When you've got a light-box!

I'k certain the majority of you have seen the hundreds of silhouette/cameo/go baby/
what-have-you cutter tutorials that have sprung up over the by few months.

Fish bowl with glass etched name

They are super cool. Right?

You think all the projects that they can make are ambrosial. Yes?

Yous are terribly jealous that your blog isn't popular enough to become a free 1 from the company. Absolutely!

You are planning to rush right out and buy 1 of these machines as presently as possible.

Incorrect.

At least incorrect for me.

Shilouette cameo and portrait

I don't deny that I wish Santa had decided to stuff i of those machines into my stocking for Christmas, but I'm likewise pretty realistic about the budget around here. Especially since the birthday fairy brought me an crawly DSLR, we got a new car, and so the old car had major problems! I'm super thankful for all the not bad goodies that I received over the past twelvemonth. It only so happens, that a cameo wasn't i of them.

I'm sure there are plenty of y'all out there who are in the aforementioned boat. For one reason or another we aren't going to be included into the Amazing Cutter Social club anytime shortly, and will take to make due some other way.

enter…

Pink snowflake pajamas

Freezer Paper Stencils

I could take precious time to brand upwards a tutorial for this, only why carp when there is a
perfectly awesome one correct over at I Am Momma – Hear Me Roar! (complete with a video!)
I only traced one of the snowflakes from the pants textile and complimentary paw painted on the night pinkish.

But, let's pretend that you have this great idea for a shirt pattern that it is WAY too complicated for your average exacto cut freezer paper stencil. This would be the perfect fourth dimension to utilize some of that vinyl transfer stuff! Alas, we aren't in "that society" remember. So here is what I decided to do instead.

Step i – Depict or Print out the image you'd like to use.
(I printed out lots of snowflakes)

painted snowflakes

Step 2 – Remove the glass from an appropriate sized picture frame.
(Comprehend the corners with masking tape to preclude injuries to yourself and the textile!)

Step 3 – Scotch tape the epitome to the glass.

Snowflakes on glass

Step 4 – Slide the glass between the layers of your shirt.
(Use a few tape donuts to keep it from shifting around.)
making a snowflake shirt

Step 5 – Prepare the drinking glass on your light-box.
using a light box to make a printed shirt

Step 6 – Paint.
Puffy paint would obviously be the easiest,
but I used a brush for everything except the glitter.
(The glitter later turned out to be glue and not pigment! It washed off,
only I only needed it for that 1 day, so Oh well : / )

snowflake tshirt

Unfortunately this process volition just work with low-cal colored fabrics. I'll just take to stick
to iron on transfer paper for darker things, only it'south better than aught for right now.
Perhaps I should just accept invested in one of these atomic number 26 transfer pencils though ; )

What about you?
Practise you have any tricks to get around non having the "fancy" equipment?
Not necessarily a Silhouette, but whatsoever crafting goodies at all.

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