There is no better feeling than creating something you love. We've been getting creative at Folky HQ updating some old props and creating some fantastic projects ready for our shows. The beauty of image transfer is that you have a wide range of choice over what you would like to add to your project. Whether you want to add quotes and sentiments, family photos, bold typography or vintage style images, the choice is yours.
We absolutely love plain decorations like this popular free standing Love decoration because they have so much potential for creating something unique. Using a variety of vintage inspired images from our Series 2 Design book, we copied the images using a laser jet printer and applied them randomly around this piece to create this fun project.
Transfers do not have to stay black and white though. With this up cycled tool caddy, we applied the butterflies and dragonflies before adding splashes of colour. To add colour to your project, add water to your acrylic to thin it enough to allow the image to show through and add it to the areas you want to.
One of our favourite Chalky Finish colours is this dreamy Vintage so when someone brought a sad looking wooden mirror in to the office, we just had to give it a make over. Using the 'Angels' quote from our Design book, we combined it with some hand painted angels (from our Series 1 Folky Christmas kit) and stencils. It's gone from unloved trash to treasure :)
This adjustable stool started life in Ikea; plain, black and practical, it was begging to be decorated. Base coating it using white chalky finish, we added our gorgeous Vintage transfer. To soften the look, we played around with our Oriental Blossom flowers. Diverging from the original design, we paired them with leaves we teach you how to paint from our Rosebuds kit. By mixing and matching brushstrokes in this way, we were able to create a unique pattern to compliment the transfer and also work with the shape of the stool.
So, we packed our Starter kit with DecoArt Matte medium, sentiments perfectly designed for each project and a DVD full of instructions to guide you through the process.
Each project you see here used the contents of this kit along with our extra Design book which provides a great collection of images in addition to the sentiments we provide in each of our kits. To find out more about these resources, check out our Series 2 kits here.
For more inspiration and ideas for using the image transfer technique, you can also check out our Pinterest board. Don't forget, we would love to see your creations. Share them with us on our Social media accounts or tag us #youcanfolkit
Happy Folking,
The You Can Folk It team x
