It's the last day of our Tumble Dye week. We hope you've had as much fun as we have!
Today we're showing you summertime Tumble Dye projects. We hope you will use some of these ideas to make your summer fun and COLORFUL!
We love summer barbecues! It's so fun to gather your friends and family to enjoy good food. For our barbecue, we added color to ordinary skewers, wooden handles, and even condiment cups by dipping them in a little Tumble Dye.
Make your get-togethers special with unique details using Tumble Dye. Our canvas banner kit works great with Tumble Dye. Just spray it on in whatever colors you want. Add a design to plain white cups with Tumble Dye too.
It works great on paper. For our decor, we sprayed Tumble Dye onto tissue paper and made little pom-poms on skewers. The invitations and cake flags are just white paper brushed with Tumble Dye.
This bag and hat were plain and simple. So, we added a little ombre to liven them up for summer. We love how easy Tumble Dye is to use for all kinds of projects! In fact, we have a pinboard devoted to gathering these ideas right here.
Welcome to day four of our Tumble Dye week. Tomorrow is the last day, so make sure to come back again. Also, don't forget to enter the giveaways!
Each day we've been trying to give you tips on how to take things you already have and make them better with Tumble Dye. So, today we thought we'd give you some specific examples of what you can do with something that is less than pretty. :)
This first bag was very simple to do! All we did was brush Tumble Dye over the design to add a little bit of color.
The second bag was not bad to begin with. However, we didn't like the words on it. So, we dyed some iron-on sheets with Tumble Dye and ironed them on. Voila!
The third bag was also done using dyed iron-on sheets. However, we decided to accent the bag with the iron-ons to add a hint of color, rather than creating a design, like the second bag.
Careful, once you get started up-dating things with Tumble Dye, you just might get addicted! It is so fun and easy to use.
It's a blog party this week! We hope you're loving all the great Tumble Dye projects we created to share with you and the giveaways too. Everyone loves giveaways, right? We do!
Today we're showing fun party ideas using Tumble Dye. Whether you're doing a tie-dye party, a classic birthday, rainbow party, or another theme, we hope this party will inspire you to use your creativity.
One of our favorite things about this party is the fabulous confetti dot tablecloth. We made this using a white sheet, Tumble Dye, a tape roll and a paintbrush. Use the inside of a roll of tape as your stencil. For smaller circles, a toilet paper roll would work as a stencil too. Use your paintbrush to fill in the circle with Tumble Dye.
It seems like we just can't have a party without some fun cupcake wraps and toppers. So, we have some free printables downloads for you to make your own cupcake wraps, toppers & thank you circles. If you have a cutting machine, you can use the svg file to have your machine do the work for you. Find all of our printables here.
Now, how are you going to keep those little party-goers busy? We thought of that too! Wrap a t-shirt and/or blank puppet up with some pretty paper for each child. For older kids, you can even give them their own bottle of Tumble Dye to use since it is easy-to-use, water-based, non-toxic and environmentally-friendly. Now, teach them how to make their own puppets and shirts.
If you'd like to learn how to tie-dye, watch this video, or one of our other helpful videos.
It's day two of our Tumble Dye week. Today we're going to show you some fun ways to use Tumble Dye to spice up your wardrobe.
Rather than buying new clothes, use what you already have! Most of us have a shirt that we love how it fits but it has a stain or bleach mark. Maybe your favorite jeans have a grass stain that you'd like to cover up.
Yesterday we explained how to do stenciling. That's the same method we used to create the diagonal striped & butterfly shirts. So, today we're going to teach you the dip-dying technique so you can add ombre to your wardrobe (or curtains, napkins, tablecloths, or whatever).
Ready to learn how to dip-dye your fabric? Ok, here we go...
1. Protect your clothing and work area from overspray. You may want to wear gloves so you don't dye your hands.
2. Gather your supplies: Clothing or cloth to dye, Tumble Dye, a bowl that won't stain, and something to hang your item on while it dries (like a hanger, curtain rod, or clothes line).
3. Prepare the area where you will hang your item to dry. We recommend placing a hanger on an outdoor clothes line. Make sure to protect the area beneath where you will hang your item to dry with a sheet of plastic.
4. Throughly wet the item you will be dying, remove excess water.
5. Pour the lightest color you will be dying into the bowl and mix in a little water. The more water you add, the lighter the color will be.
6. Dip the area of the item into the bowl that you would like to dye. Hang the item in the drying area you prepared.
7. If you are using more than one color, clean the bowl, pour the next color to the bowl, and mix. Dip the section of the item into the bowl that you would like to dye.
8. Hang your item in the drying area.
9. Once the item is completely dry, iron it to heat-set the dye.
Surprise! We're having a special Tumble Dye week! Don't miss the amazing projects, tutorials, free downloads, and giveaways in store.
Today we want to show some fun home decor projects we created to make a simple dining room fabulous. You can use or mix any color of dye you want to coordinate with your home.
You don't have to go out and buy a bunch of new things, use what you already have. Most of us have a plain table cloth, some sheer curtains, napkins, or wooden spoons.
This dining room is full of Tumble Dye projects! The mason jars started out clear and were tinted different colors using the tutorial here. Wouldn't they be pretty for a wedding centerpiece?
The table cloth, sheer curtains, and napkins also started out white. We used the dip-dye method to add that pretty ombre look that is so hot right now. More on that tomorrow! :)
For today, we wanted to teach you how we made the triangle artwork, using a stencil. We used this same concept for our striped place mats and pink wooden spoon. Except, we used masking tape instead of paper for our stencil.
