Personalized Pencil Pouch

It's back to school time!  Gotta get all the school supplies organized and ready for another year!  The perfect way haul all of those supplies to school is

A Personalized Pencil Pouch

I found this plain canvas pouch at Hobby Lobby.

I made a design and cut it out with my silhouette in freezer paper.

{Here is the secret to cut freezer paper with the Silhouette}

After finishing the design you want to cut out,

1.  Flip the design horizontally

2.  Load the paper on the cutting mat shiny side up.

3.  Cut freezer paper with the vellum setting.

The freezer paper is now a stencil.  The shiny side is wax and it melts onto the fabric with an iron.  

Pull the freezer paper stencil off the cutting mat and discard the letters.  Make sure to keep the inner letter pieces like for O, P, R, etc.

Iron the stencil onto the canvas bag using a medium heat setting.  Make sure to carefully iron the little bitty pieces that go inside the round letters.

Using fabric paint and a sponge pouncer dab the paint onto the word.  Pouncing will keep the paint from bleeding underneath the stencil.

For the other part of the saying, I used glitter and adhesive for fabric.

I covered the painted portion with a paper towel so it wouldn't get glitter on it.

The adhesive package says to let the piece lie flat for 2 hours to dry.

Then brush off the excess glitter and peel the freezer paper off.

I used a tiny paint brush to remove the errant glitter.

Linking up to:  The Creative Circle

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It is another month of the Inspire My Creativity Link Party

Check out the impressive school themed projects my blogging friends have created.

Shani  |  Sunshine & Munchkins

Christine  |  Swordfights & Starry Nights

Meg  |  See The Happy

Jaclyn  |  The Dotted Nest

Victoria  |  Dazzle While Frazzled

Julia  |  The Quiet Grove

Marie  |  The Inspiration Vault

Stephanie  |  The Gifty Girl

Brooke  |  My Beautiful Mess

Heather  |  Glitter On A Dime

Rachel  |  Adventures of a DIY Mom

Niki  |  365 Days of Crafts

Jessica  |  Designers Sweet Spot

Jenny  |  Cookies, Coffee and Crafts

Then link up any of your school related projects!

An InLinkz Link-up

Please come back next month, on the 2nd Wednesday of the month, September 12, when we will 

have the theme Leaves.