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Re: Making your own piecepack tiles from wood...



> I noticed a couple of them buckling too.  One was buckling along an
> edge, and I was able to tamp it down again with a bit more Mod 
Podge,
> but another has a bubble in the middle.  Fortunately, although I've
> already cut out all eight suits of tiles, front and back, from
> cardstock, I only made one test suit of tiles and coins.

So i'll definately be using the 110 lb. stuff for the pyramids 
then :)

> I am going to print on paper, then try a paper test suit and 
compare
> it to the cardstock one. Decoupage is slow going, but I just heard 
the
> story of a woman on _This American Life_ (episode 30, 1996) who 
took
> three years to cover every inch of her kitchen and the things in it
> with tiny beads.
> 
> La la la. I simply remember some horrible things, and then I don't
> feel so bad...

I'm going to try on both types of paper as well...110 lb. and 
probably some 20 lb. stuff I have.

LOL...that had to have been a maddening amount of beads...

Eagles