Back in February, I invited my friends, Amanda and Beth, to come over to try the tutorial with me. Not sure what to expect, we surveyed the list of materials:
- white ceramic tile
- Mod Podge Hard Coat
- 1" brush
- Adirondack alcohol inks
- Adirondack alcohol blending solution
- old tooth brush
Beth's Tiles
Amanda's Tiles
My Tiles
I think the hardest part of the whole process was waiting for each coat of the Mod Podge Hard Coat to dry (20 minutes for each coat!). After the girls left for the night, I continued on to design some insects for my tiles. I was already using decoupage sealer. Might as well decoupage an original design, too, right? Here's what I came up with:
And to finish things off, I gave each tile a few coats of water-based varnish and a nice cork backing. I think I just found my new addiction.
"We hope that, when the insects take over the world,
they will remember with gratitude how we took them
along on all our picnics."
- Bill Vaughan
Well now, I do believe you've taken it up a notch or six with this technique. You should do more.
ReplyDeleteThanks! I plan on it. :)
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love these tiles!!!! Each one is beautiful. I'm on summer vacation, and happen to have a box of white tiles in the attic. Sounds like some fun art projects for me!! I wonder if my preschool class would be able to do this too - it would make a very creative Christmas present for their parents. Thanks for the inspiration. Deb (Found you from our Flying Lessons e-course!) :)
ReplyDeleteHi Debbie. I just did some more of these the other day with my sister-in-law. It's addictive and fairly easy to do. Let me know if you have any questions. :)
ReplyDeleteThese are gorgeous! Do you use them as coasters? I just bought some alcohol ink (after seeing a tutorial on pinterest) and want to make coasters with ceramic tiles. I was just looking around for a good sealer for them so the ink doesn't run when a wet drink cup is placed on it. I read somewhere that brush on mod podge would smudge it, but yours still look fantastic!!
ReplyDeleteIsolda, you could probably use them as coasters, but I would not recommend it. I think if you find a strong varnish, it may be okay, but the water-based varnish I use makes them shiny but doesn't protect them from extreme heat or condensation. Extreme exposure to these conditions makes the varnish crack. :-(
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'll poke around and see what kind of sealer I can use. I'll mod podge them first and then spray them down with something. Maybe acrylic? ;)
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