Meet my mom Jean, and Step-dad David...
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| I had everything on hand, so these babies cost me $0 & my time..& I enjoyed every minute of it |
They weren't feeling well this week, so I wanted to remind them of how beautiful they are....
Materials needed:
4 - 4x4 tile (can be any size you'd like, I happened to have 4x4. ) Picture # 1 below.
* It doesn't necessarily have to be glazed, any particular color , as you will be
painting them.
Paint brush I used a small 1/2 inch artist brush
Spray Paint - for base color
Latex/Acrylic Paint - for antiquing if preferred, but not necessary
Small ribbon of your choice/color
Photocopy of pictures - i used an ink jet printer and chose only one photo, but you could use a
as many as you like. You will be starting off with a clean "slate" lol, so let your imagination
go, that's the fun part. You will need enough photocopies for each coaster.
Mod Podge - I used Matte
Spray Acrylic clear coat - I used gloss
Lighter to burn edges of photo
scissors
hot glue to glue felt on the bottom and ribbon on the top
Felt Cut 4 - 4x4 pieces of square for the bottom of your coasters.
So, here are what the tile looked like when I started.... yea, I know... that's why we upcycled them :)
Step 1. Go outside for fresh air (and pollute it as little as possible for others, lol just kidding) and spray paint your tile. I gave mine 3 good coats because I started off with some dark colors to cover.
NOTE: I tried to use a bottle of acrylic paint with no primer...it doesn't work. As most of you probably already knew. But, I didn't and I did, so now I'm telling you Don't. The paint wouldn't stick to the glazed surface. Perhaps if you have an unglazed tile it will work.
Step 2. While your tile are drying ( won't take very long at all ) head back inside and get your pictures together. Next, you want to take a lighter and burn the edges of the picture to get the shape you like best.
Step 3. Make sure you wipe away most of the brown burned paper edges as they will get in your mod Podge and leave dirty looking spots (unless you used a darker color as your base.)
NOTE: If you are going to antique the tile, continue to Step 4, otherwise go to Step 6.
Step 4. Grab your antiquing color and mix a little amount of water to it. You are wanting this to really be a "wash" on the tile. You only need a very small amount of this mixture. No more than 1 tbsp of paint to 1 tbsp water. You want just enough pigment in the water to leave a slight amount of color on the base coat.
Step 5. Take a dry paint brush , sponge, rag, etc..of your choice. I used a smaller 1/2 inch dry
brush. Dip it very lightly in your antiquing color and brush it light and soft onto your painted tile. I liked the visual of the lines from the paint softly dragging over the top of the tile. If it's not enough for you, add more. You can always wipe off if it is too much. Just make sure you wipe it off, before it dries. Work with it until you are happy with the overall painted look. They will air dry quickly.
Step 6. Fit each picture to a tile, and keep each picture with that tile for easier flow of work.
Step 7. Put a small amount of Mod Podge on a paper plate, small cup, etc. With a dry brush Apply Mod Podge to the back of the photo. Adhere it to the correct fitted tile and smooth out lightly with your brush. You DO NOT want to saturate the photo. We are not transferring the photo here so brush lightly. Put a very soft, thin layer of mod podge over the entire tile. Leave to dry. It will dry quickly.
I bet you didn't think you were going to be excercising too when you started this project, did you?
Step 8. Head back outside with your dry tile to pollute the air some more, lol, just kidding. You want to lay your tile flat so when you spray your clear coat, there isn't a great chance of it running. Follow manufacturers directions for safety and clean up of the clear coat product you are using. I used Rustoleum.
Step 9. Spray the top and all four sides of your tile evenly. The Rustoleum clear coat I used dried very quickly. I gave mine 4 coats of clear so it would completely seal all edges of the attached photo and have nice smooth edges. I like the glassy look myself. Let dry, then head back inside.
Step 10. You will need 2 pieces of thin ribbon for the top corners of each tile. I just layed mine across the corner in the place I wanted it to be, then left an extra inch on each side to glue UNDER the tile. Trust me, you will be glad you glued it UNDER the tile. Center the ribbon on the tile where you want it and put a very small dot of glue right under the center of the ribbon. Now take the extra 1 inch you cut on each end, and fold under the bottom of the tile and glue. Continue the same process with all 4 of your coasters.
Yaaay, we are almost done now, I promise, then you will have your workout complete for the day. Oh yea.
Step 11. Lay your felt out flat Now you want to attach your 4 cut 4x4 pieces of felt to the bottom of each of your coasters. Make sure you put the hot glue all the way around each edge of the felt and in the center. Take your tile, bottom side down, with all 4 sides lined up and press it down into the glued felt. Turn your tile over and make sure the felt has contact with the tile everywhere there is glue.
THERE YOU HAVE IT.
I added ribbon all the way around mine to keep them together as I will be shipping them.
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