K's Kraftology: Sublimation fun with Artesprix

My friends! I'm SO excited about some brand new products now available from Artesprix! If you aren't familiar with Artesprix, they are the creators of the Original Sublimation markers. Basically, you create a design on regular copy paper with the markers and use a heat press to transfer the image to polyester or polyester coated blanks. I fell in love with their products soon after they hit the marker.

Fast forward to today. They have added 8 colors of stamp ink pads to their line up. AND, wait for it, FIVE colors of sublimation acrylic paint. And a lightening agent so you can create a rainbow of different colors!

I've got two fun projects to share with you. The first one is a pot holder. It seemed like the perfect candidate to use with this gorgeous Daylily & Barberry from Colorado Craft.

The first step is to trace the potholder onto a piece of regular copy paper.

I opened up seven different colors of ink pads and grabbed my finger daubers. I also grabbed my Memory Misti. This made this process a WHOLE lot easier. I dabbed on the color to one section, stamped, and cleaned. Then I inked up the next section with a different color. I repeated this seven times until I had a complete pattern. This is what it looked like when I was done.

I turned on my Cricut Easy Press to 400 degrees. While it heated up I taped the design to the blank. I created a sandwich of protective paper, then the copy paper, the blank, and a final layer of protective paper. Apply heat for 50 seconds.

I let it cool down for a moment and then carefully peeled up one edge. You always want to do a peek test to make sure it looks good. And then the full reveal!

Look at how vivid and bright those colors are!

I had so much fun making the pot holder, I had to try my hand at another project. I grabbed the bookmark blank from my stash and got to work.

Same as before I traced around my blank. I used some letter dies and masking paper to create my word. Remember, these will need to be mirrored. I made sure to cut them out from the sticky side instead of the regular side.

I used the pink and purple ink pads directly on the background stamp. I just alternated between the two colors. I made sure to overlap a little so the transistions weren't too harsh. Then I peeled off the letter masks and here was the result.