Ways to use glitter featured on show

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Creative Living

Information on making a velvet stamped photo book, using fondant to make farm animals for cakes, and ways to use glitter products will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and noon Thursday.

Lisa Rojas is a mixed media artist and designer, and she’s going to show how to make a beautiful velvet stamped photo book. Who knew you could stamp on elegant fabric? Her company is Stampin’ Queen Creations in Victorville, California.

Laura Haselden is a self-taught cake decorating wonder! She’s going to demonstrate using fondant to make a variety of animals, including pigs. She’ll show how to form the body parts, attach them and use edible markers for detail work. Her business is called Simply Sweet — Cakes by Laura and she lives in Germany.

Barbara Trombley is president of Art Institute Glitter, Inc., and she’s going to show how to use various glitter products to decorate plates, ornaments, books, candles, candle holders and even tissue boxes. Trombley lives in Cottonwood, Arizona.

Information on making party recipes, sewing scalloped edges on clothing and making perfect darts will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” noon Tuesday and 2 p.m. Saturday.

Whether it’s time for the Super Bowl Party or any special occasion, cookbook author, Janel Franklin will share recipes that are sure to be a big hit. These recipes can be made ahead of time, frozen and reheated, and even make good “leftovers” after the big party. Her company is Jan-Su Publications, and she lives in Tahoka, Texas.

Sewing expert Vivian Lavinskas will demonstrate a solution to making scalloped edges on clothing and tell how to prevent the edges from raveling. She is with Singer Sewing Co. in Lavergne, Tennessee.

Sheri McKillop is the executive vice president with Unique Solutions, and she’ll talk about the different types of darts in garments, show how to correctly sew a dart, how to secure the threads, and then how to press the fabric for a more professional look. She’s from Nova Scotia, British Columbia.

Velvet stamped photo album

I love the look of stamped velvet. You can achieve such a beautiful look with a rubber stamp and an iron.

The most important tip to remember about working on any project that has velvet stamping is to use the Rayon/Acetate velvet. It will cost a little more, but it is the only way to achieve the look you want. The cheaper types of velvet will not do your project justice.

Start by stamping your image onto paper to determine your pattern. Lightly spray the back side of velvet with water. Lay the stamp on the table with the rubber side facing up. Place the velvet right side down on the stamp image. Place the iron on the velvet for five seconds. Lift the iron straight up to avoid slipping. Repeat pattern all over velvet. Place the stamped velvet over the cardboard and adhere with the Fabri-Tac™ glue. Add black trim around the stamped velvet and adhere with the Fabri-Tac™ glue. Secure the velvet stamped cardboard to the cover of a spiral bound photo album and then glue in place. Decorate as desired.

“Creative Living” is produced and hosted by Sheryl Borden. The show is carried by more than 118 PBS stations in the United States, Canada, Guam and Puerto Rico and is distributed by Westlink, Albuquerque.