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Come and make your own sublimation spray with me!

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  Come make some sublimation spray with me! You are asking yourself what is sublimation spray and what is it used for? Well, as you may or may not know, you have to sublimate on polyester.  The higher the % of polyester the higher chance your image will stay on the item you are subbing on. Well, I found a way to make some spray that you can spray on cotton or any other fabric and it will sublimate.   For instance, I tried sublimating on this random patch I have.  I don't know what it is made of so i wanted to see if it would work.  It didn't.   Random Patch with no sub spray: Then I made the sublimation spray. Items you need: Polycrylic protective finish, I used clear satin but you can use clear matte as well. Spray Bottle Water Then your usual sublimation products: Sub paper Sub printer Heat press Fabric to sublimate on To make the spray, use 8 ounces of water and 2 tablespoons of Polycrylic.  Mix them together into a jar (I used a mason jar to keep the excess available.)  Pou

Come craft with me and Heartfelt Creations. And a few coloring tips!

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   Heartfelt creations flower mold!!! And a couple coloring techniques!  I was at a crop one day and a woman asked me if she could borrow a spray bottle.  I then asked why because I am nosey and knew it had to be a fun craft.   She showed me the flowers she made with her Heartfelt Creations Flower Mold and I thought they were so pretty.  I knew I had to have at least one set. I looked online and they were expensive so I waited for the expo hoping for a bundle sale.  There was sadly not a bundle sale and I found them on amazon cheaper so I went with Amazon.   I bought the classic rose set.  I got all 3 pcs today so I had to try them out.  The set includes a Die to cut the paper out, stamps to stamp the image on them, and a mold to shape the flowers.  I did buy them all separately and the cost ended up around 53.00 for all three items.  (at the expo is was like 90.00) I did not watch a YouTube video and I probably should have but they came out cute anyway.  First, stamp your images, I us

Come and shop with me.

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I went to the Stamp & Scrapbook Expo in Mesa AZ! I have been to the scrapbook expo quite a few times but I wanted to share my purchases w ith you. I bought the following from Tall Mouse.  This is actually one of my favorite stores.  You can find them on facebook here:  https://www.facebook.com/tallmousecre8tiveartz Below you will see some shaker bits I bought, aren't those little dog bones sooooo cute?   The item in the shaker is foil bits for foiling, then they make a teflon bone folder so I had to get that too.  The pencil picks up tiny bits and places them exactly where you need it!  I just love their products and ingenuity.  Tall mouse is usually the first booth I go to. Got some sparkly glittery paper for cards. I also took a class called cool tools and in that class you also make 2 cards that can be made out of the tools you received. The two cards are below: The tools we received are below: Box card die by Stephanie Barnard and stacking dies from Spellbinders.  Then we g

Come and sublimate with me again on wood!

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Come and sublimate with me again on wood! So I am in love with sublimation.  I found out a way to sublimate on wood!  Supplies needed Sublimation printer Sublimation paper A flat wooden item Heat Press Thermal laminating pouches First you need to treat your wood so that the sub ink will adhere.  To do this you need to heat press your thermal laminating pouch on the wood. You only need half of one pouch.  Cut it in half and heat press it onto your wood at about 15 seconds.  You can also do this on top of flat canvas too.  I cut my lamination sheet to match the wood or you can cut the lamination off the wood once you are done.  Whichever is easier for you. Let that cool and print out your sublimated image.  Lay your sub image on top of the coated wood and press your image on.  Its that simple.  I man by simple I mean you have already uploaded a design, changed it, made it work with the wooden item. Here you have it!  I made a few things at lunch today from the dollar tree. This really op

CTMH Cupcake and Purse Cards

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   Check out the new Thin Cuts!  I just love the cupcake and the purse cards. I like to cut out a bunch of different colors and play when I get new dies.  I took a bunch of random paper and cut out some of the cupcake dies and put them together.  In the CTMH catalog I noticed they also used the same color but different shades so I tried that too!  I think they turned out so cute and they were not hard to make at all. I used shimmer pens, distress oxides, pop up dots, and the dies to make these cards. Next I made some purses.  I am in love with them! How cute are these purses!  They can be customized and used for almost any occasion! You can find either of these on my website:  https://jennifergamblin.closetomyheart.com/about.aspx Click  here  to go directly to my website! Let me know what you think in the comments section. Check out my instagram at www.instagram.com/imginbugcrafter

Come sublimate a 30 ounce tumbler with me

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Let's Make a 30 Ounce Tumbler! I bought some 30 ounce tumblers off amazon and decided I needed to sub them.   I have an 8.5x11 printer so I knew I would either have to tape the paper together or just have an image that took up most of the cup.  I decided for my very first tumbler I would just use an image that was smaller than the entire cup. Items you need: Sublimation printer Cricut mug press Sublimation treated tumbler 30 ounce Sublimation paper Parchment paper Heat resistant tape Heat resistant gloves First design and print your image.  I use silhouette studio but you can print it with whatever you have on sublimation paper with your sublimation printer. This is the image I decided to print. Once you have printed it, cut as close as you can to the image. Wrap it around your cup and use your heat resistant tape to put it on your cup as tight as you can.  Do not try and save tape, the more tape the better image you will get. Next turn your Cricut mug press on until it beeps. Put