Designed Decorations

I found these beautiful curtains in a discount store recently and was immediately drawn to the pattern, not to mention how they would work well with my yellow walls.  After hanging them in the living room, I wanted to bring another element of that style print to my living space, which led me to the Eye Catching Ikat photopolymer stamp set from Stampin' Up!

Once you go photopolymer, it's hard to stamp with anything else because they offer the same great patterns and quality from Stampin' Up!, but in a completely clear design.  It makes the placement of your work simple and quick, which is perfect for making a pattern or print with the stamps.

Another great feature of photopolymer?  You can easily lay out the design you want to use and see how it looks and rearrange if needed!  I've played around with several prints so far.

In experimenting with the idea of making a print, I tried ink and fabric paint.  You can certainly customize this to your needs!  However, I found that the fabric paint didn't give me the look I envisioned.  In testing the ink stamped on canvas, I loved how some of the texture of the canvas came through the ink.  So, I went with that!

To develop my print, I purchased a yard of a canvas fabric from my local craft store and grabbed a few clear blocks for mounting the photopolymer stamps, stampin' mist, and stampin' scrub stamp cleaners, and the following ink colors to match my living room: Pool Party, Cherry Cobbler, Summer Starfruit, Gumball Green, and Early Espresso.

The most difficult part of this was deciding which color I wanted to use with each stamp!  Here is a look at what the stamped image looks like on canvas (above).  Review your previously made pattern to make sure you know where to start.  Then build your pattern from there!

Here is what my pattern looked like after stamping the images.  This was super simple and easy because of the completely clear photopolymer.  Check out some other patterns used with this stamp set!

It's hard to choose!  I decided to cut out a little of this design for a 4 x 6 frame I had leftover and add to a side table in my living room.  Now my custom print is on display for everyone to see!