NEW Silhouette Rhinestone Template Material & Rhinestone Setter

Hi there... and happy Friday! Today's project tutorial is a little introduction to some of the new products I briefly mentioned last week. First up, the new rhinestone template material. I used it along with the new champagne rhinestones to add a little bling to my Valentine's Day table setting.

To create the rhinestone heart bag... First, turn the regular cut heart shape into a rhinestone shape using the Rhinestones window in Silhouette studio designer edition. Do this by opening the shape, and resizing it to fit on the canvas bag.  {quick tip: When creating rhinestone templates it is very important to size your shape before adding the rhinestone effect. If you resize it afterwards, it will change the size of the holes and the rhinestones will no longer fit.} If you don't yet have the designer edition of the software, there are rhinestone heart shapes that you can purchase in the online store, you just can't resize those shapes.

Then in the Rhinestones window under 'Rhinestone Effect' select 'Radial fill'. To use the largest rhinestones select 20ss under Rhinestone size. 

Next, place a small piece of the rhinestone template material on your mat and load it into your Silhouette. Then select rhinestone template material from the cut settings menu and click cut. 

Once the template is cut, remove the black template material from the white backing and adhere it to a piece of backing board. {It's nice and durable so you can save the templates to reuse over and over again!}

Then, pour the rhinestones right over the top of the design. 

Next, using a circular motion brush the rhinestones over the template until all of the holes are filled. 

Once all of the rhinestones are in place, place a piece of the transfer tape directly over the shape making sure all of the rhinestones are adhered.

Lift the rhinestone shape off of the template and place on the canvas bag.

Then, cover with a piece of fabric and press with a hot iron until all rhinestones are adhered.

Carefully remove the transfer tape and the bag is ready to add to your holiday place setting, or use as a gift bag. You can't go wrong with a little sparkle.

If you are working on a project, like a card or scrapbook layout that requires just a rhinestone or two instead of breaking out the big iron to set the rhinestones, we've got a new rhinestone setter.

Thanks for stopping by, and have a great weekend!


*as each new product goes live and is available for purchase, I will post updates, so stay tuned!

Shape:
assorted hearts set