AboutAmy Roszak Expertise I can answer about printing on vellum and other media, adhesives, using your computer and printer, making your own embellishments, frugal scrapping.
Experience I am an inventor in scrapbook products. I've been scrapbooking for 8 years. I teach classes.
Organizations CHA (Craft & Hobby Association)
Education/Credentials Masters in Science; Teaching Degree in Math and Science.
Awards and Honors Award for Excellence in Teaching Science & Mathematics (Teacher of the Year)
Question Hello. I am needing to transfer a design printed from an inkjet printer to a
nonporous surface. Do you have any ideas or tips on how I can do this?
Any information about this will be appreciated.
Answer Let me understand... You printed it onto paper and want to transfer it to the surface OR can you print right onto the surface? I'm going to give you a number of ideas since I'm not totally clear what you are trying to do or trying to print on...
If you can print on it directly but b/c it's non-porous it doesn't print well, you might want to try The Perfect Printing Pouch first. It won't let you print on ANYthing--but ALMOST anything! You just wipe it onto the surface and you can use yor inkjet printer...Here's a link to my blog for printing on a film negative which was treated with The Perfect Printing Pouch prior to printing. (Compare the first line of type-untreated to the second line of type-treated) http://scrapbook.com/blogs/28018/view/79961.html
I have instructions for home made rub-ons at my blog. (This makes kind of a stamp looking image .)
This is just the greatest thing! You can transfer any image you have on your computer to just about any surface you like! Paper, book pages, fabric! It takes a little bit of practice – hopefully I can save you some of the hours I have spent perfecting this technique! Be prepared for the transfer to not be “perfect.” Adds to the charm and vintage look, I think.
Supplies:
“Great White Imaging and Photo Paper”(Extra Heavy Weight; Matte Finish; # 86010)
Golden brand “Fluid Matte Medium”
2” Foam brush or one to fit the size of your images
Heavy wooden rolling pin (you weren’t going to bake those pies anyway…)
Transfer surface – paper or light colored all cotton woven fabric like Kona cloth
Purchase the paper at Staples or other office supply stores for around $8-10 for 100 sheets. This paper makes the best color copies on my inkjet printer! And the price is right!
Set your printing options on your computer to “premium paper/best print” and print your pictures. Make sure and “flip horizontal” any images with writing. I place about 4 to 12 pictures on a page depending on picture size.
Cut out the picture along the edges, but leave a little tab to be able to grab the image without touching the picture once it gets coated with the transfer medium.
If you are transferring to fabric, place it on top of a piece of wax paper to protect the surface underneath. Using a foam brush or your finger, coat the picture with a lot of medium and then smooth it out with your fingertip so that it feels nice and slippery all over the picture. Use your little tab to hold on to the paper, but keep the medium off that or they will stick on to your transfer surface!
This discussion group originally started for artists using Lesley Riley's method of inkjet transfer (see Files Section for original instructions). Now it is a free-flowing exchange of all sorts of techniques and tips for making transfers with your inkjet printer. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/inkjet_transfers/
