Here is a project I have been working on and when I shared some photos on Facebook I receive quite a number of comments so thought I would share with you how to create a purse of your own!
Front View
Back View
Altered
Purse
Materials and Equipment Needed
·
Cotton Purse
· White Gesso
·
2 Paintbrush’s 1 x thick brush / Flat head size 1"
1 x thin brush for use in softening the coloured in images
·
Glue and Seal
·
StaZon Ink
·
Stamps
·
Derwent Pencils
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Paint Brush & Water
·
Ribbon, Buttons, Thread, extra Cotton Material
·
Piece of card the size of the case you are
altering!
·
Iron & Paper
What to
do next!
If you have a spare piece of cotton material, paint it with
gesso a couple of times and you can use this as a practice piece to stamp on
before you start stamping on your purse!
Make sure the purse you are altering is smooth before
painting! If it has creases in it, give it an iron to smooth it out! The reason
for this, is to have a flat surface to stamp on!
OK,
ready to start!
(If you want to, cut a piece of paper the same size and
shape of your purse, then design a layout of where you want your stamped images
to go).
Onto
the Purse
·
Place the piece of card inside the purse before
you start painting! This stops the paint going through and sticking the purse
together.
·
Paint one side of the purse and let it dry. Turn
the purse over and paint the other side! Paint both sides again!
(This helps to make the surface of the
cotton flatter to get a better stamped image)!
·
Once the purse is completely dry you can start
stamping!
Just remember you won’t get a crisp image
if you try and stamp too close to the edge of the purse where the hems are, as
it is double material!
·
Use StaZon ink to stamp your images as this ink
is permanent! Give the ink time to dry completely! About 10 mins!
·
Use the pencils to add colour to your stamped
images. (You can soften the colours a little by using a damp not wet paintbrush to go over the
colours! (Clean the brush between colour changes)!
·
When you have finished stamping and colouring
leave the purse to dry over night!
·
Iron the purse with a dry medium heat iron, (no
steam) between a piece of clean white paper (This stops the images from being
transferred to your ironing board)!
·
Let the purse cool then paint a layer of Glue
and Seal on both sides! Leave to dry for a good 4/6 hours! Better if you can
leave overnight!
·
Decide what type of embellishments you want to
sew onto the purse! Sewing on ribbon, beads, buttons etc!
·
On the Purse I posted on Facebook, I used the
practice material to stamp and colour the same butterfly I stamped on the purse
to make a 3D image on the purse!
Butterfly stamped and coloured on cotton material then cut out to form a 3D element to the Purse
Good Luck and Happy Crafting!
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