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Put It On A Tile! Scrapbooking goes ceramic!

#1 varanda

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Posted 16 August 2007 - 04:53 PM

My DH and I are working on a donated art piece for a charity: the Laguna de Santa Rosa, a natural area we live in that needs to be preserved. Each year, the Laguna Society hosts a summer event where artists donate a piece to be auctioned off with the proceeds going to the Laguna. It's very popular and the party is fun. This year I thought it would be great to do some work in Photoshop and have it printed onto marble tiles. Then DH is supposed to build a table and set the tiles into the table. (i'll keep you posted on that part, lol)

I just got the tiles and they look so cool!

I took the background photo during the spring when the mustard was in bloom. Then I drew the Blue Heron in Illustrator and tossed it into Photoshop, where I applied different photos, all taken in the Laguna; to construct the bird. I designed the piece to fit onto the tiles: exactly where the image would be split up. I opted for the natural marble tiles with the tumbled edges.

There are lots of applications for this technique. You could accent your kitchen backsplash, do a bathroom with pictures of the kids swimming, make a table, even mini pages as Trivets, one to a tile. Since Christmas is coming up, I thought I'd share this cool technique as a way to turn your creations into something ceramic!

The company is Pacifica Tile Art and you can google them.

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Posted 16 August 2007 - 05:02 PM

cool! this looks like a great gift idea... coasters maybe?

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Posted 16 August 2007 - 05:02 PM

Oh my heck V!! that is so beautiful.. You have such a beautiful talent!!!

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Posted 16 August 2007 - 05:20 PM

oh my this is super amazing, I love it. One question tho' V, how do you print on the tiles?

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Posted 16 August 2007 - 05:28 PM

Wow, that is gorgeous Valerie! It will make such a lovely table.

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Posted 16 August 2007 - 05:38 PM

Oh those have turned out great. Really lovely. Kinda love the whole scrapbooking idea for tiles.

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Posted 16 August 2007 - 05:40 PM

Wow, that looks gorgeous! I've put layouts on one tile before and displayed them, but never like this! Thanks for the ideas!

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Posted 16 August 2007 - 05:59 PM

That looks stunning Valerie! Do the tiles need to be sealed again or is the printing permanent/sealed already?

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Posted 16 August 2007 - 06:02 PM

V that is beautiful! Love the idea and your art is gorgeous. Thank you for sharing.

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Posted 16 August 2007 - 06:06 PM

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One question tho' V, how do you print on the tiles?

Pacifica Tile Art did it. It was $160. for these 8 tiles. Not cheap, but then, it'll make a great table---and the folks we are hoping will buy this table to be auctioned are wealthy, very wealthy wine country folks with disposable income. So we have to give them something cool. And it'll last ages and ages.

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Do the tiles need to be sealed again or is the printing permanent/sealed already?

Pacifica Tile recommended a clear sealer for outdoor useage and as UV protection.

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Posted 16 August 2007 - 06:08 PM

That's all eh?
Oh man! The mind boggles at the wonderful things one could do...think kitchen, bathroom, patio.....ugh...too much!!!!!!!!!!

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Posted 16 August 2007 - 06:09 PM

Wow! That's gorgeous!

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Posted 16 August 2007 - 06:21 PM

That is gorgeous! I wonder if you can print and apply it on tiles then seal it like you do stamping on tiles? That is a great idea. Thanks V!
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Posted 16 August 2007 - 06:35 PM

V, that is fantastic. I love to see your creative spirit in action!

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Posted 16 August 2007 - 06:37 PM

That is a really neat idea! I could see doing something like that in my kitchen...add to the backsplash.

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Posted 16 August 2007 - 06:54 PM

That has got to be one of the coolest things I ever saw!! Thanks for sharing!

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Posted 16 August 2007 - 08:04 PM

That is very cool.

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Posted 16 August 2007 - 08:53 PM

Wow!!! I'm kinda speechless here.

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Posted 16 August 2007 - 10:33 PM

Those are stunning V. Beautiful job and what a great donation to a worthy cause.

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Posted 16 August 2007 - 11:07 PM

WOW that is beautiful!!

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Posted 16 August 2007 - 11:36 PM

What an awesome idea! Really- the application is endless!! Truely beautiful.

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Posted 17 August 2007 - 07:28 AM

Very cool! Our Lowe's had an patio set where they table was just the base and you got to pick the 12 X12 tiles to go in it. These would look really cool on that!

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Posted 17 August 2007 - 09:11 AM

What a great idea!

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Posted 17 August 2007 - 09:19 AM

Whoa...seriously, gorgeous! Fantastic idea! My hubby is a landscaper and does outdoor living areas...gotta show him this. I pray the sale brings in a lot of $$$ for such a worthy cause. Thanks so much for sharing this idea!

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Posted 17 August 2007 - 01:53 PM

They're absolutely beautiful V. The whole idea is just inspired. Thank you for sharing, I wonder if I can find somewhere here that will do that sort of printing for me. I need an outdoor table and like the idea of it. I hope that it raises lots of money for your land preservation which is a very worthy cause.

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Posted 15 September 2007 - 01:13 PM

dawnsmemories, on Aug 16 2007, 07:21 PM, said:

That is gorgeous! I wonder if you can print and apply it on tiles then seal it like you do stamping on tiles? That is a great idea. Thanks V!
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This idea is so wonderful!! It has inspired a lot of ideas in my head, lol. I too am thinking of
some projects where the idea of print, apply, and seal would work really great. Thanks for sharing this idea with us.
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Posted 25 September 2007 - 01:21 PM

Gorgeous! What a beautiful idea. The heron looks amazing. Did you have the auction yet?

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Posted 25 September 2007 - 02:14 PM

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The heron looks amazing. Did you have the auction yet?

The auction was held the day before we left on vacation, the table sold for $525. I have photos somewhere, but DH waited until auction day to finish and deliver the table so i never got a chance to get a good photo of it. (typical of him). The event was fun and much money was raised for this charity.

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