MIssion Accomplished! First, let me explain, then I will tell you what worked. From what I have been told there are inkjet transparencies, but you have to paint the reverse side or the picture does not show well in all settings. I wanted the picture to "pop" and I also wanted the picture to appear that it was suspended inside the ornament. Plus, I was given some black and white copier transparencies. Transparencies are costly and come in huge packages. I only need a few sheets, so I started with what I had and free is always good if you can make it work. And to make matters even harder, I always had a problem with one-sided ornaments because they always seem to want to turn to the backside, so I wanted the picture on both sides. Now to what I did that worked. I found my picture and sized it. Then I copied the picture into my Paint program and flipped it and transferred that back. So now I have the same picture that I can print and use back to back. I printed the pictures onto photo paper (next time I would probably find some very light weight photo or glossy paper). I took the printed pictures and stuck them to one side of double sided carpet tape. Then I cut out the pictures trying to keep the same spacing around each one. I matched them back to back as close as I could trimmming here and there until they were very close. (Now, this is where I probably should have taken a little more time, but it was after midnight and they were looking pretty good :)) Then I removed the backing of the tape off one picture and centered it on my film (that had been cut to fit the inside of the ornament) and pressed all the edges. I repeated this with the other picture on the other side of the film matching this outline to the other picture outline. After pressing firmly in place I carefully rolled it around a pencil and inserted it into the ornament. It was a little hard because of the thickness of two photos and the film to roll around the pencil but the carpet tape held and it worked. I accomplished my goal on this project - the pictures really pop even if the ornament turns around. Hope this made sense. This was suppose to be my practice project before attempting memory ornaments in honor of my daughter. I did learn alot but will probably invest in the inkjet transparency film for those.

I did the transparency (if you have a scanner you could scan and print instead of using the original). I have a pic (actually emailed to me) when I went to visit a cyber-crafting friend (KS to CA). She has the most beautiful garden/yard and we were sitting in front of it together. I printed that pic and also a poem about friendship on another circle (size of the ball). I spray paint the backs white so the pic will show up better. I also make a tab at the top that will actually be coming of the the neck of the ornament so that it will not end upside down in later years. Then I added small silk flowers inside the ball as well. (with the transparency, it sits right in the middle of the ball). I want to do some memory ornaments the same way, adding small items that represent things they liked, with the scapebooking stuff out now, it's easy to find something for everyone that would fit inside. Let us know how you ended up doing this ornament. Laura

You can stamp on them if you use a permanent ink like Brilliance, Staz-On, or some others I can't think of right now. Look through the posts here in this forum. I posted something about the "caught-in-crystal" technique where you apply tissue paper and inks and glitter with Future floor finish. You can use that for a luminary or just a card or wall art. You can also use the transparencies for making stencils if they're not too thick. Oh, and you can always sell some on eBay! :-)

Do Not Use Anything with Behr on the can far as outside finish goes. X 10000 with acrylic. Read the fine print on that 3/5 year thing. Reread, Again. Reread. Tape it on your forhead and read it backwards in frount of a mirrow. John Hyatt www.deckmastersllc.com