Thursday, November 25, 2010

my creative space, embellished

Ooh its been a while since I last hung out here. I hope I still have the knack.

So this week, for a change, there has been plenty of creativity going on, and its mostly been coffee table printing. Great fun as the two year old can actually join in.

First off the rank; a printed onesie for the 4 month old bubba. The onesie we were given as a gift, so I spiced it up a little with a simple monster print. Print done using a contact cut out (you know that stuff you use to cover school books). A not too scary blue monster for the little man.

And for the little lady, some cheap plain t-shirts from target, transformed into one off pieces with a bit of scrapbooking lacy paper used as stencils.

I've been scouring scrapbook shops for cool cut out papers that can be used for screen printing. All you need to do is use spray adhesive (washable) to attach the lace paper securely to the garment, then paint with fabric paint over the top. Peel off the stencil whilst the paint is still wet and; instant screen print. This one was made with lace paper.

The next one was created with a cut out border paper. First I sewed a circle of patterned fabric to the t shirt to add a different effect. Then printed in white over the top. It kind of looks like a big round moon (albeit pink) in the background.
I've still got two t-shirts left to embellish, so any ideas are welcome. We've certainly had fun with our coffee table printing so far.

Time to go make myself (firstly some time - any crafty ideas on how to whip some of this up?) a coffee and sit back and peruse the inspiring creativity that is around. Looking forward to it! Head on over to Kirsty's for more creative spaces.

16 comments:

  1. great idea!! that has inspired me to do some for christmas gifts..

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  2. Excellent ideas about scrapbooking papers - yay for time for craft!

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  3. Beautiful! You have inspired me to do some for my little nieces! I love them.

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  4. super DOOOOOPer - love the contact idea - tah!
    Will drop back in for other people's clever comments on where to source a cutout...
    Cute post and lovely gifts

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  5. Wow - that is super impressive. I was going to do some iron on transfers on some bonds singlets for my little man - but you have taken it to a whole new level. Great inspiration. Can't wait to see more!
    Does the contact paper come off in the wash?

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  6. They look brilliant!
    I love the idea of using the pre cut papers.
    Oh and if you find a way to make more time...please share.

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  7. They are so lovely! I think the last one is my favourite, gorgeous!
    In answer to your question about my mousepads, they are paper, usually story books or wallpaper but the one I've posted today is actually a craft paper. thanks for stopping by..

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  8. WHat a brilliant idea! Thanks so much for sharing. So, so clever!!! Hope you have a gorgeous rest of the week :)

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  9. Wow, they look great! Such a cute little monster. :)

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  10. brilliant idea! I love how it turned out =)

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  11. The lace paper tees look gorgeous! What a great idea!

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  12. They look fantastic what a clever idea. Thanks for sharing.

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  13. These are great!! I've (obviously been hiding under a rock) never thought of using contact as a stencil; and lace paper - brilliant idea! You can be assured that you certainly do still have the knack! So thrilled to have you following my blog, too - welcome aboard! x

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  14. They look fantastic! I love the idea of using precut papers, too. I've been wanting to print shirts to spruce the up but haven't worked up the energy to cut out my own stencils. Problem solved!

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