Printing on Clothes

You know when you have a great idea going round in your head and then spend forever trying to decide how to make it work? Well my little nephew was born nearly two weeks ago now and he had a very traumatic start to life. He's now home safe and sound with his Mummy and Daddy and as pround Auntie, I wanted to make him a few very special Christmas presents. Here are two of them, I think I'm safe as I'm sure my brother doesn't read my blog!

I've used the Emile Elephant image which is a newbie over at the DigiStamp Boutique. To get him on to the baby vests, I firstly opened the image up in Paint and carefully coloured him in then copied him to Powerpoint and added my nephew's name. Then copied the lot in to Word and flipped it so the font and image were both mirrored before printing on to T-shirt transfer paper and ironing on to the vests. I tell you, it's easier to colour with pens and inks than this way!! It took me ages to zoom in and slowly colour around the edges one pixel at a time. Here's a close up of one of the vests:

I'm really pleased with how they turned out as I have never tried this before. Now I need to make a matching card, gift bag or box and tag so check back soon to see how they turn out. I'll also be having a go at stamping on some baby clothes soon too - I'm in the experimenting mood!

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Victoria
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Christmas Doodles

OK - so after my plans to make my own Christmas cards whilst on holiday and the weekend we returned went totally to pot, I am now madly trying to catch up. I think it's more likely I will be sending New Year cards now instead of Christmas ones! Anyway, not one to give up just yet - here are a few made using the super Christmas Doodles images from the DigiStamp Boutique - currently 20% off!!!

I printed the images directly on to Crumb Cake card and left them as simple as possible with just a few areas shaded for a change instead of the whole image. I quite like the way they've turned out.

These were so quick and easy to make so if you've left your cards to the last minute too - hop over and get yourself these images which are part of a larger set.

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Victoria
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Emile and Emily

Wow these little fuffants are so so cute! Meet Emile and Emily with Balloon from the DigiStamp Boutique.

Aren't they sweet? I found some old kraft style cards in my cupboard, they've got a bit of a ridge to them so wasn't sure who they'd turn out. I've coloured them with Copics, Galaxy Markers and a Stampin' Up! white gel pen. The punches, papers and sentiment stamp are also Stampin' Up!

Here's Emile with Balloon:

And a close up of him:

Here's Emily with Balloon:

And a close up of Emily too:

There is another version of each image too which I hope to do something fun with later this week.
Oh and before I forget, there's 20% off all Christmas images this week over at the DigiStamp Boutique so if you're a bit last minute - go grab some images!

If you've not read my other blog yet this week, I've been absent due to a family break to Centre Parcs which started off fabulously and then turned very ugly when we all got ill. I won't go in to detail but we're trying to get some tests done to determine what it was - a bug or food poisoning. I am left 11.5lbs lighter which is a slight bonus!

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Victoria
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Paper craft sale and Stampin' Up! Event postponed

I'm sorry to have to post postpone the Paper Craft Sale and Stampin' Up! Event this Sunday at the Old People's Welfare Centre.

I will let you know the new date as soon as one has been organised. Massive apologies, this isn't just down to the poor weather.

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Victoria
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Party Beau

OK I lied, I know I said I was over my printing digi's on Crumb Cake but I'm not. It all started with the cute little spotty cat and I couldn't resist having another go with Party Beau. You can get her as part of this months special offer over at the DigiStamp Boutique! I've used some window sheet with Crumb Cake to make my card base.

I coloured her with Copics and paper pieced her outfit, bag and shoes to brighten it up a little.

Then some paper piercing and faux stitching with a white gel pen, followed by some Pretty in Pink grosgrain ribbon, a rhinestone brad and a filigree brad too. The sentiment is Stampin' Up! Basic Phrases, punched out with the jewellery tag punch and the border created with the scallop trim border punch.

It's soooo cold here today, it was minus 10 this morning so I'm staying inside. I have loads of prep to do for my paper craft sale and Stampin' Up! event on Sunday so it's all for the best really!

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Victoria
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More Winter Beau

Oooh I must be nuts. I just ventured in to our conservatoire to take a photo of this card (that's where my light box lives) and it's arctic in there! Let me explain, those of you who have a mental picture of my conservatory being a deluxe, double glazed, white clean, bright lovely place to sit and craft or let the kids play - wipe that image from your minds now. Replace it with, wood, scrap that, rotting wood, single pane glass and a lot of mahogony varnish. Oh and no heating! Not  idea of a dream conservatory but the dream is out of our price range at the moment so we have to make do with what is there!!

So enough moaning minnie, here's my card!

I promise to outgrow my phase of printing on Crumb Cake and using Copics and try something new soon! I've teamed Winter Beau up with some lush Stampin' Up! papers and stamps and made this quite simple card.

You can get Beau at the DigiStamp Boutique as part of December's offer of the month.

Back tomorrow
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Victoria
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Bit of Beau

Ooh December the 1st and my second post of the day too! Some new images have been released today at the DigiStamp Boutique and I couldn't wait to create! So, meet Winter Beau:

Excuse the quality of the photo but ligh is fading fast and I wanted to snap her today! I've printed her onto Stampin' Up! Crumb Cake card and shaded her with Copics and a white gel pen. All papers and punches are also Stampin' Up!

There are three gorgeous Beau images available so please pop over and take a look and enter our monthly competition too.

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Victoria
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no card but lots of soft white fluffy stuff

No card or WOYWW for me today but an early walk at 7.15 this morning to go and get some supplies with Zac:

And the back garden too:

Hope to do some crafting later, Hubby is home as to many roads closed and once he's done some working from home, followed by some hardcore snowman building - the afternoon is mine to disappear and create. Woo-hoo!

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Victoria
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