Suede Paper 2

I used coconut. I found a good website for rugs, www.woodworkersauction.com. I know it doesn't sound like a rug site, but get on and go to rugs. I "save image" into my minis file, then when I need to print I will double click on the picture and then it goes into the program where you print photographs. I will click "fix" and set the saturation all the way up, then click print and choose my size. I have been successful in sending the paper back through the printer to print the rug over at least 3 times. I have also been unsuccessful doing this, it will double expose if not exactly lined up. It's always a "keep you fingers crossed kind of thing". When it works, it is so good, the colors and patterns are beautiful. When it doesn't, you are wasting paper. So mostly I just print once and say I'm satisfied! It's fun to do and you are making them yourself, of course you can drive yourself crazy looking for the "perfect" rug. Have fun! Kris

P.S. I just went to the website and it is "under construction", I don't know what they are doing, I hope they will still have rugs. What is so perfect about this particular website is the rugs save in a large size, we don't have to enlarge them. Will keep an eye on the site and hope for the best.

Suede Paper

I have finally gotten the color cartridge for my printer so I tried out the suede paper I bought from www.franticstamper.com. I am glad to report that it does work in the ink jet printers. The suede paper I bought from www.dragonflyintl.com worked the first time, but I couldn't get it to work after that. That paper came in a shrink wrapped package, flattened, after I opened it I think it "fluffed" out and became too think to run through the printer. I left the franticstamper paper set out for a month and it went through the printer just fine. Soooooo, if you want to make some quick and inexpensive rugs buy the suede paper from franticstamper.
See 'ya next year! Kris

P.S.  This stuff is for making the quick mini rugs I wrote about in an earlier blog.  I told you to buy the suede paper from someone else, buy it from frantic stamper instead.  Copy and paste rugs off the Internet to make your rugs.