Welcome to the Third Annual Handmade Holidays blog hop! (I wasn’t included in the first two years’, so I can’t vouch for the quality of those pre-me blog hops. Just kidding, crafters. Put those craft blades down.) But this year, I know it’s going to rock. We’ve come together to create and share a series of handmade gifts for the holidays during this 3-day blog hop. Our goal is to inspire you to create something from the heart this holiday season as well as share how to use these products in fun, innovative ways.
My handmade holiday gift for today is something I love so much, I’m not going to give it away. It’s a holiday pillow decorated with the Madonna and Child – Madonna Ciccone and Julia Child, to be exact. To make it, I used Craft Attitude printable film and a technique I’ve never tried before. While I usually apply Craft Attitude film with spray adhesive or a glue stick, I used fusible web to apply it to a canvas pillow cover from Canvas Corp. And it worked great!
Step 1: I printed my images on sheets of Craft Attitude printable film using my inkjet printer. I know I could’ve ganged them up onto fewer than 3 sheets, but oh well. Craft Attitude is actually a line of printable films including Shoe Attitude, Jewelry Attitude, Wood Attitude, etc. Any of the Craft Attitude films would work for this project. And be sure to print the images in reverse. (Notice the backwards ampersand.)
Step 2: Trim the image, but leave some extra space around it. Then cut a piece of fusible web that is slightly bigger than the image. That way, every part of the image will have fusible web on it. Place the fuzzy side of the fusible web against the ink side of the Craft Attitude film. Sandwich the Craft Attitude and fusible web between some press cloth, and iron the two together, following the directions of the fusible web. Hint: I actually iron on a wooden cutting board rather than an ironing board because I get a firmer press that way.
Step 3: After ironing the two pieces together, peel off the protective backing from the fusible web. It will be stuck on really well, and it may come off in several pieces. You will also notice that the image has a bunch of gunky stuff on it. Don’t worry, that’s the fusible web. You want that.
Step 4: The images of Madonna and Julia Child were easy because they were rectangles. For the ampersand, I trimmed the image so there wasn’t a lot of excess film around it.
Step 5: I placed the images face down on the canvas pillow in the desired position. Placing a press cloth on top, I ironed the images following the directions of the fusible web.
Step 6: Finally, I peeled off the protective backing of the Craft Attitude film to reveal the perfectly applied images. I was so happy this worked! Like I said, I had never used fusible web with Craft Attitude before, and this worked so well in making the images permanent. So I guess you could say, when it came to fusible web, I was “like a virgin.”
And be sure to hop on over to see today’s other fabulous products and projects.
Wow a great way to make a personalized gift thanks for the tutorial.
Creative idea for a “NaNa” and grand”child” keepsake.
so nice! thanks for the idea!
Fantastic gift idea and so easy to do. This holiday is all handmade gifts from me, thanks for the inspiration.
Madonna and Child! Love your humor!
Fun thing to do. Thank you for showing it.
Madonna and Child — OMG this is freaking awesome!! Love it!
Great pillow! Love the clear pictures.
Fabulous project. I love your take on Madonna and Child! LOL!
What a feakin’ cool pillow! Love your “Madonna and Child” pillow. Thanks for sharing this fun tutorial.
Hello!
Great tutorial – thank you! Wishing you a happy day!
Hugs,
Barbara Diane
What a great pun and an interesting product. Great instructions – I will have to try it
Love this pillow and your take on Madonna & Child! I bought some of your products a while ago and forgot all about it after I moved into my new craft room. I am going to dig it out and use it on some canvas bags and hats that I had leftover from another project!!!
Thanks for reminding me to get it out and use it!!!!
Love you sense of humor! Too funny! Love your technique and tutorial too.
Wonderful project!
this company is brand new to me as we don’t have it here in the uk xx
Oh you crack me up! This is pure genius…”Madonna & Child” on a pillow? Who wouldn’t want that? I for one am in love with it. Thanks for sharing your super clever craftiness 🙂
Amy*
Very fun project. Thanks!
Love it!!
Took a moment, but I got it. Thanks for the tutorial.
I like this idea!
cool idea!
fun stuff!:)
Great product; thanks for the intro to it, love your sense of humor!
Such a neat project and looks so easy!
Love these two celebs and the pillow idea!
What a great gift idea! TFS!
Great pillow. I love this idea.
Amy Jones
Love photo transfers and have never tried this technique. Your tutorial is great, so easy to follow. The pillow is a really original idea. I can’t top that one. Thanks for sharing.
Thats a great idea for a gift – so effective!
Great pillow, love the humor!
Nice pillow!
Cute idea!
Wow! Love the pillow. I’ m going to try making one. Thanks much for the tutorial!
That is so clever! I haven’t tried this product before. I can’t wait to try it.
How cool is that!!! Awesome! I really want to try this idea:)
Great technique for making a wonderful gift.
<3 J
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LOve this idea for really personalized and individual gift idea
Ha! Love it!
Very fun. Also like the pun Madonna and Child. (I love Julia Child.)
A fun & easy gifting idea. Thank you for sharing it.
Oh my goodness. How easy this would be to make a gift for a loved one. I just love this idea. Thank you so much for showing us how.
Awesome project – and I love the play on names!
LOL! Cute!
Seriously fantastic idea. Pinning it because I need to make as hoping list of products, I know exactly what I will make for my mom! TFS!
This is toooooo funny
Fun pillow.
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Love the pillow. Going to have to try this out.
so cute! t.igo
What a great gift this pillow will make. I may try this as soon as I can get the products purchased. TFS.
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i love transfer, and this is amazing