My Magnolia and Silver Canvas Tote Bag.

Good Evening Peeps,

Hope you are all enjoying your weekend.  It was a lovely day here  today until just before teatime, when it turned cloudy and very dull.  Then it really poured down for about five minutes along with thunder and lightening then  it stopped raining and the sun came back out and has turned out a beautiful evening.   So pleased we got the lawns cut yesterday lol!

On to my project for tonight,  another of my canvas tote bags.    I really had fun decorating this bag.   Ok,  shall we  get started.   Begin by inserting a piece of cardboard into the bag, so when the bag is painted, the paint does not transfer to the back of the bag.   Next, mask off a rectangle, leaving approximately two inches of the white bag showing.   Spray a little water inside the masking tape, then using a paint brush, colour inside the masking tape with the Mulberry Purple  Acrylic Fabric paint.   Remove the masking tape.  

When dry, lay the MA-44 stencil on top of the purple paint and, using a metal spatula, spread the silver Fabric Sparkle Medium over the design.   Remove the stencil and leave to dry.

   
Roughly cut out the individual magnolias from  the transfer.   Place them on the bag in the position you want, with the 'fuzzy' side down.  Lay a piece of baking parchment or greaseproof paper on top of the magnolias.

  Then using a hot iron  (but most importantly, no steam ! )  iron over the transfers, keeping the iron moving  in a circular movement for a few minutes,   just below the silver design.      Carefully lift one corner of the transfer to see if it transferred.   If it has, leave it until the transfer has cooled completely before removing the backing sheet,  that's when you get that 'Wow' effect.

   

         
Lay the cleaned stencil back on the bottom of the rectangle, masking off any magnolia which may be in the way of the stencil design, using paper cut to shape, then secure the stencil in position.   Once again spread the silver Fabric Sparkle Medium over the stencil on the bottom of the purple rectangle.     Remove the stencil and the masks.

   
Mask off the outside edge of the rectangle of purple paint and another mask, approximately half an inch from the first mask.   Using a large stencil brush, stipple the Menthol Starlight Textile paint between the masking tape, all around the rectangle.

         

    

   
                                       Remove the masking tape and the bag is now finished.

  
I do hope you like my bag as much as I enjoyed making it, not only was it a pleasure to make, it is also a useful item and would make a lovely present for that 'someone special.'   A huge plus point is, the paints, fabric Sparkle Medium and transfers are all washable !   How brilliant is that lol!

Thank you so much for your comments and  visits to my last blog. I do enjoy reading your comments and I appreciate the time you have taken.   That's me for the moment,   must get crafting and get my samples made for Imagination Craft's next shows on Hochanda T.V. coming up soon.   I'll see you all again soon, in the meantime, have fun and above all....be happy.

                                                                 Love and rainbows. 

                                                            Happy Crafting,  Jennifer xx.