2.16.2011

freezer paper stenciling...

i love freezer paper stenciling! it's so fun! i got the kids shirts from walmart ($3.50 each!) and stenciled on them for a valentine present. there are tons of tutorials out in blogland for this technique, i liked this one and there was another one that i can't find right now...if i find it i'll post it...


i was originally going to to do valentine themed shirts...but couldn't think of something clever enough for all three kids, so i opted for things i thought they would like instead and then did a valentiney one for blake.

it is such a simple process and i really enjoy the results! i was also surprised how the details came through really well...it is a quick process too...as long as you don't spend an hour, like me, trying to finalize the design...then it will take longer:)






(i didn't get great pictures of the shirts themselves because shortly after i took these initial photos there was an unfortunate incident with mud pies and LOTS of red clay mud...it was extremely unfortunate!)
i just printed out the images i wanted to use, i found the simplest hello kitty and the simplest transformer autobot symbol i could. then you trace it onto your freezer paper, cut it out with an exacto knife...

the only tricky part for me was realizing that since i wanted the outline of the pictures on the shirts then i had to cut out the positive parts of the image and keep the negative parts to put on the shirt...does that make any sense? i kept thinking, okay, i want this line to be on the shirt so i need to cut around it so i can paint the line with the brush...it just takes some "fourth dimensional" thinking (if you are a Back to The Future fan)

totally worth it, totally fun! i recommend trying it! so many possibilities too....


4 comments:

mmhamblin said...

Cute! We should do it for our next craft day!

rachel said...

Awesome. So Love this! I had read about this in blogland but didn't know if it was legit. very nicely done!

Audrey said...

Those turned out great!!! I love it.

peachytiffers said...

I've been wanting to try it, I've seen it all over blogland. What else have you done?