Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Rockabilly Necktie with Lesley Riley's TAP!

I love a good heat transfer project and this one rocks!  I made it in honor of my dad who had vintage 1950's pin-up calendars in the back of his car shop when I was a kid.  He even had a necktie with a pin-up girl printed on the inside!  For this project I used the BEST product around for home printer heat transfers......It's Lesley Riley's TAP (Transfer Artist Paper) from C&T Publishing, and it's amazing.  You can heat transfer on to anything!  BTW, if you want to win some, just leave a comment on my video in the comment section and you'll be entered, OK!  Good luck!


Here's the how-to video
My dad had these all over his office wall! 
Today's Rockabilly looks inspired by the 1950's
You'll need:
Pin-up images
Light color necktie
Scissors
Iron
Home printer/copy machine 
Load a sheet of TAP in your copier 
 Print out your pin-up
 Place the tie on the image and trace around it
Cut out your tie shape 
 Make sure it fits on the tie.  Cut it a bit smaller than the tie so that none of the edges are hanging over the edge of the tie
 Trim off any excess white and around your image
Position it on the tie 
Press and peel according to the directions on the TAP package

4 comments:

  1. Excellent how-too Mark. Thanks for sharing our love of TAP!

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  2. The video tutorial ROCKS! I would love to win me some paper and make this.

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  3. Thanks for the how-to I need to get a hold of some TAP paper! I waitress at Carrabba's and wear a tie with my uniform every day! Pinning this for later:)

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  4. Thanks for the how-to I need to get a hold of some TAP paper! I waitress at Carrabba's and wear a tie with my uniform every day! Pinning this for later:)

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