Tribal Digital Print: Triangle Band

Here is the final tip to help you re-create this Tribal Print.

Triangle Band

Step A.

Go to stickers, select Geometric, and select the triangle.

Step B.

Line the corner of the triangle up with the edge.

Step C.

Right click the triangle and select Duplicate Overlay.

Step D.

Line up the second triangle with the first. I recommend leaving space between the corners but, that's up to you.

Step E. 

Repeat Step D until the band spans the length of the background.

(I let mine be cut off a bit.)

Step F.

Right click a triangle and select Duplicate Overlay. Change the color of this triangle to another color in your color scheme.

Step G.

Use the Flip Vertically button to invert your differently colored triangle.

Step H.

Position the triangle between two of the black triangles.

Step I.

Right click the different triangle and select Duplicate Overlay. Repeat this step and Step H until the spaces between the black triangles are filled.

And there you have it, Triangle Band.

That is the final tip to help you make your own Tribal Print. Use your newly found skills well.

Tribal Digital Print: Skinny Stripes

Here is the third tip to help you re-create this Tribal Print.

Skinny Stripes

Step A.

Go over to stickers, select arrow, and select the flat ended banner.

Step B.

Line up the blunt end of the arrow with the edge.

Step C.

This is where the trick starts. It's a little lengthy so, stay with me.

Right click the arrow and select Duplicate Overlay.

Step D.

Line up the second arrow on top of the first. Repeat this until the stripe is the length of the background.

Step E.

Duplicate another arrow and change it to the color of the background.

(I gave it a background so you can see the arrow.)

Step F.

Line up the white arrow on top of the black one to the desired width.

Step G.

Repeat steps E and F until the now skinny stripe is the length of the background.

And there you have it, Skinny Stripes.

Come back soon for the final tip and last step to making your own Tribal Print.

Tribal Digital Print: Quarter Circles

Here is the first of four tips to help you re-create this Tribal Print.

Quarter Circles

The inspiration uses quarter circles on the top and bottom rows of their print.

Step A.

Go to the stickers tab, select geometric, and select a circle.

Step B.

Line up the circle with the edge to where it makes a half circle.

Step C.

This is where the trick starts. 

Go back over to the stickers tab, select symbols, and select the music note without the flag.

Step D.

Change the color of the music note to that of your background.

(I put it on top of something so you could see the music note.)

Step E.

Use the top of the music note to split the now half circle.

And there you have it, Quarter Circles.

Come back soon for another great tip and another step towards making your own Tribal Print.

Tribal Digital Print: The Beginning

In case you haven't noticed, the tribal trend is crazy hot right not. Another thing you may not have noticed, Pinterest and I kinda have a thing. It supplies endless inspiration and a place to show off my jewelry and projects.

I recently found this print duo on Pinterest.

I loved the tribal print on the left and decided to use one of my favorite websites, PicMonkey, to recreate it and create a tutorial.

Step 1. 

Create your background.

If you don't know how to do this or what I'm talking about, see this post. 

Step 2. 

Go back to the Homepage.
Select Edit a Photo.

Step 3. 

Pull up your background.

Step 4. 

From here on out, I'm going to show you tricks on how to re-create the elements from the inspiration.

You can then use any combination of them to create a tribal themed print that suits you.

There will be a posts soon for the tips on how to re-create this Tribal Print.

Second Time Stenciling

After my first attempt at stenciling and seeing the results, I was ready to try again. Doing it correctly this time. Or so I thought.

I got my wax paper out and what I wanted to stencil on and cut off a length of paper.

Most of the tutorials I read talked about printing on the paper the cutting it out with an Exacto knife or with a pair of scissors. I was ready to do this before I remebered something important.

We have a Cricut! Hello! stick the wax paper to the mat, waxy side down, and have it cut out your image. Genius!

Once I did that, I went and ironed the paper to what I was working on. (We'll come back to this part.) Then I used my paint and painted onver the stencil.

Another wonderful jar of 50 cents paint.

When I was taking the stencil off, the first thing I noticed was that getting the middle off presented somewhat of a challenge. The second thing I noticed is that I left bubbles when I ironed on the paper and the paint seeped under. (I have quite a seepage problem.) But, like my last project, it grows on me and while it's not exactly what I wanted, I think it's nice and I'll do something with it.

A Father-Daughter Project

One Saturday, not to long ago, we were cleaning out one side of our two car garage so that two cars could both park inside at the same time. During ths clean up, an old PVC screen door came out of the corner. When asked if either my mother or I wanted to keep it, I said yes.

I had rather lofty ideas that we could turn it into one of those Shabby Chic jewelry holders/displays that you see all over Pinterest. With it being PVC, I knew it wasn't going to be able to fulfill the Shabby part of Shabby Chic. Nonetheless, I wanted to try it.

Now, granted, I didn't want to start right then and there. In case you didn't know, summers in Georgia are HOT. I was already ready sweating and not looking forward to doing to much more of it. I put it on the backburner for things to do before the summer's over.

Well, my wonderful father saw no reason not to do it the second we had a chance so, off we went.

The process didn't take very long and it was so spur of the moment I didn't even think to take pictures.

Once we had zip ties and poultrey mesh chicken wire from Home Depot, we came home, removed the hardware, and washed the door. Remeber, this thing has been in a garage for A WHILE.

(Once again, this was a PVC door. we didn't think it would hold up to a staple gun thus, the zip ties.)

Using the bed of a truck for a work surface, we laid out the cicken wire over the door frame and zip tied it into place. (The chicken wire didn't lay quite flat so we strategically looped the zip ties throught the holes in the chicken wire to tighten and flatten it.

We thought we were done in about an hour and a half. The problem was, the ends of the chicken wire. We couldn't cut them off because then zip ties wouldn't be holding anything and it would all come apart. We didn't quite know what to do so, we just let it sit.

Then, my Dad had a great idea. We could use the thing that attached the hinge to the door frame and use it as a cap on the ends of the door. Genius.

Once that was done, the door was truly finished. Now it's waiting for me to clean out a spot in my room so I can use it to display/hang my multitudes of jewelry. And I do mean multitudes.

It came out a little more Industrial than Shabby Chic but, I think some ribbon over the zip ties and some pretty fabric here and there will do just the trick.

My Dad couldn't be more excited that he could help me with a crafting project and neither can I. This means he can help me with some bigger projects I have planned.

*Laughs Villianous laugh*

He has no idea what he has gotten into nor how much I love and appreciate him and all he does for me.

(This would have been a good Father's Day Post wouldn't it?)

Thanks Dad.

First Time Stenciling

I've been seeing posts everywhere talking about the wonders of freezer paper stenciling. SOme of my favorites are here and here. I recently found some amazing fabric paint for an unbelievable price. I figured this was the perfect time to finally try it. However, I jumped the gun.

50 cents for the jar. How could I say no?

I was using my Mom's Cricut making some Thank You cards and I though, 'Why not use some thick paper for a stencil?' And off I went. I don't think anyone will be surprised when I say it didn't go exactly as I wanted. 

I used black paper so, when the paint seeped under the edges, it darkened in places. Not a crazy amount but enough to notice.

I guess sometimes you have to do something wrong to see why you HAVE to do it right. My new plan is to do what I did last time EXCEPT use freezer paper and iron it to the fabric so the paint won't seep through and won't change color.

Post to come of the results.