We interrupt this tutorial for the clue
to May’s Project Helper Contest:
back to the regularly scheduled tutorial….
I found plain cotton tea towels at KMart the other day and decided to add a little bling with the Silhouette Rhinestone Kit. If you don’t have a Silhouette, please bear with me. There aren’t too many tutorials out there. By writing up a tutorial, I hope to help someone. Here is how I did it. The Silhouette Rhinestone kit comes with everything you need!
1. I purchased a “key” image from the Silhouette Online Store.
2. It has a warning to NOT RESIZE and to remove the text. I didn’t resize and instead of removing the text, I moved it on the page so it will print near the edge (saves on special paper) and made sure the text was off the page. Hit the ‘send to Silhouette’ button.
3. I used setting 3 for speed and 33 for thickness.
4. Feed a piece of the rhinestone template paper (blue side up) into the Silhouette. Use the pink tip and send to cut.
5. I cut my shape out to a smaller size (aga
in, saving a portion of the paper for another project).
in, saving a portion of the paper for another project).
6. Quickly peel away blue side from the backing.
7. Peel off the circles that didn’t come off.
8. Apply to the backing board.
9. I used the 10ss size (according to the size of holes in my template). Pour onto the backing board.
10. Using the replacement brush, gently move rhinestones over the template, filling as many holes as you can.
11. The Pick-Me-Up tool has two pieces. One that picks up and one to use for pushing rhinestones into place. Using both, fill remaining holes in the template and take away rhinestones not needed.
12. Cut a piece of transfer paper to fit the template.
13. Remove backing and place clear sticky side down over rhinestone design. Smooth over with fingers.
14. Pull back. Rhinestone design pattern will be on sticky side of transfer paper.
15. Place onto fabric. (I was able to remove and re-stick when I made a mistake before ironing.)
16. Put a piece of thin material over the design and iron.
17. Pull away transfer paper (if rhinestones come up, place back down and iron again).
18. Flip. Put material over back side and iron (this helps set the glue).
All done in less than an hour!
Just in time for Mother’s Day!
SPRING SPECIAL!
You can purchase:
A Silhouette SD
The Rhinestone starter kit
3 additional packs of rhinestones
And 1 Pick Me Up tool
ALL FOR $229!
Shop at Silhouette America, click the bundle icon and use discount code “show off”
This Rhinestone Bundle includes:
The Silhouette SD
2 sheets of rhinestone template material
2 sheets of rhinestone transfer tape
2 rhinestone backing boards
1 rhinestone placement brush
1 CD of rhinestone images
1 pack of clear 10ss rhinestones
1 pack of clear 16ss rhinestones
1 pack of clear 20ss rhinestones
1 pack of pink 10ss rhinestones
and
1 Pick-Me-Up tool
This is an incredible deal worth $125 in savings!
Also, if you already have a Silhouette, all rhinestone products will be 30% off.
This promotion will run from April 21st-April 26th. You are eligible for this promotion by using the unique promo code: SHOWOFF.
The giveaway below is closed.
If you’ve read this far, thanks! I have a little surprise for you!
I’m giving away the cotton ‘bling’ tea towel PLUS another little special surprise made by me!
1. Leave a comment about one of your favorite things about spring.
2. Comment that you’ve used the “show off” code for your Silhouette purchase for one more chance.
Comments now through midnight on Friday 4/22 will be entered. Winner announced Sat. US delivery only. 🙂
Good luck!
*** Winners from last month who email me will get a chance to work with me for a “Silhouette-something” using the materials I have in stock for a project for their home.
Your towel turned out so cute! My favorite thing about spring all the flowers start blooming again and I can start my garden!
The towel is adorable! I LOVE spring colors. The bright eggs and flowers, and really make me warm and fuzzy inside.
This towel is such a cute idea! My favorite thing about spring is the birds chirping and all the new flowers on the trees.
heididrake56@yahoo.com
How have only three people entered this cool giveaway so far?!?! 🙂 My favorite thing about Spring is GREEN! It is so nice to see green again after gray slushy winters. I wish I could have a second entry by purchasing a Silhouette…..the machine of my dreams……someday. 🙂
Love the blinged out towel! My favorite thing about spring is the smell of lilacs as I walk towards my front door. Not blooming yet, but we just finished up with snow. Thanks for sharing and for hosting this giveaway!
love the towel (and your blog!) and my favorite part of spring is the blooming flowers and how everything instantly greens up! Of course my daffodils are crying this morning because its snowing…again 🙁
Ooh, la, la! Very blingy. I love it, and how exciting is that Silhouette offer, but I'm pretty sure my husband will say, "Why do you need that when you already have a Cricut?" Men just don't understand…lol!
Miranda
http://www.justdrinkacoke.blogspot.com
Love flowers, love sunlight, love all the green. Spring is here yay!
Cute towel! I love the sight of colorful flowers and the chirping birds. Sun is always good too!
Adorable – would love to win it!
The chirping birds are music to my ears.
The flowers, the warmer temps, the budding trees….what's not to like about Spring?
(except of course the tornadoes that usually happen this time of year)
that was a fun project. I love spring. I go crazy with bulbs. I start them so I have daffodils and hyacinths all over the house. I put out bird houses and get the bird feeders stocked up. I love the beautiful scent of the bulbs, drinking coffee and watching the birdies outside.
Heather.foster@kp.org
Ooh I love this project. Some of my favorite things about spring are driving with my sunroof open, and spending afternoons after work on my back patio. Mmmm. Nothing better.
Thanks for the chance!
My favorite thing about spring is the trees blossoming. There is one outside my front door that I just love! Thanks for the chance – alicedemskehansen at gmail.com
I love the towel…my favorite thing about spring time is to just get out walk and plant seed with my daughter and watch them grow into a beautiful plants with her and love to watch her get amazed and that sparkle in her every when she sees birds and flowers.
I love the flowers in bloom and the heat.
I love lilacs and hyacinth. The aroma of spring. Delightful!
That is a cute towel!
My favorite thing about spring is being able to finally mow the yard and smell fresh cut grass!
I love everything about spring, but mostly I love when all the snow melts (I live in Fairbanks Alaska) and things start to turn GREEN again. Green is definitely a serious plus after 8 months of white. 😀
Thank you for the opportunity! Spring is just so wonderful, he rejuvenates my soul and I love to gift during spring to make others smile! I also love all the bluebonnets in Texas and pressing them! Happy Easter! Pamie G.
pamiegsewing@thegrahamfam.com
Great bling! I love the melting pot of smells!!
I don't usually leave comments on blogs, but, I wanted to thank you for making this tutorial. I have a silhouette and have been frustrated in trying to figure out some of its functions. Thanks very much!
I love this! My fav thing about spring is all the flowers
cathyjohnson07@gmail.com
My favorite thing about spring? With all the flowers, the countryside looks like a painting in a museum – all those beautiful flowers. My least favorite thing? All those flowers. They make my allergies go crazy! But I still love 'em.