Printed Fabric Transfer Using Digital Stamps

Good Wednesday to everyone, this is Sara;)

I am here with a tutorial for you on one more way to use  your digital stamps,

Printed Fabric Transfer.

Supplies you will need:

Digital Stamp

Today I am using

Eureka Stamps 

 digi57901 Heart Background

Computer/Printer

Fabric Transfer Printer Paper,

I used the product below from Avery

 

Mainstays Flour Sack Towels

Iron and Ironing board

2 yards of ribbon trim

Fabric Glue

Scissors

Step One:  Open your digital stamp into your graphic program I use PSE10, make all the changes you desire.  For mine I used a red color stylizer.  In just a few seconds I had transformed the background image.

Step Two:  Print your image onto the transfer printer paper (per product directions). 

I chose custom print size and ticked the box Scale to fit Media.  *The original size of the background stamp is 5.94" by 7.29". 
You can see below the prompt box the open white space for the printed background.

 

 Now for the last screen before printing, you can see the digital stamp fills the entire

8 1/2" by 11" of paper and there is no more white space.

Step Three:  Cut your paper transfer to the size and dimensions you need for your project.

I used 3 3" wide strips 8 1/2" long.  I also had to cut two smaller pieces to fill in the end side of the pattern.  It took a full sheet of 8 1/2" by 11" transfer paper to complete my design.

Step Four:  Wash and Iron flat the flour sack towel.

Step Five:  Iron your your transfer pieces (per product directions).

You can see below how I used the hem of the towel for positioning my iron on transfer.

I did this step three times until I had the 3" trim transfer I desired.

Step 6:  Take your fabric trim and fabric glue and apply to the upper and lower borders of the transferred image and let it dry overnight.  You can if you wish tack it in a few places with some stitching if you so desire.

 Here is a photo of my finished towel hanging...

This was so much fun to do, I hope you give this tutorial a try.

Any questions you can email me

paschal.sara@gmail.com

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Challenge #26- Swirls & Pearls

Happy Monday Crafty Friends!!

Welcome to Eureka Stamps' 26th Challenge!

We are really excited that you have Joined us this week!

Thank you so much to Everyone who joined us for our challenge last week!! We really loved seeing all the beautiful creations!! 

Our Winner For Challenge #25 Via Random.org is:
 29. Jackie Bowman

Congratulations! Please Email Tina with the words Eureka Challenge Winner in the Subject Line! Please go to the Eureka Stamps Site & Pick out the two digital Images of your Choice! 
* Also, don't forget to Grab the Winner Badge from our Side Bar for for your Blog!!

Our Top 5 Entries For this Week Are:
in no specific Order
 28. Pat K.    
 7. Gloria Shirr  
 1. Christy Sugiarto  
 30. Anat (tshupile) 
 11. Kaija  

Congratulations! Please Grab The Top 5 Badge From our Side Bar to Display on your Blog!

**** The Prize for Winning Our Challenge is 2 Digital Images from our Store of YOUR Choice. However, if you play and Win with a Eureka Stamps Image, You will win Your Choice of 5 Digital Images****

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THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE IS:
 Swirls & Pearls 

 Here is some inspiration from our Design Team!!

 Karen 

Cheryl

Louise 

Kristie

Vicky

Paula

Marji 

 Sara

Soma

Suzi

 Jackie 

digi 3601 Flower Basket

For full details on the designers' cards you can click on their name which is linked to their blogs! We love to hear from you, so you are always welcome to visit, we would love to receive your comments!

Reminder:

To play along with us, please post a direct link to the card/project on your blog using inlinkz and link back to our challenge from your blog! 

You can join in as many other challenges with ours as you like! You can only enter our challenge a MAXIMUM of 3 times per challenge. Please do NOT backlink to other cards you have previously Posted.

If you are interested in Joining us for a month long Guest Designer Spot, Please put GDT next to your name on your entry! If you do not advertise your email address on your blog, please send an email to Jackie with Eureka GDT in subject line!

Thanks Again For Playing With Us!

   

Even More Bodacious Backgrounds

It's that time of the week when the Eureka Stamps and QKR Stampede feature Technique and Tutorial Posts. Deb here with another look at what you can do with the fabulous Background Stamps available at Eureka.

For these projects, I chose 32101 Abstract Flower and 58401 Fern as my background stamps. I also used a phrase from the 46002 Best Wishes Werdz set and QKR's 17505 Rose.

