This is my youngest son, when he was 2 1/2 years old, at the Pumpkin Patch at a local farm.
Transfer method:
Great White Imaging & Photo Paper (www.gotoforms.com)
Golden's Gel Medium Matte Finish (art section of Michael's)
Perfect Paper Adhesive (glue section of Michael's)
tool to burnish with
Print picture on paper listed above. Using your finger (or a brush) smear the gel medium over the photo, going past the edges of the photo. Place the tile face-down on the photo. Flip them both over and burnish the photo onto the tile. I use my hand, but you can also use a hard rubber brayer. Pull the paper up quickly. If there are any fuzzies left from the paper, carefully remove them without disturbing the image. Let dry. Seal with Perfect Paper Adhesive.
This doesn't take long at all! Mine was first dry in just a few minutes, and the Perfect Paper Adhesive dried in an hour.
** This method reverses the image from the picture! So, if you have a picture with words or letters, manipulate it first in your photo editing program so that it prints in reverse. Then it will be correct on the tile. I don't have that ability in my program, so this actually is opposite of my original photo. **
Try this on dominoes!
Date: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 GMT Views: 2115
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Registered: May 5, 2004 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 8273
Tue, Nov 23, 2004 @ 4:18 PM
Marcia your son is adorable. I just want to give him a great big hug. Your tile is great. I am saving this also because I want to be able to do this. Thanks for the instructions.
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Registered: January 25, 2004 Location: atlanta Posts: 2622
Wed, Nov 24, 2004 @ 7:22 AM
OMGoodness! You know what I just thought? These would make cool place settings at Thanksgiving or Christmas (or any other) dinner! Probably easy to do if you have pics of everyone ;) Oooh! And what about if you had baby pics of everyone? Then they'd all have to guess where they sit!