New blogs from our Team Create members

We have a slew of new craft bloggers and we are excited they are blogging for us! Here's just a few of their fab projects and posts that they've shared in the past couple of weeks!!!

Cheryl Ball creates a wool debit card holder with felt and Aleene's® Fabric Fusion® Permanent Dry Cleanable Fabric Adhesive!

Madison goes crazy for onesies at a baby shower with Scribbles® Dimensional Fabric Paint on the Creativity Confessions blog.

Kristina makes tie dye onesies (featuring the cutest models you've ever seen) on Diapers.Deadlines.DIY.

Melissa repairs her Ikea decked out nest with Aleene's® Aliphatic Wood Glue on Welcome to our Nest.

Whitney attends a tie dye techniques class at iLoveToCreate using Tulip® One-Step Fashion Dyes and she shows you step by step how she made her creations on Frankly Speaking Too!

Mandy has a great pillow idea for Tulip® Fabric Spray paint on the Bride.Paper.Scissors. blog!

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Illustrated Travel Cup

I've always loved painting blank bisque. It's so therapeutic! And - I also love coffee, so imagine my delight when I discovered Duncan Ceramics has a new line of travel cups! I knew I had to paint one!

28552 Travel Cup with Removable Silicone Sleeve and Lid (call your local pottery store and ask for it!) To find a local paint-on-pottery studio in your area, visit http://paintyourownpottery.com/.


Supplies:
Neon Duncan Concepts® Underglazes for Bisque and Majolica 
Duncan Signature brushes (Fan and No. 1 liner)

French Dimensions™ 
pure•brilliance™ Clear Glaze
Paper plate, paper towel, cup of rinsing water
Pencil and eraser



 
1. Use a plate or piece of foil and pour some paint. Start by painting the inside of the cup. Remove the rubber lid and guard from the top and center of the cup. Using Fan Glaze brush, paint upward to the top being careful not to go over lip of mug. Let dry. Apply two more coats and let dry thoroughly between each coat.




 2.  Sketch your illustrations all over the cup. If you don't want to "freehand," trace pattern onto tracing paper. Turn to reverse side and use pencil to trace over pattern to transfer design onto cup.



 
3. Fill in with painted color, two coats, let dry in between. Use the French Dimensions to add black accents. FD is a thin dimensional liner that comes in all kinds of great colors! Let dry completely.




4. Coat with two layers of clear glaze, let dry in between each coat.


5. Stilt and fire to witness cone 06.








Peace, love, and glitter!
Kathy :-)
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31 Days of DIY Halloween - Wild Child Pumpkin

I love how Cheryl Ball turned a simple decorative pumpkin into wildly fun décor with vibrant fabric and Collage Pauge™ Instant Decoupage™! Add extra attitude with Tulip® 3D Fashion Paint™ and Tulip® Glam-It-Up!™ PDA: Personal Dazzle Assistance™.

Wild Child Pumpkin

Materials List:
– Tulip® Fashion Glitter™ in 23560 Black Fine Jewel
– Tulip® 3D Fashion Paint™ in 65038 Black
– Tulip® Glam-It Up!™ PDA: Personal Dazzle Assistance™ in 26637 Clear Red Black
– Collage Pauge® Instant Decoupage
– Aleene's® Fast Grab™ Tacky Glue
– Paper towels
– Pinking shears
– 1” foam brush
– Pumpkin
– Foil
– Scissors
– Tulle – 4” x 18” wide strip
– Scratch paper
– Small paintbrush
– Fabric – ¼ yard – bright pink – or desired color

Instructions:
1. Use scissors to cut fabric into about 1” squares.

2. Squeeze a puddle of Collage Pauge onto foil. Working in small sections at a time, use dry foam brush to apply an even coat to surface of pumpkin. Tap foam brush onto a piece of fabric then place into adhesive, then brush on another coat. Add another piece of fabric slightly overlapping the first then apply more over top. Repeat step until entire pumpkin is covered. Let dry.

3. Start flow of Black 3D Fashion Paint on paper towel using an even pressure on bottle for a smooth line. Place scratch paper on work surface. Working in sections at a time, paint on zebra stripes as shown. Immediately pour black glitter over wet paint then pour off excess onto scratch paper. Repeat step, letting paint dry if needed before moving to new section. When thoroughly dry, use small paintbrush to brush off excess glitter.

4. Squeeze a small puddle of Black 3D Fashion Paint onto foil then use small brush to paint stem of pumpkin. Let dry.

5. Peel skeleton design from plastic backing sheet then press onto a piece of pink fabric. Use pinking shears to trim into square as shown.

6. Peel off single clear crystal from backing sheet then press into place throughout design. Add black crystals to stem.

7. Use Fast Grab to glue fabric square to front of pumpkin as shown.

8. Tie a bow of tulle around stem