So I had been planning on making these custom onesies for a baby shower the last few months and then SURPRISE!!! it's this weekend. So I went out and bought some plain white onesies and a few stamp pads. I saw allot of blogs recommending the VersaCraft pad but I needed to find something local and ended up with the ColorBox CRAFTER'S inks. I was going for a motocross/ dirt bike theme and had bought the perfect rubber stamp. I also bought a diecast dirt bike to use the wheels as a stamp (I am putting the dirt bike into the gift basket).
I started by practicing on an old t-shirt to see how much ink and pressure I needed to get the results I wanted. You don't want to press your stamp into the ink, instead tap your stamp lightly and repeatedly onto the ink pad. I had no trouble while working on the onesies, just pressed the stamp firmly down and held for a few seconds. It was so much easier than i thought.
I also tried to stamp using fabric paint and had no luck. I could not get crisp edges with the paint. I am sure there is a trick but I haven't tried very much yet.
YOU MUST HEAT SET fabric ink to make it permanent. When the ink is completely dry, use a hot dry iron and iron each stamped area for 2 minute's. I used a piece of parchment paper on top of the onesies between the iron and the fabric. It is also important to wait a week or two before washing.
Here they are.....
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