Google a tute!

I think the grand kiddies scared off my mojo when they skidded into my studio looking for the first thing they could lay their hands on to play with.  I do believe they will now be back to the regularly scheduled visiting schedule so I need to find out what drawer my motivational maid might have chosen to hide out in.

I do need to do a bit more work on the Altered Book transfers from last week and I seemed to have had only enough energy to hit google- gel medium transfers. I have lots of options h\and decided to see if this would be a  jackpot!

But the actual trying was a bit disappointing.

I tried a gel medium on plain sketchbook paper and there is a hole in the background.  I tried the modpodge and it did pretty good but I suspect the paper will still tear if I rub too much.

This was fast but now to clean it up without tearing the base page???

I tried a magazine page placed face down onto gel medium that was spread on deli paper.  I let it dry. Then attempted to remove the paper.   Not great.  I shall be looking for a better way to do this along with a continued search for the mojo!   lol

BTW, this kinda makes me guugle and gaa gaa!   ;^)

So far the packing tape is appealing and I am trying to find larger clear mac tac.

Tuesday Toots

There are two more lessons according to my reckoning for the Altered Book Tutorial over at The Altered Book Lover's blog.  Elizabeth has been very generous with her time, her techniques and her tutorials. Lesson  18 has been on student's choice and I want to do the gel transfer to add to my transfer repetoire.

Packing Tape Images

Okay, it is a go for Tuesday Tutorials and I'm working on the next Altered Book technique.

I've not done any transfers before and these seem relatively easy although I am wondering why one wouldn't just cut out the image and adhere it with a gel medium to the page.  White backgrounds would give a transparent look and that would certainly be worthwhile.  Bulk might also be an issue.  The shine could be dulled with some matt gel medium.

The images are limited to the clear packing tape width but apparently old clear contact sheets work. They are placed right sides down and then burnished.  I must admit that keeping strips of the tape free and not attached to itself, obects and even other images is a bit challenging.  

I burnished away in all directions.

These are all the images burnished and facing upwards.  I burnished them on the front just for good measure as well as the back.

I dropped them into warm water.  They curled right away. and I began to rub the paper off the tape which was pretty easy.

Here they all are drying on a paper towel. I shall be finding places for them in my Leaves Altered book and my calendar journal.  But not today.

That is all I got done today as I have small and busy house guests!  I also have my DD suggesting searches for glass door knobs. I think we need to get the Rooster searching Kijiji now that he has finally found his truck and doesn't know what to do with his computer time!!!  LOL  I wonder if he needs a tutorial? ;^)