Packing Tape Transfers

I love making packing tape transfers and including these images in cards or my art journal. I wish this method would work with print outs from my inkjet printer, but it only works with copies (color or black & white) or with images from magazines. Clear shelf paper works in the same way as packing tape to make a transfer and is great to use when you have an image that is larger than the width of the packing tape.

To make a packing tape or clear shelf paper transfer all you have to do is select a copied image or an image from a magazine, place the packing tape or clear shelf paper over the image and then burnish the tape/shelf paper down well over the image. Next, soak the taped or clear shelf papered image in some lukewarm water for a couple of minutes then rub the paper off the back of the tape or shelf paper. Your image will remain on the tape or shelf paper. It is interesting to place these images on different types of backgrounds to get different effects. Be careful not to place the image all the way down on a background until you are ready to adhere it for good because the tape/shelf paper retains some of its stickiness and will likely be permanently adhered once you place it on a paper surface.

Happy crafting.