So I've been working on carving some linoleum blocks to make prints for Christmas cards. I keep running into serious issues. First I drew the cards to fit my blocks. Then I bought the cards and realized they were a different size. So I redrew some. The wrong size. So I scanned them and fixed the size on the computer, counting on this piece of information to make it easy to transfer my design over:
as it turns out, that doesn't work. Which is really disheartening after I made a big deal about needing the marker and Char found and drove me on a run to Michaels just to get a marker. One marker that doesn't work. I even bought the best brand: Prismacolor. Now I wish I had purchased graphite paper. I was just so sure the marker would work. It doesn't work on computer prints or black and white copies from Kinkos. I'm pretty sure it would work on a really crappy copier but I don't have one. The Amanda Knight used to have a great one. Well, I just wanted to get this information out there before someone else had their hearts broken from lies. Has anyone had success transferring an image with a blender marker?
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Hi Ashley. I've done this before. And I'm surprised the blending marker didn't work for you. I've done it with acetone, which you can get at a hardware store or even nail polish remover will work, but not quite as well. It should work to lift anything printed with a laser printer, and be sure to print your image backwards for the transfer, like a silkscreen.
Yeah I've gotten this to work too, but only with prints from a bw laser printer. bw copies don't work because they don't have enough toner in them.
Sorry the blended marker didn't work for you. Hope everything turns out well :)
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