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I find that if I don't use a really good quality ink pad my colors run. It is really disheartening after working so long on them.
Someone at a craft fair asked me if the times could be left outside. Since I didn't know the answer I tried it. My tiles were baked when I finished coloring the image, then coated with Crystal Effects. So far, after a month of freezing temps and rain, the tile is holding up just fine.
For the bottom of the tiles I took a 1/2 inch square punch and punched out pieces of sticky-backed fun foam. No smell, no mess, right size.
Question- why is it impossible to emboss a tumbled tile? I tried it twice, using my heat embossing tool. The tile got hot and the embossing powder flaked right off. Is there a way to emboss tile?
Question- why is it impossible to emboss a tumbled tile? I tried it twice, using my heat embossing tool. The tile got hot and the embossing powder flaked right off. Is there a way to emboss tile?
All my tile work is done on glazed tiles. I have been able to emboss on those. And I think it's because the ink doesn't absorb into the tile. It stays wet. If your going to emboss them I would suggest using the glazed and coloring in with lumiere.
Thanks to everyone for answering my questions as well. My daughter saw an idea similar to this at a craft show and wanted to make them as gifts. I didn't know how to get the ink to stay put with everyday use. It isn't too late... we shall give this a try.
I got a "roll" of thin cork @ HD that was actually cork shelf lining - in the shelf lining aisle naturally. It even has the peel-off paper with grid marks on the back! I stamped the 4-inch square tiles and then cut my cork in a 3 1/2-inch square and just barely nipped off the corners, peeled off the back and stuck to my finished tiles. I took them to a Christmas party this week-end where we did a Chinese Christmas gift exchange and they were the most swapped gift there. Everyone was surprised when they discovered they were 'home-made' so now I have to make several more sets. Also got a couple of new devotees to stamping!
I'm not sure if anyone has mentioned this, as there are many responses, but when I'm using an outline image stamp I stamp it in stayzon then color it in with a versaMARKER (the little marker not the inkpad) and use q-tips to apply pastels where I've colored the versamarker. I then spray with an acrylic sealer (in craft section at Wal-Mart and says on the back that it's for sealing pastels). I have not had any problems with running or bleeding and I don't bake them. This makes it very easy to do classes b/c I have 4 or 5 markers and they can color everything on their tiles before adding the pastels b/c it stays sticky for a while. Everyone's FAVORITE images to use on the coasters is the flower and leaf from "all natural" in the Stampin' Up catalog...we just stamp them randomly all over the tile....and the sealer really brightens up the pastels...they are beautiful!
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I have an extremely sensitive nose... when I bake the tiles, I notice a very very slight odor.. nothing strong, toxic, or unpleasant.. I think it's more the paint baking than the tile itself. I have a friend who keeps tiles in the bottom of the oven in her RV to make it heat better..
Imay be way out of line here but last Christmas I made several tiles (sets of 4) as gifts. I went to Home Depot and got a box of tiles (and it took a long time to get ones that were close to the same color. They were absorbant tiles because they had small holes in them. I stamped my image with Black Staz-On and colored in with re-inkers and a paint brush or permanent marker. I put the little stickers to protect the bottom and none of them have bled and i didn't seal or bake. It was easy to do . In fact the hardest part was getting to the store and finding time to do all of them.
Ok, I'm going to try this for gift for my neighbors, but I want to make them magnets as we all have kids with lots of artwork. I bought a new pack of sharpies at costco, and I got a new staz on ink pad... and tomorrow I go buy tiles. For magnets they will get handled but nothing set of them so, does anyone know if you still need to seal/bake? and can you use the white glazed tiles (2 x 2)?
Thanks so much, I've enjoyed reading all responses in this thread.
I've just finished some of the tiles for coasters and want to do some small magnets to go with them. The only small tumbles tiles I've found at HD or Lowes come on a sheet of webbing type stuff. How do you get this off. I've pulled, tugged, and pulled some more and never got a single tile off.
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Hi! I actually made magnets on the 2x2 tiles for school to have on my white board. I was lazy and unartistic and printed/copied what I needed on clear mailing labels (they where pictures for a specific curriculum)
I then stuck these to the tile and hot glued on magnet -tip-use an unused tile to push down on the magnet while waiting for hot glue to dry-this gives you a more flat magnet so it sticks better.
I've just finished some of the tiles for coasters and want to do some small magnets to go with them. The only small tumbles tiles I've found at HD or Lowes come on a sheet of webbing type stuff. How do you get this off. I've pulled, tugged, and pulled some more and never got a single tile off.
I bought some like that and I had to cut between them with a really strong cutting tool from my hubby's tool box.
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I bought some like that and I had to cut between them with a really strong cutting tool from my hubby's tool box.
I also used my hubby's cutting tool and after I cut them all up I used my hubby's sander and sanded all four sides to get all the glue off..worked great.
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I just created my first tiles today and I'm not totally satisfied with the chalk color look has anyone tried markers or do they run. I did bake them before and after and sealed them as well. But it's as if the chalk overruns the black outline of the image-perhaps I should use lighter colors?
we bought some tile that was discontinued but the bottom has glue on it. I was wondering what anyone has used to cover the entire bottom of the tile rather than just the felt or cork circles because I don't want the glue bottoms to show. Does anyone know if felt would work or would the colour bleed when wet?
I would really appreciate the help because my mom and I are in a craft show next weekend and that is what we were making the coasters for.
