Double-Baked Tiles

I have had a lot of questions lately about how I got the black outline on my tiles. Well, I experimented. I have done that a lot lately. I made two really cool discoveries.

This is the first one. This is the double-baked tile. Normally, tiles are made with bold stamps (not outline stamps like this one), craft ink, glassy glaze and an oven. This one is no different, however, I used an outline stamp! How do you color it like it is?

Here's my first tutorial!

1. Stamp your outline stamp in a very dark color on a clean, dry tile (I get mine at Lowes). Here, I used Black Craft Ink. I think it's beautiful already! But we are going to add some color! Just wait!

2. Sprinkle Glassy Glaze over the wet craft ink.

3. Pop the tile into a pre-heated oven set at 350 degrees, directly on the oven rack (do not put them in a tray or baking pan). Bake 10 minutes.

4. Let tile cool completely.

While you are waiting, get your next supplies. A palette (my fancy word for paper plate... hehe), craft ink re-inkers in colors you wish to paint your tile, an aqua painter, paper towels, and baby wipes.

5. Put a drop of re-inker color on your palette (depending on how much color you are going to need is going to dictate just how much you put on). You can always add more if you need to. (Don't forget re-inkers like Encore! metallic and White (makes great snow))

6. Check your aquapainter. If it is damp, dry it off with your paper towel. You don't want the brush wet. Slightly damp is optimal. Craft ink and water do not mix. Glassy Glaze and water do not mix.

7. Start painting your tile. The craft ink will only stick to the tile. You may notice this as you are painting.

8. It is always best to start from the middle and work your way outward. Sometimes that's harder to do as you want to use all the same color first so you don't have to keep cleaning the brush over and over again.

9. If you make a mistake, your baby wipes will be your best friend. DO NOT saturate the Glassy Glaze in any way when you wipe off your mistake. Just a quick wipe over the boo-boo. Now, be sure to dry where you wiped!

10. Craft ink stays wet for a while. However, if you see that your paint is pulling away from where you wanted it, re-paint it then drop the Glassy Glaze over your wet ink. This will stop the paint from running. You do NOT want to touch your brush to the Glassy Glaze on the tile though. It will get caught in the bristles. It is best to put the Glassy Glaze on once your completely done painting your tile.

12. Bake your tile again for 10 minutes in the same 350 degree oven. Let completely cool before tying a ribbon or other embellishments for your tile. When it comes out of the oven, it should look like the picture at the top!

Enjoy!

Tomorrow's lesson? Tiles & Glitter?? OH YEAH, BABY!!