I don’t do a lot of scrapbooking (I am YEARS behind unfortunately…it is on my “list” to catch up)…..but I do LOVE those little paper punches. I use them to make freezer paper fabric stencils…my simple, inexpensive way to “screen-print” at home.
I punch out the shapes into a strip of freezer paper….
….and sometimes use both the shape and the “negative” image left behind.
I used blue watered-down paint to make the red fabric look more purple and used the freezer paper punches to leave a random design behind…..
…….and the result was perfect for the “ruffle” I was about to sew.
A star punch…..
….used to make a cluster of “floating” stars on a dress…..
……an easy spruce up to a dull grey t-shirt!
Just remember:
:: Put a layer of freezer paper in between your fabric layers so that paint doesn’t bleed through to the other side.
:: Iron your dry paint layers to heat “set” them so they don’t wash out!
Click here to see other freezer paper stenciling projects that I’ve done.
Excellent idea!
oh, so clever! I will remember this, for I'm like you, I have all those things for scrapbooking but can't ever seem to actually sb!
great idea!!!
Love it! I've seen this idea before and would love to spruce up kids' clothes; what kind of paint do you use?? I used to have a screen-printing job in college/high school, but I'm not about to go buy screen-printing ink for small projects…or is that what you use? I guess it would last forever if I did buy large amounts of ink…
I have just been loving this trick myself lately.
I'm going to make stenciled shirts for our family to wear at Christmas time… for our family photo- not because we're the "dorky family" and wear matching stenciled shirts, or anything…
Hey I got a few of those punches! Sounds like a fun project! I can't see much – but that outfit you're working on looks very interesting!!
Love this idea! Thanks for sharing!
What a great idea! I too have tons of scrapbook supplies just hanging around and it would be great to finally put them to some use.
Great idea!! I posted a link on Craft Gossip Sewing:
http://sewing.craftgossip.com/tutorial-make-fabric-stencils-using-paper-punches/2009/09/02/
–Anne
I can't wait to try this… I keep thinking about it, but haven't done it yet.
I blogged about your t-shirt halter dress today… and yesterday, too.
I really love that pattern!