Good morning friends! It’s been awhile since I played with sublimation inks so I thought I would share with you, how I created these bottle openers using sublimation ink, and a few slimline stencils.
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Disclaimer: “The Crafter’s Workshop provided me with products to create this post. The opinions I share are solely my own.”
To begin, I traced the bottle openers onto regular copy paper using a pencil. That way, I know how much space I have to work with.
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Initially, I was going to use my sublimation markers to color in the images from the stencil, but then I remembered that I had actual sublimation ink pads, so I used those instead!
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Next, I taped down the TCW2326 Sunflower Friends Slimline Stencil using a low tack tape. The tape will prevent the stencil from slipping during the ink blending process.
After that, I grabbed some small ink blending brushes and sublimation ink pads. I am using Yellow, Brown, Orange and Rouge sublimation ink to color in the images.
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I used a different brush for each color. You do not want to use the same brush for all of the colors because the colors will end up getting muddy.
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This is so satisfying…coloring in the images and watching the shape take form. I just love it! After I colored the sunflowers using yellow ink, I used another brush to add some red to the center. Isn’t this beautiful!?
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I followed the same steps to create another floral bottle cap using the TCW2332 Daisy Spread Slimline Stencil.
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Then, I placed protective paper at the top and bottom of the blank.
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Now, the fun part! I placed everything in the heat press with the images faced up. I had to use heat gloves before removing these from the heat press because they are very hot!
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And here they are!
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This was a super fun project to create and I hope I’ve inspired you today!
Nicole, Design Team Member