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I was browsing through scrapbook sites that I hadn't been to in a long time (I'm too obsessed with this site!) and I was at scrapjazz.com and they had this on the front page. It's very cool and I plan on trying it tonight. Hope it's useful to all of you! Have a great day!
Thanks for posting that site and information.....it's great. I can hardly wait to show all my CM customers. They fall in love with rub-ons and now I can tell them how to make their own too.
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Has anyone tried this yet? I have to admit I'm sceptical because it just sounds too easy and too good to be true. (I can't try it myself at the moment as my printer isn't working.) I'd be interested to hear how you got on.
Ok, so I've fixed the printer and tried this technique, using acetate. It was ok, but the ink "beaded" on the acetate, so didn't produce perfect results. Is acetate the right stuff to use? Has anyone else tried this yet and, if so, what did you use?
I used a page protector that I cut apart and printed on the inside. It worked great. I used color and Word Art on Word. I did forget to mirror the image :oops: I was just so excited to try this out. This will be great for cardmakers. I can use my SU Fonts to print out verses or whatever sayings I want and transfer them to the card. Thanks for sharing. There are so many wonderful people on this site!
I used a page protector that I cut apart and printed on the inside. It worked great. I used color and Word Art on Word. I did forget to mirror the image :oops:
Yes, I failed to mention that I, too, forgot to mirror the image! But it was only a test so it didn't matter. By page protectors do you mean those things that you slide paper into and then stick in a ring binder using the strip of holes down the side? Forgive my ignorance, but I'm foreign and sometimes these things have different names in your country. You say tomayto, I say tomaaaahto, you see.
Yes, I failed to mention that I, too, forgot to mirror the image! But it was only a test so it didn't matter. By page protectors do you mean those things that you slide paper into and then stick in a ring binder using the strip of holes down the side? Forgive my ignorance, but I'm foreign and sometimes these things have different names in your country. You say tomayto, I say tomaaaahto, you see.
Yes that is what the page protectors are here. I just cut one opened and tried that. I cut off the holes and the part connecting it. My transparencies are too expensive and I only had a few of them so I thought I would try a page protector.
I can't figure out how to mirror the image! I played with Word for quite awhile, and even tried too ask the "office assistant" , but I still can't figure it out. Can anyone help? TIA!
Here's how to rotate an image using Word once you have a picture on a document:
1. Right click on your picture. It will either bring up a menu or your picture toolbar. If it brings up a menu - go down 5 choices and click on "show picture toolbar"
2. On the toolbar, click on 8th icon from the left. It's a large purple triangle next to a smaller gray one with an arrow. You'll have to click it twice to get the mirror image. It turns the image 90 degrees per click.
I can't figure out how to mirror the image! I played with Word for quite awhile, and even tried too ask the "office assistant" , but I still can't figure it out. Can anyone help? TIA!
In Word 2003, you do not use the printer ico but actually go to File>Print>Properties>Layout. The mirror option is there. Some programs call it print in reverse.
If you use Word Art, you can format you text and then use the Draw Toolbar to Flip it Horizontal.
Right: I finally got some results! I tried the page protector but it didn't work too well. I've had the best results from acetate, although if I leave the ink to dry fully, it forms 'beads' which result in a 'dotted line' kind of a look.
I've just jumped straight in at the deep end and done several lines of journalling for a scrapbook page. Printed on acetate and applied to the paper almost straight away, so it didn't have time to bead. The result is not exactly as crisp as a shop-bought rub-on; it's slightly patchy but fits in well with the distressed look of the rest of the page (I'm pretty distressed by this page, too, actually, but that's another story!) so I'm quite happy with it. And there's no way the piece of card I used would have gone in the printer - wouldn't have dared print directly on to it in case I ruined it for a start!
I tried it using a transparency and it worked. The lines blurred a bit due to beading as others have mentioned, but it still looked good.
In addition to using MS word, you can use the CK font programs. There is feature called 'mixers' that allows you to flip and rotate your objects as well. I believe it came with the Creative Clips and fonts CD.
__________________ SMILE...you never know whose day you may affect...
I thought I would post with my results also. I printed out on a page protector and also got a little of the beading with the black ink but the words I printed in color ink seemed to come out fine. ?? I have no clue why but all in all I think it's pretty cool when you are in a fix and can't run your paper through the printer and have chicken scratch handwriting like me! It also does create a kind of distressed look. When I get my camera to attach to the computer correctly I will download the card I made with it. Have a delightful evening everyone!
-Heidi :0)
__________________ {Heidi} Trying to get ready for my first craft show!
I know this was posted awhile ago, but I finally got around to trying it and LOVED IT. What I found is that if I print my image or saying and then do the rub-on right away the color transfers clearer than if I wait 5-10 minutes. I used color inkjet transparancies from Office Depot on an HP Officejet 6110 all-in-one. After I did the rub-on I wiped off the excess ink and was able to use the transparancy over again.
How to make your own rub-ons! Check it out!
