Crafty Chica Juicy Inks Fabric Markers

Saturday afternoon I received a wonderful surprise in the mail, my Crafty Chica product tester package! I opened it to find not one but two products, the Crafty Chica Juicy Inks fabric markers and an awesome set of iron on transfers.
I knew exactly what I wanted to to with my markers. For a while I've been playing with the idea of a Color-Your-Own Cucuy doll, or even an hand colored artist series of Cucuys. I ran over to my computer and printed out a blank Cucuy doll, transferred it on to some white cotton fabric, and headed into my studio to get to work.

As a loyal follower of the Crafty Chica I know she loves tie dye, so I decided to create a tie dye style print on to my Cucuy.
I started off by creating some star burst designs with the blue Juicy Ink marker. I then added the purple and green colors over the star bursts. The colors blended very easily and did not mess up the marker tips. I then blended the pink and orange colors onto the Cucuy's fur, to create a hair like texture. I let the inks set over night.

The next day I pinned and sewed the Cucuy together. Turned him, stuffed him and closed him up. I love the way he came out. He reminds me a little of the Grateful Dead bear. I can't wait to color a few more.

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I've created a plushie coloring sheet for you to create your own hand colored plushie.
You will need:
White cotton fabric
T-shirt transfer paper
Crafty Chica Juicy Ink Markers
an Iron
sewing machine
thread
scissors
printer
cotton/poly stuffing

I'd love to see your glue gun plushie creations :)

* I received this complimentary product(s) from CraftyChica.com as part of the Crafty Chica Design Team, was asked to share an original DIY project.

Tutorial: Sequined Sugar Skull Hairclip/ Pin

 

 It's been a while since I've written a tutorial, but I thought with Dia de los Muertos right around the corner now was a good time. I LOVE shiny, sparkly things. Sequins is #1 on my list of favorite sparkly objects. Growing up my mom use to make sequined pins for every holiday. I loved to watch her make the pins. Every now and then she let me help out. I must say I've improved over the years. (Last year I made 2 giant sequined pieces.) Once you've gotten past the first few sequins it gets super easy, you can zone out in front of the tv for a while and just keep going.

 To make your own sequined hairclip/ pin you'll need the following:

White pre stiffened felt

Black sticker felt

Extra fine beading needles

Clear seed beads

Thread- black & white

Ball point pen

Scissors

Pin back

Hair clip

Sequins- 

8mm white

8mm black

5mm black

5mm purple

5mm teal

5mm orange

Glue gun

Pattern

 Step 1: Draw the image onto white felt with a ball point pen. (Ball point pens are best for drawing on felt because they write smoothly and do not bleed.)