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One thing you might want to try...
Try coloring your tiles with alcohol inks before you stamp the stazon. I do them with the polished stone tech - and then stamp with a background stamp.
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Absolutely! I love using the alcohol inks on the glazed tiles. I always say I'm going to stamp on them afterwards, but usually I like the look so much that I end up just leaving them. The larger tiles work great for trivets- just make sure you have something on the back. My aunt uses craft foam that she cuts to size, I like to use recycled cork either from wine bottles or old cork boards that my kids have destroyed.
With the alcohol inks there are lots of ways to apply your stuff- you can get the special blending solution (if the ink is applied first the blending solution take the color and spreads it to the edges of teh solution puddle. If applied before the inks it just allows the inks to run more freely) or you can use regular rubbing alcohol. I love love love the rubbing alcohol look. I spritz it out of a old hairspray bottle and the first spritz on your inked tile "bubbles" the ink- makes it look like pointalism- very cool. If you apply more, however, it will end up working like a much much cheaper alternative to the blending solution. I usually spray my finished pieces with some matte sealer (be careful what sealers you use- lots of them will change the colors of your inks) and then finished! Very addictive to play with the tiles!
Once you've gotten some of the alcohol ink on the tile, stamped images do seem to come out a bit crisper to me. HTH!
