Plastic Wrap Alcohol Ink on Ceramic Tiles with Vinyl Decals


A little while back, I cut a whole bunch of (mostly geeky) vinyl decals out of a sheet of holographic silver vinyl with my Silhouette Cameo. For this week's project, I applied them to some 4 inch ceramic tiles that I decorated with alcohol ink.


I decided to use the plastic wrap method of ink application for these tiles. I wanted something  generally blue and not too busy, so I thought it would be fun to try to stretch the plastic a bit to create a more subdued pattern that what I usually get with the plastic wrap.


I tore off a piece of plastic wrap about the size of both of my tiles, placed it on my craft mat, and dripped several shades of blue alcohol ink on the surface until it was nearly covered in ink.


I set the tops of my ceramic tiles onto the alcohol ink and then folded them over so the plastic wrap pulled taut, and I had the top sides of the ceramic tiles facing out.


Here's (above) the opposite side of my wrapped tiles.


I light them dry for a day (drying takes at least 8-12 hours, so I usually just leave them over night and check on them sometime the next day). 


I unfolded the tiles and started pulling them up off of the plastic wrap.


Pulling the plastic wrap off of these projects is the best part. You never quite know what you'll end up with.


The shades of blue mixed nicely and I was left with some interesting patterns from the plastic wrap being stretched across the tile.


I sealed the tiles with some Kamar Varnish to set the ink before applying my decals. I let the varnish dry for a day before applying my vinyl decals.


From the stash of silver holographic vinyl that I had cut, I chose a droid and a famous police box. I opted for the slightly less sticky transfer tape that I had on hand and I was sorry I did. Every loose piece of the decal had to be rubbed down or peeled up when I peeled the decals off of the backer paper. The stuff that's more like masking tape, works way better.


I cut out my transfer tape to be about the size of my decal and rubbed it onto the decal--paying special attention to the parts that weren't attached to the larger design of the decal.


Then I carefully peeled up the transfer tape (making sure it pulled all parts of the design off of the backer paper).


Then I positioned the decal, rubbed it down onto the tile, and then peeled off the transfer tape (making sure it didn't peel any parts of the decal up with it).


Then I repeated the process with my droid decal.


These turned out really fun! I'm not sure if I'll use them decoratively or as coasters. If I go the coaster route, I'll want to put another sealer on the tiles to make them water resistant (like a spray acrylic or mod podge). If I use them decoratively, they should be good to go.

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