1. Protect your clothing and work area from overspray.
2. Gather your supplies: Framed wood (we used the back of an old cork board), Tumble Dye, masking tape, paper, scissors, and paper towels. We also used spray adhesive and a clear top coat spray.
3. After taping off the inside of your frame, spray charcoal tumble dye onto part of a paper towel. Wipe the Tumble Dye onto your frame.
4. Once the frame is dry, tape it off.
5. Cut several triangles out of paper. Spray the back of the triangles with spray adhesive or tape the back to keep them in place. We recommend the spray adhesive for a cleaner edge.
6. Arrange the triangles as shown or create your own design.
7. Spray the Tumble Dye as desired.
8. Let it dry, peel off the paper triangles & tape, and spray with topcoat.
If you'd like to enter to win our neon Tumble Dye 3-pack, follow the directions below. Hurry, the giveaway ends tomorrow!
Hi! I'm Diana Fisher and I'm happy to be guesting here at SEI for today. I am an avid scrapbooker and currently design for Pink Paislee, Imaginisce, Lily Bee, Samantha Walker and am one of the blog coordinators for Scrapbook Circle kit club. I have a wonderful husband, a six-year-old son and am the Marketing & Brand Director for Next Step Education Group. Between my day job and my love for papercrafting, my days are filled with art and creativity. I am grateful that I have the opportunity to work with some amazing people and share that with you! Check out my blog, Design by Diana here.
I love this paper from SEI and have been hoarding it for quite a bit now. There are so many occasions coming up this spring where I'll need to bring a little gift — and who doesn't love sweets. I made this box using a cut file and my Silhouette Cameo. It was really easy to assemble and the ribbon closure is such a sweet option.
Here's my tip for all of you making these window gift bags and boxes: Do you have left over packaging from your embellishments? The clear sleeves? I cut a small square from mine and use it as a cover for the window on my gift bags/boxes. It looks professional and keeps you from having a second bag on the inside to hold the treats. I filled mine with chocolate covered cherries from Trader Joe's — yum!
Thanks for checking out my window gift bag. Maybe I've inspired you to try this out next time you need a small gift to give. Or maybe even for baby and brida showers. Making a few dozen of these would be fast and easy!
While at my local library a few weeks ago, I browsed the "free books" pile and found a small, yellow, hardback book. It was about a company's billboard advertising over the years, and although I didn't find that very interesting, I fell in love with the vintage cover. I knew at once that I would alter the book.
I pulled together my favorite papers from Mia Bella, Blooms and Blossoms, and Think of Me, trying to use mostly scraps and leftover pieces from other projects. I used a few extras like doilies, vintage paper, vellum, and a few gold accents from my stash. I also used a good dose of washi tape and mist.
The book features photos of my three boys and quotations about motherhood. I think it will be nice to flip through these pages after a long day, if for no other reason than to remind myself of why I love being their Mom.
One of my favorite parts of making this book was discovering cut files in the Silhouette store by SEI! Yes, the delicate flower cuts that you see throughout the book are by SEI! Aren't they beautiful? Be sure to check out SEI's portfolio next time you are shopping there.
I made a slideshow of the all pages and details so that you could see as much of the book as possible. Enjoy! And next time you're at the library, think about rescuing an old gem to make your own altered book!
Hello everyone It's Natt Smith here! Today I have a simply cute little card to share with you using my most favorite thing for paper crafts project... "Puffy stickers"
Summer is almost here and it makes my heart sing. I just love summer. It gives me opportunity to go outside and do stuff without having to wrap myself up in 10 layers.
Also, summer is so inspiring. With all the flowers blooming, people outside and clear blue sky. My card today is inspired by the open sky summer.
"You Are My Sunshine"
For this card, I cut "You're my sunshine" using my die cut machine on pattern paper. Then matted under with glitter paper. I decided not to use a bright glitter color paper because I just wanted this card to be a little neutral. So that puffy stickers can be the point of interest.
May is such a great month. I love the weather, the long weekend and the fun events! Specifically, my lovely sister was married a couple of years ago, in May. My brother took this picture and I love how it turned out. The colours of the Mia Bella collection were perfect for this picture and I added a little Diane round out the page.
I used my die cutting machine to cut out a repeating pattern of diamonds to create the white overlay on the page. The white helped to soften the coral colour. I used some dies to create the leaves. The clear flowers from the Sundries package were adhered using glue dots and the pearls that I added are great way to camouflage the glue dots.
Thanks for visiting! I hope I've given you a few new ideas to use!
Mom's are always busy, on the go, worrying about the family and tending the house. Rarely, do they get a break to relax with a glass of wine, some calming music and the lights turned down low.
Since most mom's won't be getting any of that with the hectic pace of daily life, why not help your mom relax by wrapping up some spa essentials for Mother's Day featuring SEI's most recent collection, Diane.
Aromatherapy is a nice way to relax, so consider including bath salts to your spa box as well as a loofa for an invigorating feel. Choose products like mini shampoo's, conditioners and lotion that can easily be tucked in a box. They're easy to decorate with patterned paper and not too heavy.
You don't want to make a mess, so make sure to package your spa box just right, so it's easy to use
| PACK OF LOOFAHS | Wrap a few loofah sponges in a glassine bag, and secure with a mat of die cut labels from Morning Walk and Close of Day. Attach a tag with baker's twine
| PACK OF BATH SALTS | Don't forget to package bath salts in a glassine bag for a luxurious aromatherapy bath. Package in the same way as the loofahs.
| ESSENTIALS | Match the shampoo, conditioner and Lotion to the set by mounting Garden Party on Light of Dawn and adhering it to the bottle.
Place your spa essentials in a box, decorate and VOILA--you have a beautifully wrapped spa box filled with every thing she needs to relax.