As you might have guessed, this card uses the Fern Background and the Rose image. I stamped the background on some green SU cardstock with Distress Ink's Forest Moss. I trimmed to the stamping and mounted that panel on a darker green cardstock. I colored a white ribbon with Copics and tied it around the panel. I think that made a great background contrast for the flower.

I stamped the Rose on X-Press It Blending Card with Memento Rich Cocoa and colored it with Copics. Then it was cut with Spellbinder's Beaded Ovals and sponged with the Distress Ink. I then mounted this onto an oval cut with Spellbinders from the dark green.

All layers were mounted to my 5 3/4 inch card base. Next I added dots of liquid pearls around the rose and along the right side of the card. The design seemed to want more, so I added a small design under the background panel.

And now for the second half of today's presentation.....

Who says you have to use stamps in the way they were designed? This stamp is the Abstract Flower. But, when I looked at it from the side, I saw a bird. And who says it has to be a background? I thought it made a nice focal image. What do you think?





Anyway, the bird/flower was inked up with VersaMark, stamped on watercolor paper cut larger than I needed, and then heat embossed with silver powder. I then sponged Distress Ink in Broken China, Seedless Preserves, Peacock Feathers, and Evergreen Bough. After sponging, I spritzed the paper with a bit of water to start the magic of the Distress Inks, and let it dry.

Finishing the card was simple. I trimmed my image and mounted it on magenta card, mounted that to a piece of gray card and added a strip of ribbon. That was all adhered to a black card base cut at 5 x 7 inches. I then cut a Spellbinders Fancy Framed Tags 2 from the magenta. The Werdz greeting was stamped with VersaMark on a scrap piece of the colored water paper. Dots of liquid pearls complete the look.

That's it for me today. Remember to scope out everything there is to see on the Eureka Stamps Blog. Last week's Tutorial by Sara on Digital Coloring images with PhotoShop Elements was a doozy. And, as always, I hope you'll visit my personal blog for even more ideas I Love It.

Challenge #25- Sweet Hearts

Happy Monday Crafty Friends!!

Welcome to Eureka Stamps' 25th Challenge!

We are really excited that you have Joined us this week!

Thank you so much to Everyone who joined us for our challenge last week!! We really loved seeing all the beautiful creations!! 

Our Winner For Challenge #24 Via Random.org is:
 8. Archana

Congratulations! Please Email Tina with the words Eureka Challenge Winner in the Subject Line! Please go to the Eureka Stamps Site & Pick out the two digital Images of your Choice! 
* Also, don't forget to Grab the Winner Badge from our Side Bar for for your Blog!!

Our Top 5 Entries For this Week Are:
in no specific Order
 6. Sue bearhouse    
13. shellshearer  

 27. athina 

  30. Rebecca (age 10) 
 20. Jackie Wallace

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**** The Prize for Winning Our Challenge is 2 Digital Images from our Store of YOUR Choice. However, if you play and Win with a Eureka Stamps Image, You will win Your Choice of 5 Digital Images****

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THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE IS:

 Sweet Hearts 

Our Fantastic Guest Designer this week is:

Mian

Hi, my name is Mian and I´m from Sweden. I´ve been crafting for as long as I can remember and I started with scrapbooking 15 years ago, cards was only for family and friends then. Now a days I only do cards, no scrapbooking at all. I started to blog and started to enter my cards into challenges in February last year. I`m so honored to be invited to be a Guest Designer for the Eureka Stamps challenge this week. This is going to be so much fun! Happy crafting! Hugs Mian

Mian is Showcasing Image: Heart Tree 

Now, Here is some inspiration from our Design Team!!

Karen 

Sara

Cheryl

Louise 

Soma

Kristie

Jackie 

 

Vicky

Tina 

Paula

Marji 

Suzi

For full details on the designers' cards you can click on their name which is linked to their blogs! We love to hear from you, so you are always welcome to visit, we would love to receive your comments!

Reminder:

To play along with us, please post a direct link to the card/project on your blog using inlinkz and link back to our challenge from your blog! 

You can join in as many other challenges with ours as you like! You can only enter our challenge a MAXIMUM of 3 times per challenge. Please do NOT backlink to other cards you have previously Posted.

If you are interested in Joining us for a month long Guest Designer Spot, Please put GDT next to your name on your entry! 

Thanks Again For Playing With Us!

We our Sponsor Raise the Bar Challenge !!

