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Transparency Transfers. I’m a lot slower getting this posted than I had intended…sorry about that.

Transparency Transfers

But here I am now, with the BIG SECRET TRANSFER METHOD (no, not really) that I promised when I posted about my French Chocolate Bar Stools. I have had lots of fun transferring vintage French ads (courtesy of the Graphics Fairy) to various pieces of furniture, such as the French Chocolate table, Café table, the Postcard table, the Black Coffee table and French Twist table. I used an overhead projector for all of those, and I really love the look I was able to get. However…. A Sweet Little Curio Cabinet. This was a fun transformation, it might be way to sweet for some of you!

A Sweet Little Curio Cabinet

I found this great curio that needed just a little help. I almost forgot to take before pictures until after I had taped off the glass I used heirloom white paint And added a water slide decal on the inside of the glass. Since it was on the inside, I had to reverse the image. The wallpaper is a vintage Laura Ashley. Ava Blake Creations. The Graphics Fairy - DIY: 12 Easy Image Transfer Methods for DIY Projects. Stencil Day « HomeWork. Two weeks ago, I offered to teach the parents in our Attachment Parenting Craft Group how to create freezer paper stencils.

Stencil Day « HomeWork

We started with graphics I downloaded from Stencilry; another source is Microsoft Clip Art. Jennifer had great success tracing cookie cutter animals and cutting out the image with scissors; she made nine shirts with her older son after trying unsuccessfully to get an image cutout with my dull Exacto knife blade. Freezer Paper is coated on one side, and plain paper on the other. It is available in most grocery stores. Tools of the trade: freezer paper, a wide sponge brush, and fabric paint. If you are just getting started, I would recommend SoSoft because you can get several colors with little upfront investment to see if you enjoy the process. Alden chose a fish, which Rima traced and then cut out with the Exacto knife; Alina stayed close to her mom offering moral support and encouragement. Like this: Like Loading... Inkjet Image Transfers. We recently saw this cool post on Craft Chi* about inkjet transfer stamping, and our brains nearly exploded.

Inkjet Image Transfers

“Hmmm,” we thought, “we could use our inkjet printer to mimic rubber stamps, only we could use our own pictures.” “In fact,” we mused, “we could go beyond plain old stamps and go full-color. Golly Moses,” we postulated, “we could transfer photos onto paper, or wood, or nearly anything, just like Xerox transfers but without the fumes!” We would have gone on thinking huge and glorious thoughts, except the bus driver got tired of our muttering to ourselves and waving our arms around and kicked us off the bus. But our humiliation is your gain, sweet reader, because after we walked home, we wrote an image transfer tutorial just for you. *via Craft! P.s. Silhouette Blog: heat transfer. With Father's Day just around the corner I thought it would be fun to share some last minute gift/celebration ideas with you this week...

Let's get crafty! :) Not long ago I received a tutorial request from Lynda for some help with a Father's Day project she wanted to make. She wrote "I am wanting to make shirts using heat transfer material for my girls (2 yrs and 6 months) to wear on Father's Day using this design and putting a picture of them with their dad in the heart. " She wanted to know how to insert the photo and then how to print/cut.

Supplies you'll need: Photo Child's t-shirt Printable Heat Transfer Silhouette Studio Printer To create your own Father's Day tshirt start by opening the shape in Silhouette Studio as well as the photo you want to use in the same window. Then, with the shape selected, open the Modify window and click Release under Compound Paths. Now, select the inside heart and do a copy/paste and move the copy to the side. Transfer Images Using Freezer Paper. It was purely by accident that I figured out this method of transferring a printed image.

Transfer Images Using Freezer Paper

It is simple to do and you don't need any special paper or products! If you can print it from your computer then you can transfer it to a fabric or wood surface. Now, this project I am about to show you is not very exciting, but it will give you the idea of how the transfer is done...so here it goes. I decided to cover my old and dirty mouse pad that looked like this: I used canvas and cut a piece a bit larger that than the mouse pad. Then I cut a piece of "Heat n Bond" the same size as the canvas and, following the instructions, adhered it to the back of my fabric. I then centered the mouse pad onto the back of the canvas and, again, using my iron, adhered the canvas to the top of the mouse pad.