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.