Today I am sharing my last project as a member of the Kindred Stamps design team, the awesome ladies at Kindred Stamps set up a fun collaboration with the Therm-O-web to send off the designers. I have had a blast designing for Kindred Stamps, I am a huge fan of their stamps and will continue creating new project to share. My craft room creation today is a custom t-shirt featuring the Ocean Royalty add on digital stamp.
I have spent the last week or so playing in my craft room with some new to me Therm-O-Web products, my favorite of them all is the Heat-n-Bond inkjet transfer sheets. I experimented a lot with these sheet and want to share what I’ve learned.
Digi stamps work prefect with these sheets because you can print them right onto the transfer sheets and they can be added to any fabric project like t-shirts, tote bags, backpacks, and quilts. something really amazing is you can color on them with your markers. I tested several types Copic, Zig, Tombow and Crayola super tips. The softer the nib the better the results; I had the best luck with my Zig clean color real brush pens.
Coloring Tips:
To get the best blend use a two color blend and utilize the tip to tip method, where you pick up a bit of the darker color with the lighter maker.
Use a light hand so you don’t scratch up the coating on the paper with the tip of your maker.
To get a smooth finish use long even strokes all in the same direction.
For best results let your coloring sit and dry, the ink take awhile to absorb all the way into the paper.
Tips on fabric types:
Smooth quilters cotton gave me the best results.
Cotton knits work great you just have to wait a bit longer for the the transfer sheet adhesive to cool before removing the backing paper.
Canvas fabric works but you can see the texture and the transfer isn’t always perfect.
Tips on heat setting:
Use a craft iron (its a regular iron but only use it on craft Projects) just in case you get any ink or adhesive on it, you won’t ruin other clothing.
Stand up and press firmly, more even pressure I used the better the results I got on all fabric types.
Don’t wiggle or slide the iron. Pick it straight up and place it down, less chance to move or shift the image.
Pay close attention to the edges of the image they tend to curl.
Another fun thing I learned about the transfer sheets is you can also stamp on them for all you non digi people. I personally used Versafine onyx black ink but I’m sure most inks would work.
I hope you all give this technique a try and my tips help you along the way. A huge thank you to Kindred Stamps team for inviting me to design for them. To stay up to date with all of my craft room creations by following @TheCraftBean on social media.
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Brandi M.
The Craft Bean
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