Blockheads Paper Arts: Alice in Wonderland Coasters & ATCs

Friday, July 23, 2010

Alice in Wonderland Coasters & ATCs

Alice in Wonderland Coasters made with Lost Coast Designs stamps
and scanned pages from the book.

Pages from the Alice in Wonderland book make such a fun background for these Lost Coast Designs stamps. I didn't want to tear pages from the book so I scanned pages, printed them on copy paper. I used a laser printer. If you want to try this but only have an ink jet printer you should photocopy the page that prints because the ink will run during some of the steps of this process.

To make these coasters I aged the printed scans with walnut ink diluted with water to about 1/5th the strength of Tsukineko Walnut Ink spray. I simply poured a little into an empty spritz bottle and added water. I find I prefer it pretty week because I can always spray again if I want it darker.

I used a pulpboard coaster as my base but since these will be covered, chipboard works just as well. I then applied Perfect Paper Adhesive (PPA) to the face of the coaster and spread it with my finger and pressed it onto the back of the printed, aged paper and trimmed around the coaster leaving about 1/2".

To wrap the paper I made 3-4 cuts in each corner and pulled the pieces of the corner in to glue them with PPA and then wrapped the edges around and glued them the same way. The back will get covered so it doesn't matter how it looks on the back.

After the PPA dried I stamped and decorated the coasters the way I wanted, making sure I used permanent ink that wouldn't bleed in the final step. I also made sure I kept them non-dimensional so they could be used as coasters. Finally, I covered the tops with PPA. PPA dries flexible and clear and is water-resistant. The backs can be covered with felt cork or craft foam.