Saturday, January 29, 2011

Make It Colourful Challenge #4 - Colouring on something OTHER than white cardstock!


This week for our challenge at Make it Colourful we're challenging you to color on something OTHER than white cardstock! For my project, I wanted to make a t-shirt for my girls but wasn't quite sure how to do it with digi stamps. I've stamped with ink & rubber on fabric and colored but this was different. Then my fabulous teamies came to the rescue and suggested iron on transfer sheets. So I picked up some HP Iron-On Transfer for Color Fabric that I could run thru my printer. I have LOVED Rocker Roxette since I first saw her and have had her for ages and this is the first time I've colored her!


Here you can see her close up. I absolutely LOVE how she turned out! It's different coloring on the iron on portion then fabric. It's kinda smooth but kinda rough and uneven. I heat set it again after I finished coloring. I'm worried about how it will wash so I'm going to let my daughter wear it first because she is very excited about her new shirt. In fact, I still need to color a 2nd one for my other daughter...cuz you know what you make for one, you need to make for the other too. *giggle* The 2nd one will be green though as those are their favorite colors. :)

I hope you liked my project and you will be inspired to try to color on things other than white cardstock, whether it be kraft, fabric, tissue paper, vellum, -- the Colour Addicts have blown me away with their creativity once again! Be sure to stop by the Make It Colourful Blog & see all the lovely projects today.

6 comments :

Anonymous said...

That is just too cute! You've inspired me to try out my hand at coloring fabric. Your coloring looks wonderful on this cutie! Beautiful work my friend! hugs, Angela

Suzanne said...

Oh WOW! this is amazing. I am definately going to have a go at this, thanks for the inspiration. Hugs Sue x

FitterTwit said...

Carisa, this is AMAZING!!! I'm going to have to remember the iron-on transfer bit myself... this turned out GREAT!

♥♥RubyM:)♥♥ said...

ITHINK IT'S GENIOUS HUN!!!!

The coloring is stunning and yup me too lol!I need to give this a go.Thanks for the inspiration hun.((hugs))Ruby♥

Angela Maez said...

So cute! Can't wait to see the green one! Love it!

Barbara Sproatmeyer (LM2) said...

This is fantastic and I like how vibrant the colors turned out. And the onsies you did are adorable - the snake is so cute and perfect for you lil' tike! :D Don't you just love this age? At least I did.. they're so full of personality but just as sweet as can be too. ;D

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