Who’d of thought charity shop find vintage plates could so easily be transformed into such elegant wall art. A really simple project, you will need an inkjet printer to make the transfer images. I found these gorgeous copyright free eighteenth century wood engraving designs for teaching hand language.
You will need
Charity shop plates
Inkjet Water slide decal pack clear
Sponge
Acrylic spray
Copy right free images
Scissors
Instructions –
Select the images you want to use. Print them out in a variety of sizes, cut out using scissors then try them for size on the plates.
2. Follow the manufacturer instructions print the images onto decal paper, then spray with acrylic varnish. Apply a couple of coats covering the printing completely to seal, so it doesn’t break up in the water.
3. When the images are completely dry, cut out with scissors keeping close to the edge of the design. To help the images slide onto the plates sponge on a thin layer of water. Put the paper backed image into a bowl of warm water, leave for about 30 secs. Lift the edge of the image off one corner of the paper. Hold the image over the plate, gently curl the backing paper away and slide the image onto the plate. Use the sponge to pat out any bubbles or wrinkles in the image.
4. Leave til dry then mount in place on the wall using Command strips
Credits
Inkjet Water Slide Decal Pack clear: Specialist crafts LTD
Command Strip http: command.3m.co.uk
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