I had SO MUCH FUN with today's project!!!!! When I found these adorable snowmen images on The Stamping Boutique's website, I knew I had to use them for these dish towels! (My original idea was dinner napkins, but post-Thanksgiving, I couldn't find them.) I love how they turned out and for less than $20, I have a custom gift that will be kept from year to year.
To create these towels, I simply printed the images onto Avery iron-on transfer paper -- I got mine at Target. If you can find the "stretchable" version, buy it -- but any light fabric transfer paper works beautifully. I've successfully colored the images with Copics and pencils in the past, but today, I was having trouble, so I colored them on my computer. I've whipped up a video for you to see how to do this for yourself.
The nice thing about digital coloring is that you color once and save it -- and can print your finished image over and over again. I'm going to print these same snowmen onto inkjet shrink film tomorrow and make wine charms to go with the towels!
Today's scavenger hunt is sponsored by The Stamping Boutique! You could win an GREAT prize if you can solve our clue...
12 Days of Christmas, that's the game
you must find a stamp by the same name.
There are 12 snowmen, but we need just one,
find today's man and you will have won!
Find a product on the The Stamping Boutique website that fits the clue and you could be our winner! Leave a comment here with your answer. We will pick a random winner for all the CORRECT entries on December 4th.
Do you want to know what you’re playing for? Leave the correct entry and you could win a Martha Stewart “Punch Around the Page” set for the prize AND TSB store gift certificate for $25.00!!!!
These towels are soooo cute!!! TFS and for the tutorial!!!
Posted by: Laura Pinto-Nguyen | December 03, 2009 at 12:04 PM
Wow that was amazing! I so appreciate your tutorial, it explains some questions I have had using photoshop. You are such a sweetie for sharing with all of us.We have some whimsical images at karensdoodles.blogspot.com you might enjoy doing in photoshop.We are also having a blogcandy drawing.I would love to give you a digital image of your choice...please contact me and let me know which one you would like sweetie!
Posted by: Dawnll | December 03, 2009 at 12:04 PM
OK now that is just amazing! Just love them. Thanks for sharing the tutorial.
Posted by: Sarah M | December 03, 2009 at 10:19 PM
very kewl Suzanne!
Posted by: Deanna | December 05, 2009 at 03:31 PM
Absolutely AWEsome. You're just brilliant! I swear I have some of this transfer paper somewhere. Thanks so much for the stunning inspiration. :o)
Posted by: Mel M. M. M. | December 09, 2009 at 03:06 PM
Susanna, your video has been so helpful to me! :) Somehow, learning to color digital designs had just eluded me until I found your video on YouTube. The principles you describe are just the same in PaintShop Pro... and your explanation is very easy to follow. Thank you for sharing this info!!
Happy Creating! :)
~ Patti Moore
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http://www.pholkartblessings.etsy.com
Posted by: Patti Moore | January 02, 2010 at 09:05 PM
great tutorial! i just got PSE and I am lost(but less lost now!) :)
Posted by: Melanie | January 19, 2010 at 01:19 PM
ha ha -- take Jessica Sprague's Up and Running with Photoshop. She'll change your life!
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Posted by: Susanna Boyd | January 19, 2010 at 10:06 PM
Thanks so much for the video - I've been wanting to play with digi-colouring for a while now and this was a great help to get me started! Kim
Posted by: Kim Dellow | January 26, 2010 at 09:15 AM