I made this cute Halloween shirt for Boo this weekend using 3-dimensional paint to create a faux rhinestone look. It took about 10 minutes and without the hassle of adhering teeny tiny rhinestones! There are so many great shiny puffy/3-dimensional fabric paints available now that you can get the rhinestone effect easily. Use metallic paint to get a metal stud effect!
There are two ways you can create your pattern to guide your application of the puffy paint: 1. Use a rhinestone stencil or a regular stencil and a disappearing ink fabric marker to mark your dots:
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