Image transfers are magic to me. The ability to produce perfect lettering on a piece of wood without having to do it freehand is wonderful. There are many ways of transferring, but most use either heat or solvents which won't work on a painted surface. This will work. Think rub-ons.
Lori Barker helped me with this. You can view her fantastic artwork here.
Materials
overhead transparency film
2 painted boards (9"x 12")
scotch tape
clear spray paint
carpenter's glue
Tools
ink jet printer
wooden stick (popsicle stick or bone folder)
drill
Download "All You Need is Love" here or "Love is All You Need" here. Print it using a borderless letter size on a piece of overhead transparency film. Set your print command to "transparency" or "glossy photo paper". You can compose your own lettering and reverse it (important). The command for reversal in Photoshop is "flip horizontal". You need to save your image as a picture in Word then flip it (goggle for instructions). Some printers will reverse. Look for the commands of "flip, reverse or mirror" in your computer application.
The lettering on the film will be very wet when it comes out of the printer. Handle carefully. I heat the lettering with a hair dryer (a heat gun may melt the film) and let it sit for awhile. Turn it over so that the printed side is down and lay it gently on your painted surface. Tape it in the middle of each side so that the film won't slip. Rub with your wooden stick. Lift to see if everything has transferred leaving the tape in place. Continue to rub until everything has transferred. Remove the film. The lettering will be gray.
The image is water soluble so any mistakes can be removed with a damp Qtip. If you accidently remove something you want to keep, place the film back on the surface and rub again. (it may work)
Start with a very light coat of clear spray to seal and protect the image. Spray several coats after the initial one is dry to fully waterproof.
Update:
check out this post for an update on transfers
38 comments:
Aww, it's beautiful! What a fun project. Thanks so much for this, I'll be linking. Off to check out Loris' site!
What a great idea! Thanks!
Okay, that is super cool! Thanks for sharing!
Transfer sheets are wonderful for embedding in resin, also. Thats how you get those "floating" words!
Very nice project.
You're on fire this week, Gail! I love this, the carving, and the cloche - and I shared links to them all on twitter, crediting you of course. Thanks for all the great inspiration!
Kelly-
Tutorial please!
Wow, this is beautiful. Thanks for sharing this with us! I love it! as with all your other projects!
You could do the same thing by making a photo copy of anything (reversed) and using a nasty liquid substance called "Xylol" available in most hardware stores. Lay the paper down on whatever you want to transfer to (tshirts, wood, other paper) paint the back with the xylol and rub hard.
Great project! Thanks for sharing!
Terrific! I always wanted to make my own rub on letters. Thanks for sharing the secret.
Miranda-
Thanks for the info on Xylol. I'll have to try it. If it is like most transfer liquids (acetone, xylene, etc), you can't use it on painted surfaces as it interacts with the paint. Solvents are great on paper, fabric and raw wood, but not on paint.
Great project and it's so nice of you to share so we can play too :)
Thank you for the tutorial. Can the overhead transparency film be used more than once?
Kimberly-
Yes, transparencies can be used over and over. Just wash the ink off and allow to dry.
will it work with color inks? or only black?
giolou-
It should work just fine with colors. If they behave like the black, which transfers (on the painted surface) as gray, the colors should be subdued. Experiment!
Can't wait to try this! oh the possibilities.
{gail~ its really simple. Use color inkjet transparencies in your printer {i get mine from office depot}, and print your image/words, same as you would on paper. Trim to fit your piece. Play around with embedding in resin.
I saw this in a magazine and thought many of you would be interested in it:
http://www.goldenpaints.com/mixmoremedia/digiground.php
KeLLyaNN-
Thanks for the info. I love the Golden Paint co. My track record with resin is less than stellar so I'll have to do a bit of experimenting.
My mind is spinning as we speak.
Resin is very persnickety....you really do have to spend time playing with it. Have fun!
That looks great. Did you use "regular" transparency film or the ones designed for ink jet printers that have a gummy coating that keeps them from smudging?
Thanks for all of the wonderful comments. The questions made me look at this again. Can you transfer colors? Which transparency film do you use? Which side?
Check out this post. http://www.cantstopmakingthings.com/2010/02/transfer-update.html.
Hopefully I've added to the information highway.
(sorry I don't know how to imbed the post URL. It's not the next post, but the one above that)
love is what everybody needs, sometimes we are very focus on our work and we don't think in love for any second, so it is amazing to have a very good monday and living it with love.
Super-duper! Seriously, I'm not kidding!
This is a nice post given here. Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks for sharing this with us! I love it! as with all your other projects.logo design
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I am so excited about this idea. I just ran out and bought the ink jet transparency film and printed some words but they dont transfer off. I have tried different surfaces, paper, painted surface, even my desk top. Soooo what am I doing wrong? Help please
OK I figured out the answer to my last question ( use smooth side) Its all in the details LOL. Now I have a new question Im trying to print white on black paint. The printer seems to not see white so I have shaded it a but But the pale colors dont show up on the painted surface. Any Ideas???? How about does anyone know of a font that is outlined like sports letters. I had some for the embroidery machine but its all gone now.
TIA I love crafting!!!!!
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