTING POUCH OF YOUR OWN!
Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today.
I hope you had a fabulous Turkey Day!
Give thanks and craft on!
Becky

Altered Arts Magazine: Meditation Box

Hello, and welcome to my second post of the month for the Altered Arts Magazine Design Team.
I'm still meditating and needed a place to put my incense and candles :o)
This celestial storage box was created from a wooden cigar box.

Supplies:
chipboard
wood cigar box
Perfect Pearl pigment powders (Ranger Ink)
Mini mister (to set the Perfect Pearls)
Dimensional metallic copper paint by Tulip
Black Spray Paint: Krylon

Directions:
1. Spray paint the box black, use as many coats as necessary for good coverage.
2. Dab blotches of Perfect Pearls in blues and purples on each side of the box, spritz with water to set and let dry completely.
3. Cut the star shape from chipboard and spray paint black.
4. Apply gold and copper Perfect Pearls to the "rays" of the star, apply blue/purple to the center and mist to set.
5. Draw the circle and ohm with Tulip Metallic Copper dimensional paint, let dry.
6. Adhere the star shape to the top of the box.


Thanks for swinging in for some altering fun!
You can also "like" Altered Arts Magazine on Facebook where all the designers share project ideas and design tips.

Make Art Everyday!
Becky

Duetica.com: Art Lettering for Scrapbooks

I've never been a fan of my own handwriting.  Duetica.com Art Lettering Studio makes it EASY and fun to be creative with your scrapbook page titles, tags and journaling blocks.

Doesn't my BFF's grand daughter look like she's having a blast during this photo shoot?


















DUETICA.COM FONTS: DT Floot D30 and DT Piper A00

Other supplies:
Background paper by Robin's Nest
pink "say it with pearls" flower by Want 2 Scrap
pink card stock, blue metallic fibers, blue paint chip from hardware store, purple fabric flower, blue and purple art glitter.
Decorative corner punch, 3/8" hole punch

Directions:
1. Select fonts and ink color, create your document to print onto your background paper.
2. Apply glue over the title text and add glitter. 
3. Select fonts, ink color and text for your tag and print onto card stock, cut tag to size, punch decorative corners at the top, pierce hold in the top center and add fibers.
4. Layer the photo on top of the paint chip.  Attach the paint chip to the background using adhesive on 3 sides to create a pocket for the tag.
5. Affix the pearl flower and fabric flower.

Thanks bunches for stopping by to scrapbook with me today!
Be sure to check out the duetica.com Art Lettering Studio, there is a great video that walks you through so you can see how it works and what it's all about.  You can also check out the Designer Project Gallery to see different ideas and ways to use fonts while you are creating.

Scrap on!
Becky

DCC SMOOTHFOAM CHALLENGE!

Hello and welcome to the Designer Crafts Connection Manufacturer's Challenge hop!
We are a diverse group of Craft Industry Designers, sharing our creativity through hopping.
We hop on the FIRST MONDAY of each month but today is a SPECIAL HOP with a challenge from SmoothFoam
To visit the next blog, please use the DCC Hop Button at the end of this post or on my sidebar.

You can win a prize package from Smoothfoam!  To enter to win, leave a comment on the blog of the designer that has made your favorite project and say what they would make with Smoothfoam.  The more often yoiu comment the more chances you will have to win.  All the projects will be posted on Pinterest so readers can comment there too.  The winner will be announced on our Facebook Page on November 19th.



















I made this old fashioned tree center piece using the SmoothFoam as the structure.












SMOOTHFOAM SUPPLIES:
3 Balls: 3", 4", and 6"
1x8" flat circle base

Other supplies:
3/8" wooden dowel
Fabric
3" wide lace
large gold buttons
large star punch
gold foil paper
wire
hot glue gun
Say it in Pearls embellishment (Prima)












Directions:
1. Cut 3" pieces of dowel to assemble as shown. This will create holes for you to locate easier later and pre-poke them to make assembly easier with the fabric on.









