Simple Stamping on Fabric

Simple Stamping on Fabric
Make a great gift for any season or reason!

You can easily transform a simple, inexpensive shirt into elegant art to wear.

Supplies needed:

Yasutomo Fabric-Mate brush tip pens in yellow, brown, orange and Alizarin Crimsonwhite cotton t-shirtoak leaf foam stamp
spray bottle

Before you begin:

Pre-wash the shirt to remove any sizing and then iron. Place a piece of cardboard or wax paper inside the shirt to prevent bleed through on the other side of the shirt while stamping.

	Color foam stamp with Fabric-Mate pens starting with yellow. Color parts of the stamp and proceed to orange and fill in more parts of stamp. Finish with brown and Alizarin Crimson around leaf edges. Think of how fall leaves look when you are coloring the stamp.
	Spray the colored stamp evenly with water until wet but not dripping. If you get too much water on the sides of the stamp, dab off with a paper towel. Spray about six inches away from the stamp for even coverage.
	Turn the stamp upside down and press firmly onto the t-shirt. One coloring will give you two prints. The first one will be more intense than the second and will give you a nice dimensional effect on the fabric.
	Lift your stamp carefully and you will see how beautiful the results are with very little effort! Randomly stamp the leaf onto the shirt following the above steps starting at the neck area and work your way down the shirt. Let the shirt dry thoroughly and iron to set color.

Try these different color combinations

Spring leaves; Yellow, Apple Green, Viridian

Pastel Leaves; Pastel Dusty Rose, Pastel Aqua, Flourescent Sky Blue
Brilliant Leaves; Flourescent Violet, Yellow Ochre, Alizarin Crimson, Cobalt Blue