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Alcohol Inks Ceramic Tile Pins

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Intermediate Stamping Team Designer
 

Butterfly Octagon Pin

Supply List:
1 Sheet of Small Octagon Ceramic Floor Tiles (glossy) (Home Depot)
Small Butterfly stamp (Rubber Stampede)
Gingham Ribbon Border stamp (TAC)
Tangerine, Sunbright Yellow and Chili Pepper Pinata Alcohol Inks (Jacquard)
Blending Solution (Ranger)
18 Karat Gold Leafing Pen (Krylon)
Real Red Pigment Ink Marker (Zig)
1” wood cube (Michaels)
¾” Velcro square (loopy side) (Michaels)
White craft felt cut into 1” squares (Michaels)
Versafine Onyx Black inkpad (Tsukineko)
Craft Sheet (Ranger)
Heat Tool (Milwaukee)
Detail Black Embossing Powder (Stampendous)
Stickles Yellow, Black and Fruit Punch Glitter Glues (Ranger)
Rubbing Alcohol (Dollar Store)
Craft Blade (Michaels)
Scissors (Fiskars)
Ceramcoat Indoor/Outdoor Water-based Varnish (Delta)
1” Foam Bush (Michaels)
2 ¼” Square of Cardstock (for tile back)
Carpet Tape (for back) (Home Depot)
E6000 Glue (Michaels)
Pin back (Michaels)

Instructions:

1.      The ceramic floor tiles come in gloss and matte finishes and come attached in a sheet of 30 (great economic value!).  You will need to separate them by cutting the rubber strips that hold them together.  Carefully trim the rubber strips from the back of each tile with a craft knife.  (I do this while watching TV).  This is the most time consuming part, but still worth the effort for the cost of them. 

2.      Make an alcohol inks applicator by attaching the Velcro and a felt square to the wood cube, stretching the felt onto the Velcro.

3.      Clean the tile surface with rubbing alcohol. For this pin, you will be creating two different colors on the tile (see photo), but don’t worry about where the colors blend together.  That will be covered with the ribbon stamp.

4.      Put a few drops of the Sunbright Yellow and the blending solution onto the felt.  Dab a couple dots of the gold leafing pen onto the tile.  Pounce the yellow ink on the left two thirds of the tile.  Without changing the felt, add a couple drops of the Chili Pepper ink and blending solution and do the right side of the tile.  You can repeat the process until you’re happy with the colors.  Heat set for a few seconds (tile will be hot).

5.      Once the tile has cooled, with the black ink carefully stamp the butterfly on the left side and the ribbon stamp over the ‘seam’ (where the colors meet).  Heat emboss with the detailed black powder.  This needs to be done on the craft sheet or some other heat resistant surface.  The embossing powder takes a little longer to start melting on the tiles than it does on paper, so make sure your heat tool is very hot before you start.  The tile will be VERY hot when you’re done so you don’t want to hold it while embossing.

6.      Once cooled, color the butterfly with the Zig Real Red pigment marker, then heat set for a few seconds.  Pigment ink markers work better than regular dye based markers on the alcohol inks.  Heat setting will keep the ink from moving when you varnish the tile.  You could also sprinkle clear powder over the ink after you color the image and emboss it to set it.

7.      Edge the tile with the Krylon pen.  Add Fruit Punch and Yellow glitter glue accents to the butterfly and ribbon and Black glitter glue dots as desired.

Ethnic Femme Square

Supply List:  (Same as for Octagon tile except for the tile shape, stamp and different ink colors.)
1 Sheet of Small Square Ceramic Floor Tiles (glossy) (Home Depot)
Ethnic Femme Cube stamp – (Just For fun)
Lime Green and Sunbright Yellow Pinata Alcohol Inks (Jacquard)

Instructions:

Prepare your tile the same as for the octagon butterfly pin. 

1.      Prepare your tile the same as for the octagon butterfly pin. 

2.      Put a few drops of the Lime Green ink, a couple drops of the Sunbright yellow ink and a little blending solution on the felt applicator.  Dab a few dots of the gold leafing pen onto the tile.  Pounce the inks onto the tile.  You can repeat the process until you’re happy with the colors.  Heat set for a few seconds (remember, the tile will be hot).

3.      Carefully stamp and black emboss the young girl from the Ethnic Femme cube stamp onto the tile.  After the tile cools, color her vest and lips with the Real Red Zig marker and heat set. 

4.      Edge the tile with the Krylon pen. Color her shirt and headband with yellow glitter glue.  You can also add highlights to her earrings with some of the gold leaf pen with a very thin paintbrush.  (The brush can be cleaned with the blending solution, and should be done right away.)

 
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