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Saturday, December 10, 2011

Stamped Bleach Pen Shirts

After reading others' blog posts about using the Clorox Bleach Pen to decorate shirts, I decided to finally give it a try.
Now, not wanting to risk messing up a chunk of fabric by trying to free hand a design, especially since it needs to be non-cutesy for D, I thought I try using a rubber stamp to stamp a design onto the shirt with the bleach. I already had some shirt pieces cut out of a black jersey sheet for another raglan style shirt, so I ironed some freezer paper to the wrong side, to keep the bleach from bleeding through.


I basically just smeared some of the bleach gel onto the stamp, pressed it onto a scrap of fabric to get the excess off then carefully stamped the shirt piece. I held the stamp on the fabric for a few seconds and carefully lifted up. Within a few seconds the design started showing up. I rinsed the bleach off after a good 5-10 minutes and let it dry.

Used a tractor stamp, can't see all of the detail in the stamp but it is better than my free hand tractor would have turned out.


I used a robot set of stamps to do this. The stamp set is the clear acrylic with the parts being interchangable so I put the robot head on the sleeves for something extra.

Well I hope this inspires someone. Have a good day and Blessed Be.
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7 comments:

  1. I love that you used the stamps - I have never seen that. This is amazing.

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  2. I like the effect you got with your tractor stamp!

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  3. Whoah...what an incredibly cool technique. I'm definitely going to have to give this a try!!

    Thanks so much for linking up to "A Little Birdie Told Me...", my friend! Just a reminder that leaving a comment on the post this week gives you an automatic entry into my Wednesday night drawing for the $25 GC to the Hodgson Mill online store.

    Warmest wishes and happy holidays,
    Jenn

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  4. What a cool idea! I have all the necessary ingredients and am off to make my shirt! Thank you!

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  5. Excited to try this! I have wanted to try the bleach pen, but was also afraid of freehand. This is perfect!

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  6. I really like how the tractor turned out! It looks vintage-y missing some of the details from the stamp. Thanks for sharing. I'm your newest follower from Ginger Snap Crafts

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  7. This project is so fabulous!

    Thank you so much for linking-up to "A Little Birdie Told Me..."!

    I've spotlighted your post on my Facebook page today.

    Wishing you the happiest of holidays,
    Jenn

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