Hello and welcome back to another Sunday in the Limelight with Sharon Harnist! I’ve had so much fun this month, working with Flourishes’ gorgeous stamp images — I’m sad to see it end! Today I’m sharing one of my favorite things to make, a 4” x 4” tumbled tile drink coaster, and Flourishes’ beautiful new Pears stamp set worked perfectly for it!
These tiles are simple to make, using your permanent Copic markers! I began by prepping the unglazed tumbled marble tile with an alcohol prep wipe (or you could use Copic Colorless Blender Solution), to remove any dust or residue — they are normally quite dusty straight from the home improvement store.
Next, I stamped the pears with Jet Black StazOn and the sentiment with Timber Brown StazOn onto the tile:
I usually heat set the StazOn with my heat embossing tool for about 3-4 minutes. Be careful and keep the tile on a heat resistant surface and don’t touch it until it is cool! Or you can bake it in about a 250F degree oven for approximately 15-20 minutes . . . or wait overnight, to be sure the StazOn is good and dry (I’m not that patient!).
Then I carefully colored the image with these Copic markers (colors and collections are listed below):
Yes, normally you should NOT use StazOn with Copic markers, but somehow it soaks into the tile pretty well (along with the heat setting) and if you are careful to not touch the stamped lines with your marker tip too much, you shouldn’t have any problems! (Just be sure to wipe the tip of your marker off, if it becomes discolored with the StazOn). But I like using the StazOn for the image, because it’s permanent and won’t budge!
I don’t do anything else to my tiles when using them for drink coasters — I like to have the natural, unglazed tile remain absorbent, so they’ll soak up the sweat from a glass or canned drink. The color will remain nice and vivid for a long time, even when it gets wet because the natural tile will just soak up the water! But some people like to apply a spray sealant or fixative to their tiles, to help protect them — it’s your choice!
Many thanks, once again, to Flourishes for having me in the Limelight this month — I’ve SO enjoyed it! And thank you all for visiting and leaving your wonderful comments!
{Supplies}
Stamps: Pears #SS177,
Ink: StazOn Jet Black & Timber Brown
Copic Markers: The Evergreen Collection (leaves-YG93, YG95, YG99); The Copper Collection (branches & pears-E33, E37, E39); The Lenten Rose Collection (buds-R81, R83); E30, E31 (edges of tile); YR21, YR24 (pears & flowers)
Accessories: Unglazed 4×4 tumbled marble tile, heat embossing tool, alcohol prep wipe or Copic Colorless Blender Solution
