Mr. T's Student Desk - Spledid Transfer Tut

Mr. T surprised me with this desk that he made while I was at work. He had a moment of divine inspiration. We had talked the night before about building a bed tray that we had seen at one of my favorite blogs, Funky Junk Interiors. He was really proud of himself and I of him. It took a couple of days before I confessed to him that it wasn't high enough to use as a bed tray. It broke his heart “Not to worry” said I, “it will make a great student desk!”
This is how it sat at one of our craft shows. Many interested people but no buyers.

I  had read a tutorial on some pens called Splendid Blenders by Chartpak over at Villabarns blog. (Check out her tutorial on transfering to fabric.)  I just knew they’d be perfect for this project. Rosemary had found the pens at her Michaels; mine had never heard of them. Art Supply Warehouse online sold them for the same $2 each as Michaels so I ordered 4. Glad I did because they are now almost $4 each!

These pens are AMAZING and are Tee-goof-proof! NOTE; THEY ONLY WORK WITH LAZER COPIES. This is how I did my transfers to painted wood. Reverse the print if you’re using text. Here’s what the prints looked like. BTW, you don't have to cut out the image. My vision is poor so I wanted to make sure that I was only going over the intended transfer area and not waste this "magic juice".

Well dang, I didn't get a pic of the other print. Oh well, it's not necessary, you get it, lol.

1. Flip your print over, ink side down.

2. Tape your image in place to keep from smearing

3. Rub your Splendid Blender pen over the back of the image. It doesn't take that much. Life a corner of your image to check transfer.

4. Done - seriously

Here are the awesome results. (pardon my photo skills - I'm working on them)

No need to varnish at all. I didn’t tape my image down my first attempt and it caused a blur. Silly me thought I’d just wash it off. Okay, sand it a liitle. Sand a lot, really? Ugh, sanded a lot then added kiltz followed by paint.

Splendid transfer, personal review. There’s not a lot of liquid in the pens so small projects are reccomended. These two 5″ transfers used the majority of 1 pen. Not bad compared to some transfer techniques. If I can find them at $2 each again, I’ll definitely buy. Not likely to pay the $4 + shipping.

OH, I almost forgot to tell ya’ the best part!! Mr. T’s Student Desk sold for $40. The buyer had seen the desk at our craft show on Saturday; just didn't buy. She came to the shop and was excited that we still had it. Me loves my Mr. T.

PS: I believe that the pen and ink images came from where all great images are found The Graphics Fairy

Thanks for letting me share.
Love yuns,
Tee