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When your transfers are made and dry, you have some very interesting components for your artwork, which can be applied in a number of ways (try your sewing machine for example), and they have a wonderful translucence wherever the ink doesn’t cover.
Adhering the Transfer to Artwork:

Once dried,, your transfer is permanent and ready to use and will not smear when painted over with glazes and mediums.

I use a thin layer of Soft Gel Medium to adhere the transfer and then another thin layer over the top, applying with my finger in a circular motion to push air bubbles out.

Once I get it nice and flat, I use a brush to soften and give it a painterly look.

Other adhesives will work as well, such as PPA (Perfect Paper Adhesive) and Matte Medium.
When glued or collaged over printed paper, text from books, or a painted background, the transfer has an ethereal translucence that evokes a dreamy quality.

The areas without ink will somewhat fade into your chosen background, allowing it to show through and providing you with unlimited creative possibilities.

If you would like only a portion of the background to show through your image, you can apply gesso to the back side of the image, in the areas that you want opaque.

You can use your sewing machine to put a border around the transfer for an interesting look, or attach any number of items like brads, eyelets, and buttons.
Editor’s Note:
DJ is an absolute genius at creating backgrounds and we know some of you are eager to know how she created these.

Since we have convinced her to do a series of articles for Now What?, we will ask that some of those be about her background techniques.
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Here are four more samples of sandwich wrap transfers used as focal points in a variety of art pieces - all created by DJ Pettitt.
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Contact DJ Pettitt by email at: jndpettitt@charter.net
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