Come join the fun over on  Raise the Bar Challenge this week!

 

Eureka Stamps is sponsoring their fun Animal Attraction challenge theme this week,  one lucky winner will win 5 digital images of their choice from the Eureka Stamps store !!

 

 

 

Come join the fun we would love to see your creations!!

Digital Stamp PSE10 Digital Coloring Tutorial

Hello and Welcome To Eureka Stamps.

I am Sara, today I have a tutorial for you on how to

digitally color your Digital Stamps.

I am using PSE10.

(This should also work for versions below.  However, if you are

using version 11 the tools are all there just in different places in the program window.)

You can download a trial version of PSE11 from ADOBE

If you love digital stamps and do not have photoshop now is the time to pick up version 10, you can find it at closeout prices since version 11 is now on the market.  

  I will show you how I digitally colored

the Bear With A Heart  and used him on a card for today's tutorial.

You can also pick up a freebie download I have prepared for you with this link:

Dropbox Bear With A Heart

**The digital stamps used are not included in this kit you

can pick them up 

from the

Eureka Stamps Store

with the provided links:

Bear With A Heart digi8202

and

I Hold You digi10101

Kit does include:

1 embossed heart paper

5 digi pattern papers

1 Flourished Adventure Map psd file

all digital papers are 300dpi 12" by 12" jpg files

Please pick up the kit and digital stamps so you can try this fun technique.

Kit Preview...

Are you ready for a New Adventure?

You can click on any image below and it will take you to the full size image for better viewing.

If your image is a png you can skip this next step because a png

already has a transparent background.

(I note a little blip of red on his finger, grab a small eraser when this happens and remove the color that is outside the digital stamp line.)

Your adjustment layer is the half moon shape at the bottom of your layers panel

I am going to take a minute here to explain the Layers section a bit more for those who are not familiar with the program.

After I duplicated my original image and had completed the placement into the program I went ahead and duplicated the bear with a heart layer twice,

this created three layers of the bear in the layers panel.

(the layer quantity I create depends on the complexity of the digi stamp or, how many different colors or effects I think I may use.  Each color or DP goes on a different layer.

I do on occasion break this rule of layers just depends on what I am doing, when you get used to the program you will develop your own habits. 

 For in Photoshop there are multiple ways of obtaining the same outcome.

Now the adjustment layer (after you click the half moon automatically opens onto a new layer).

Compare the screen shot from above to the one directly below.

See how the adjustment layer became the first layer?

Then note how I moved the  adjustment layer position in the layers panel.

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Now we can move forward with the removal of the excess adjustment layer.

Again the DP when placed creates its own layer in the layers panel

 just like I explained with the adjustment layer.

Because I colored the heart on its own layer I was now able to attach the dp to the heart layer,

when you work like this you do not need to use the eraser because the paper automatically 

snaps into the colored heart position.

I run a Mac to attach layers you move the mouse cursor to the black line between your dp layer and the colored heart layer.

Next hit the 

Option key on your keyboard, this will change your cursor into a double circle

the top circle appears black.

After this shows up you know you are in the right place so click your mouse one time.

Now the dp layer is offset and shows a down arrow pointing to the bear with the colored red heart.

This means you have successfully attached your layers.

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In this screen shot you see how I now have merged all the layers into one,

I decided to paint the paws and small heart on this layer.

To merge layers in photoshop

move your cursor up to the very top of the program screen

 click on Layer

Move down to the options

Merge down

Merge visible

choose merge visible, now only one layer will appear in the layers panel as shown in 

the screen shot below.

Here is my finished Bear With A Heart...

Now I will show you how I used this colored digi to make a hybrid card...

In the free download you will receive a psd file called

Flourished Adventure Map

Open this in PSE

Now you have completed your card front.

Print it off onto card stock or I like to use a glossy photo paper.

Cut your mat layer

4 1/8" by 5 3/8"

Cut your card base

4 1/4" by 11"

Score Card base at 5 1/2"

Fold your card base on the score line.

Attach your mat layer.

Attach your printed card front.

I stopped there with my creation however, you can continue to embellish as you wish.

I had fun working with this little guy, hope you have enjoyed  as well.

Any questions you may have contact me at

paschal.sara@gmail.com

and I will try to answer them for you.

Don't forget to go pick up the digi stamps at the

Eureka Stamps Store.

Bear With A Heart digi8202

and

I Hold You digi10101

and your free download

Bear With A Heart