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UTEE Resist on Fabric

Amy McIntire, Angel #1571
Off-Road Inksters
Intermedia Scramping Designer

Supply List:

• Mini Stems (TAC) 

• VersaMark ink  (Tsukineko, Inc) 

• Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel - UTEE (Ranger industries)

• Aquamarine dye (Making Memories) 

• 3 - Natural canvas pieces; 
	cut to size (after washing):  6” x 6”, 2” x 2”, 3 ½” x 1” and 2” x 2” 

• Sage Green Stripe paper (Me & My Big Ideas); 
	cut to size: 1” x ½”, 1 ½” x 1 ½”, 2” x ¾” and 2 ½” x 2 ½”

• Light Blue Weave paper (Me & My Big Ideas); 
	cut to size: 2 ½” x 1”, 1” x 3” and 1 ½” x 1 ½” 

• Oatmeal paper (Royal Crafts) 

• Photo; cut to size: 4” x 3” 

• Embossing heat tool (Marvy Uchida) 

• Spray bottle 

• Funnel 

• Warm water  

• Iron 

• Freezer paper 

• Adhesive Dots  (Zots) 

• Blue fiber (Unknown) 

• Antique Silver eyelets (Making Memories) 

• Eyelet tools (Karen Foster Click-it tool)

• 1/8” hole punch 

• Clear binding disks (Rollabind)

• Green coated copper wire – 24 gauge (Unknown) 

• Fine tip marker 

Instructions:

1.         Use funnel to add the powdered dye into spray bottle. Then add equal parts warm water 

to the dye. Replace cap and shake well.

2.         Pre-wash canvas fabric in warm water, dry. Bottom edges will naturally fray after wash 

(some twisted string edges may need to be trimmed off with scissors).

3.         Take the 6” x 6” canvas piece and stamp on design with VersaMark ink. Sprinkle on the UTEE 

and melt with heat tool (do this step in a well lit area as image will be hard to see since it is 

clear). Return excess UTEE back inti the container.

4.         Spray on the ink mixture onto stamped canvas, especially covering the stamped images. 

Set aside and let dry. **Make sure to do this step over a trashcan, sink or outdoors, as dye 

tends to splatter about when sprayed. 

5.         Take dyed canvas and place between two sheets of freezer paper (shinny side down). 

Take a warm/dry iron and press fabric (do this for about 10 seconds). Remove iron and 

peel freezer paper off the canvas. The heat from the iron cases the UTEE to melt leaving 

behind the embossed image, creating a batik-like effect.

6.         Layer Green Stripe (except for the 2 1/” x 2 ½” piece), Blue Weave papers (except for 

the 1 ½” x 1 ½” piece) and the 3 ½” x 1” canvas piece as shown. Place cut picture onto 

the layered mat. Adhere clear binding disks to the mat corners with adhesive dots.

7.         Punch a 1/8” hole into the bottom right corner of the fabric, attach eyelet with eyelet 

tool. 

8.         Create dangling tag with 2 ½” x 2 ½” Sage Green paper, 1 ½” x 1 ½” Light Blue Weave 

paper and torn scrap of oatmeal cardstock. (2 ½” in length). Take 2” x 2” canvas piece and 

dye with the same blue ink as the 6” x ^6” canvas piece, let dry.

9.         Construct the tag pieces, add journaling onto the blue paper square and punch a 1/8” hole 

in the top center. Attach another eyelet and tie a blue fiber through hole. Attach dangling tag 

with wire and twist in the back to secure, trim off access if necessary.

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