Category: Printing

Best Sublimation Printer [Our Reviews and Comparisons]

Are you someone who is constantly involved in printing and image processing? Well, then you already know how important a sublimation printer is for you. A sublimation printer uses heat to apply the dye on a range of materials. Board, cloth, plastic, paper, you name it. The whole principle of sublimation lies in the transition…

05/25/2021
Best Printer for Heat Transfers For 2022 [Our Reviews and Comparisons]

If you want to create your own custom t-shirts, mugs, bags, masks, plates, or aprons, you’ll likely need a printer that can output your creations through heat transfer or sublimation so that you can affix your designs and complete your project, i.e a heat transfer printer. Some printers can accommodate heat transfer paper which you…

10/14/2020
Personalize Your Planner With a Cricut Machine

You can do so much to personalize planners, notebooks, and journals if you have a Cricut machine. And you really don’t need to make your own design unless you want to. All you need to do is browse the images Cricut has in Design Space, and choose something you love! Cricut Access has over 100,000…

06/09/2020
Print Transfer to Wood: 7 Cool Techniques Explored

We’re going into the world of image transfer onto wood, and we’re going in deep, So grab your scuba gear. Whether you want to transfer a photo print to wood, or you have a cool graphic image/words you need to transfer, there are several highly satisfying ways to do this. Seriously, it’s so fun to…

08/24/2019
Print Transfer Technique – Using Gel Medium

Print transfer is one of my favorite art techniques. Watching the image appear magically on another surface is insanely satisfying, and there are lots of techniques for print transfer, which make it all the more fun to experiment with. This time I decided to revisit a transfer project I did with Fen a few years…

08/31/2016
25 Cool Printmaking Ideas For Kids

Kids and printmaking go hand in hand. The experimental nature of printmaking lends itself so beautifully to exploring all sorts of different materials, techniques, and ideas with kids to get them creatively revved up. If you’re looking for printmaking ideas for kids, look no further. I’ve compiled a big old bunch of great printmaking techniques for…

09/01/2014
Print Transfer Project For Kids (You’ll Want to Make One, Too!)

I remembered a technique from college, where you brushed 10+ layers of gel medium over glossy magazine pages, letting them dry in between. Then you wet the magazine page and gently rolled the paper away with your fingers to reveal the image had been transferred over to the gel medium. The result was a plasticky,…

08/29/2014
Printmaking With Foam Stickers

Raise your hand if you have a poo-load of foam shapes at your house. Maybe you bought a bunch of them for a craft to do with your kids- their bright sponginess compelling you to purchase far more than you actually needed. Or maybe you’re a twenty-something who can’t stop hoarding craft supplies. Yep, been…

04/21/2014
Crayon Transfer Technique

HELLO! If you’ve found me from my video of this technique, you’ll note I wasn’t using Crayolas in the video. These are the crayons I used there, and they are a bit brighter and a bit smoother than the Crayolas. Love ’em. Crayons are something most households with small kids have more of than maybe…

03/24/2014
DIY Temporary Tattoos

What kid doesn’t like to completely plaster their body with awesome tattoos? They’re fun, expressive, and disappear in a few days. Unless you’re letting your kids get the real thing… Did you know about this tattoo paper? It’s such a good idea- you can turn your kids’ drawings into their very own body art. I…

11/26/2013