Tile Coaster Class

I had a "Tile Coaster" class last night and promised the ladies the directions on my blog, so here they are.

1. Stamp an unpolished tile with a harlequin stamp with lavender Brilliance.
2. Stamp daisy with violet Brilliance and the stamp with gamma green Brilliance.
3. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes and let cool completely.
4. Color with sharpie markers. These markers can easly be blended with different shades. The petals were colored with light pink, then I drew one line of bright pink along one side of the petal. Then I blended the two colors together using the light pink marker. (To clean the marker tip, just dab on a paper towel). The leaves were colored in the center with yellow, then I went over it with mint green.
5. These tiles don't need to be sealed after you color them as long as you follow the above directions. These tiles will also absorb moister as long as they are not sealed.

1. Stipple ivy, copper and crimson Brilliance onto a light colored tile.

2. Over stamp agapanthas with brown StazOn.

3. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes and let cool completely.

4. Color the open lined flowers with pink and yellow chalk.

5. Spray a very light coat of matte sealer and let dry. If you spray to much sealer the first time, the StazOn ink will run. Let dry.

6. Spray with two more coats of matte sealer, letting dry inbetween coats.

Recipe

Stamp-Stampendous

Ink-ivy, copper, crimson Brilliance, brown StazOn

Plus-light color tile, matte sealer, stipple brushes

1. Stamp dragonfly on a light color tile with mediterranean blue Brilliance.

2. Bake at 350 degrees for 15 minutes and let cool competely.

3. Color with Sharpie markers.

4. Stamp words with blue StazOn.

5. Spray a very light coat of "matte" spray fixative, let dry. Make sure you spray a very light coat the first time or the StazOn ink will bleed.

6. Spray a light coat of gold glitter spray and let dry.

7. Finish with a final coat of "matte" sealer and let dry.

Recipe

Stamps-Stampendous

Ink-mediterenean blue Brilliance (for the dragonfly), blue StazOn (for the words)

Plus-matte sealer (any brand, I got mine from Michael's), gold spray glitter (any brand, also from Michael's),

tile (from Lowes)

1. Stamp a darker tile with script using copper Brilliance

2. Over stamp leaf using ivy Brilliance

3. Bake in over for 15 minutes at 350 degrees.

4. Let cool and you are done, isn't that easy!

Recipe

Stamps- script-Hero Arts, Leaf-Stampendous

Inks- copper and ivy Brilliance

Plus-tile from Lowes

Birthday Tile Coaster

The tile I made yesterday was so much fun, I decided to make one for my sister-in-law's birthday. She just turned 40, that's why all of the little forties are on it! I hope she doesn't mind :) I stamped the cake and sentiment with black StazOn ink, heat set and colored it in with regular markers (not permanent). I stamped the forties with Adirondack dye inks then took it outside, sprayed it with matte sealant, sprinkled it with glitter, sprayed it with gloss sealant, let it dry and sprayed it one last time with matte sealant.
I don't think I will be able to stamped today, the kids have a minimum day, I only have an hour left before they get out of school. Hopefully I won't get stamping withdrawals :)
Recipe
Stamps-cake and sentiment-Stampendous, numbers-Hero Arts
Ink-black StazOn, Adirondacks-pool and citrus
Plus-markers, glitter, matte and glossy sealant

Tile Coaster

This was made for Mondays challenge at SplitCoastStampers TLC145, what a great challenge. I went to Lowes and bought a bunch of 4x4 tiles for 32 cents (what a deal) and started creating. I stippled the Brilliance inks onto the tile, heat set and then stamped the agapanthas with StazOn and heat set again. A little chalk was added to the three open flowers then it was sprayed with matte sealer and it is done! It is so easy and the possibilities are endless, I think I will make a few sets for gifts. The only thing that still needs to be done is to put felt or rubber feet on the bottom, another trip to store, luckily Michaels is just two miles away. Maybe that's not so good :)

Recipe

Stamp-Stampendous

Inks-Brilliance-Ivy, Crimson, Copper

Plus-chalks