Packing Tape Transfers Swap

Have you ever made packing tape transfers? They're one of my favorite ways to make cool ATCs and other artistic projects! I just learned you can even use them to decorate jars, glasses and other household objects as well.

For this swap, you will send your partner at least 5 packing tape transfers of at least 1" long. They can be text, images, or both. This isn't exactly a profile swap, but please read your partner's profile and try to choose things that your partner will enjoy, or at least things that are not on the do not send list.

Please put your transfers on some kind of backing, such as wax paper, old sticker sheet backings, or any other type of coated/plastic type material that they can be easily peeled off of.

What is a packing tape transfer? It's a super duper easy way to make your own stickers/transfers of almost anything!

How do I do it? You can use almost any kind of text or image that is on a piece of paper. It can be black and white or color. Regular newsprint doesn't work really, and books work the best, but even something that doesn't "work" the best can still make a cool image you can use to layer over something else and add texture. You can also use images printed on your home printer, generally. Any packing tape works, but heavy duty will work the best. One thing to note is that all white in your image will wipe away during the transfer process and only the ink part will remain.

To make one, simply cut out your image/text as you want it to show up on the finished transfer. Then, place it image side down against the sticky side of the tape. Put your taped image in warm water for a few minutes and the paper should start to peel away. Thicker papers tend to just slough right off in one piece and will even separate on their own, while thinner papers usually require some rubbing to get the pulp off. Rub off all of the paper from the tape - you might need to do the last bits under running water to get it to come off.

Know that part of the charm of these is that they usually have a bit of a distressed look because the process isn't perfect.

Voila! You've now got a really cool handmade sticker!! Prepare to get addicted to these!!

I would definitely say to do some experimenting on different types of paper/images/etc. and see what you like the look of best. Feel free to let me know if you have any questions!

These people don't do it exactly the way I do, but there are some examples here: https://craftwhack.com/packing-tape-image-transfer/ https://abeautifulmess.com/how-to-d/ https://tinkerlab.com/clear-tape-image-transfer-technique/

Also the swap image is of my very first ATC and very first packing tape transfer project :D

Fine print: No recent or unexplained 1s or 3s.