2. Cover the base in fabric using a hot glue gun to secure on the bottom.
3. Hot glue lace around the edge using accordion style.
4. Cover the largest ball (6") in fabric, securing with hot glue, but do not go completely over the base and do no cover the hole you made earlier.
5. Place the 3" of dowel previously cut into the base piece hole, put some hot glue on it and around it then slide on the 6" ball.
6. Cut a piece of lace and tie around the base of the ball where the two pieces meet.  Tie a knot and hot glue into place.  Embellish with a gold button. Trim the tails of the lace.
7. Repeat steps 4-6 for the next two balls.
8. Punch two stars from gold card stock and hot glue together with a piece of heavy wire glued in between them.
9. Embellish the star in the center with a "say it in pearls" embellishment.
10. Push the wire / star into the top of the tree.

















Thanks so much for stopping by, please continue to hop around to see what the other Designers have created with Smoothfoam and enter to win a great prize.

Craft on!
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DUCK TAPE DESIGN CONTEST

 You can help choose the next design on a roll of DUCK TAPE! How exciting!
More exciting is that one of my designs was selected in the top 20 for the voting!!

Here is my chosen design:(click image for larger view)

 Here are two other designs I submitted but were not chosen.
I kinda like the snowflakes :o)

Here are all the designs up for voting!
Here's what you do:
1. Direct link to vote on Facebook
2. If that doesn't work, "like" their page first: DUCK TAPE ON FB
3. When you get to the voting page, you'll see the mock rolls of each design, click the bubble next to the one you want to vote for, scroll down and hit the big orange "vote" tab.

PLEASE VOTE FOR MY FISHIES!  THANKS BUNCHES!!

Altered Arts Magazine: Ohm Pendant

Hello, and welcome to my first post of the month for the Altered Arts Magazine Design Team.
I'm meditating and finding my center of peacefulness :o)
This pendant was created with chipboard and a bottle cap.















Supplies:
chipboardPerfect Pearl pigment powders (Ranger Ink)
Mini mister (to set the Perfect Pearls)
Dimensional metallic copper paint by Tulip
Black Spray Paint: Krylon
3d Crystal Lacquer and Terri Sproul's Mixer: Pearl Blue Mica Powder
jewelry findings: silver ring and necklace cord

Directions:
1. Cut 3 star shapes out of chipboard and spray paint black.
2. Apply a different color Perfect Pearls medium to each layer and spritz with mini mister to set, let dry.
3. Glue the star shapes together as shown.
4. Mix 3d Crystal Lacquer and the Metallic Mixer together and fill the bottom of the bottle cap, let dry.
5. Draw the Ohm sign with the Tulip Metallic Copper dimensional paint, let dry.
6. Adhere the bottle cap to the center of the star.
7. Pierce a hole at the top center sun ray to attach the silver ring and put onto the cord.



Thanks for swinging in for some altering fun!
You can also "like" Altered Arts Magazine on Facebook where all the designers share project ideas and design tips.

Make Art Everyday!
Becky

Hello and welcome to the Designer Crafts Connection Blog hop!
We are a diverse group of Craft Industry Designers, sharing our creativity through hopping.
We hop on the FIRST MONDAY of each month. This month we are also having a manufacturers challenge on Saturday, Nov 10th. The theme for today's post is "Thank You Gifts", please hop around, I'm certain you'll find some fabulously crafty ideas.

To visit the next blog, please use the DCC Hop Button at the end of this post or on my sidebar.

Nothing says "Thank You" like a hand-made greeting card. Imagine receiving layers of inky, bling beauty expressing that sentiment.

FONT: DT Tin Whistle A00 by duetica.com Art Lettering Studio

Ribbon by Deja Views
Fabric Flower brad by Basic Grey (stitched)
paper glitter flower by Grant Studios
Scrap papers, distress ink, cardstock and a fabric daisy.