Clear Packing Tape

[Clare]

.... for your image transfers, Poundstretchers, pack with 2 rolls for £1 or 2 packs for £1.79!

[Karen Keenan]

Thanks :) I love doing the packing tape image transfers.

[mum2a16yrold]

Oooh, I have a huge roll of this, how do you do image tape transfers, never heard of these. :unsure:

[Clare]

i think there was an article in a recent mag..... posibly the simply stamping one? but - in brief... heres what I do LOL and it works for me :D

find a small image in a mag or leaflet etc (inkjet prints DONT work as the ink isnt waterproof) cover with a piece of the tape and trim off excess paper.
burnish with a bone folder to make sure the tape is well stuck to all of the image and theres no air bubbles.
place in bowl of tepid water for 1 - 5 mins (longer if its very thick paper)
using the back of a knife, your fingernail or a bone folder, gently rub all the paper away from the back of the tape.
you now should have transferred the image to the tape and have a small 'transparency' to use in collage etc

'mag' paper works fab, old catalogues, leaflets etc, the stuff with the shiny coating? have a try on some random images first to get confident - then try the ones you really want to use.

[mum2a16yrold]

Oooh, off to have a go at that thanks. :D

[GeordieGirl]

Thankyou Clare, I have often wondered but never asked!!

[KatieM]

Simon has 12 HUGE rolls of this for the business - do you think he'd notice if I half-inched a roll?? Sounds like great fun!

Kathryn :)