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How to Make Packing Tape Image Transfers
You will need:
Image to be transferred (I have found that ink-jet images do NOT work for this. Professionally printed magazines and such work well, as do images produced on a LASER printer)
Clear Packing Tape
Scissors
A ruler (or some flat-edged item)
Bowl with water in it Step 1: Cover your image in packing tape. I've found that, with enough care in the coming steps, you can do multiple piece of tape to get the entire image, so long as you overlap the tape a bit so the design will stay together. I overlapped the seam on this image maybe 1/16th of an inch or so- just enough to keep the two pieces together, really. Step 2: Trim down the edges of your image and an overhanging tape. This is important- you don't want the image to stick to the table in the next step! ;) This is also the time to trim around, say if you want a certain figure but don't want the background or such. Remember to always be careful with scissors and all that- if you have kids doing this project, parents may want to do this step. Step 3: Take a ruler or something else that's flat and easy to hold on to, and rub the tape so that it's sticking to the image really well. You want to make sure to get out as many air bubbles as possible- and take extra care if you have any tape seams. I like to use my sewing gauge ruler because it's small, and I can use it to press down the seams pretty easily or get on to other small areas of the design. Step 4: Bath time! Plop your tape-covered image down into some water and let it soak. The longer you let it soak, the easier the paper will (usually) be to get off. Step 5: This isn't really a step but... while one transfer is soaking, I like to prepare another one as well. This will just give you something to do other than stare at the transfer in the water. :) Step 6: Take your image out of the water and put it face-down on the table. Being VERY careful, with either your fingers or the edge of whatever you used to flatten the tape down, start working the paper off the back. It may be difficult to get started, but be careful! If you work at it too hard, you'll rub the image off the tape on the front, and that wouldn't be good at all! Step 7: Continue working at the paper to get it off. You may have to throw it back in the water a few more times- not only to get rid of paper debris, but also to make it easier to rub the paper off. Sometimes the paper will drop right off (had that happen with an image from a video game magazine), and some will take forever, just keep working at it and be patient. The bigger the image, the longer it usually take to get the backing off. Step 8: Done! With images that have large areas of black ink, you can get away with rubbing off less of the paper and not being as meticulous with it. With images that have more white or light colors though, the more paper you remove from the back, the more transparent it will become. Your transfer is now ready to decorate whatever you wish! When I put these on my wallets, I seal over them with more packing tape. Sometimes they still have enough "stick" to go on all their own, but I like to make sure. You could also probably use some clear glue or decoupage medium to put these on boxes, notebooks, or whatever else you can think of!
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Contributor's Note
This was originally published to my blog. I use this technique to put images on the computer keyboard wallets I make.
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Mostly dark ink packing tape transfer
Mostly white packing tape transfer.
Image transfer on a wallet!
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