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Sharpie Fabric and Lots of Layers

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While ignoring practical responsibilities I ran across a tutorial on using a Sharpie and rubbing alcohol to decorate fabric.  The gist of it is to write on fabric with a Sharpie then drop rubbing alcohol on it.  It spreads – and looks quite cool.

So I stared doodling and spraying, dropping, and smooshing rubbing alcohol around.  It make a colorful mess.   Alisa Burke’s Beneath the Surface class inspired the rest of the fabric.    I kept adding layer after layer.  I didn’t really like it in the beginning but then a few more layers and I fell in love with it.   Masking tape to make stripes, little round found objects to stamp a pattern, 3D paint to add some dimension, circles, and then stream of consciousness writing in the whiter spots.

 

 

 

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Stenciled Jeans

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Do you remember the old Reese Cup commercial when two people bump into each other which causes the chocolate bar to fall into the jar of peanut butter?  That was almost what it was like at my house when I was picking up my daughter’s jeans and then I saw one of my new stencils.  What if I put them together?  This is what happens!

 

Here are the steps:

I used Julie Fei-Fan Balzer’s stencil put the first layer of paint on (this was just craft paint – I figure it will wash just fine since any time I spill paint on my clothes it never comes out).  Here it is with almost all the raindrops on it.

2. Outlined the shapes with a Sharpie.3. Used 3 colors of craft paint to paint swipes of color inside the shapes.
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Stencils and Sequins

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I had to buy this 12×12 stencil by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer the moment I saw it! Didn’t know what I was going to do with it until I was purging my home of stuff.  I ran across a bunch of sequin things and it struck me – sequin hair!  After I had the face in place I needed to make the eyes and mouth pop a bit – so my almost dry bottle of modeling paste came off the shelf.  That didn’t give me the look I expected so I had to try something else.  A bit of bright pearl paint and gemstone eyes created the look I had in mind when I started.

 

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