Thursday, September 6, 2007

DIY Fobbie Using Fiber and Rubberstamp



My friend Barbara just gave me some beautiful do-it-yourself fobbies she did using Angelina fibers and some rubberstamps. These are her comments:

Working with Angelina Fibers and Fobbies is so easy and fast. Over the Labor Day weekend I had a whole day to myself and set up to enjoy the day and create my first Fobbies. I sponged stamped the Fobbies typically mixing a few colors to match the fibers I was going to use. First you take a rubber stamp and stamp in on a Brilliance ink pad (this is the ink recommended by the Angelina Fiber folks). Then you put the stamp with the ink side up. Take your Angelina Fiber and tear it gently a few times. At this point I was mixing colors and so you tear them together and get them to mix in with each other. Place that on the rubber stamp and then place cooking parchment paper over the fiber and stamp. Move a hot iron over it until you can kind of see the pattern through the parchment paper. It's very fast! Take of the paper and you will find the fibers have fused and the ink is dried. I then used my double sided tape to place the design on the Fobbie. The sky is the limit on design and it's so fast and easy. I made about 15 Fobbies while playing. I kept thinking of different combinations of color and designs. Now I have a bunch of Fobbies ready for any package I need. They tuck away nicely and don't get smashed like bows do. What I really love is that they can just keep being reused to whomever they are given to. Isn't recycling a beautiful thing? I also made some that went nicely with the frame Fobbies. I sponged stamped them as well to add some more color variation. Now I want to try out some holiday themed Fobbies that can wrap a package but then be turned into an ornament as well. I'd love to see what other folks come up with. Anyone else use Angelina Fibers? Liz, thanks for making such an addicting and fun item. I have gotten so many compliments on the Fobbies I have made.
Cheers everyone! Barbara Jean

1 comment:

Beadster58 said...

Working with Angelina Fibers and Fobbies is so easy and fast. Over the Labor Day weekend I had a whole day to myself and set up to enjoy the day and create my first Fobbies. I sponged stamped the Fobbies typically mixing a few colors to match the fibers I was going to use. First you take a rubber stamp and stamp in on a Brilliance ink pad (this is the ink recommended by the Angelina Fiber folks). Then you put the stamp with the ink side up. Take your Angelina Fiber and tear it gently a few times. At this point I was mixing colors and so you tear them together and get them to mix in with each other. Place that on the rubber stamp and then place cooking parchment paper over the fiber and stamp. Move a hot iron over it until you can kind of see the pattern through the parchment paper. It's very fast! Take of the paper and you will find the fibers have fused and the ink is dried. I then used my double sided tape to place the design on the Fobbie. The sky is the limit on design and it's so fast and easy. I made about 15 Fobbies while playing. I kept thinking of different combinations of color and designs. Now I have a bunch of Fobbies ready for any package I need. They tuck away nicely and don't get smashed like bows do. What I really love is that they can just keep being reused to whomever they are given to. Isn't recycling a beautiful thing? I also made some that went nicely with the frame Fobbies. I sponged stamped them as well to add some more color variation. Now I want to try out some holiday themed Fobbies that can wrap a package but then be turned into an ornament as well. I'd love to see what other folks come up with. Anyone else use Angelina Fibers? Liz, thanks for making such an addicting and fun item. I have gotten so many compliments on the Fobbies I have made.
Cheers everyone! Barbara Jean