Separate the purple sheet of the carbon paper from the other two colors. Lay a piece of white paper down on the table and tape it down to the table by the four corners.
This piece of white paper will act as a barrier between the table and the carbon paper to prevent purple marks on your table.
Place the purple carbon paper on top of the taped-down white paper. Print or draw the tattoo design on a plain piece of white paper. Tape the carbon paper and the tattoo design paper down to the white sheet. The purple carbon paper should be in the middle of the two white pieces, and the tattoo design should be facing up.
Trace the tattoo design with a pencil while applying pressure. Go over each line in the design. The tape will prevent the paper from slipping and blurring the lines. Use a pencil whose color is different from the color of the tattoo design to show whether any lines were missed while tracing.
Pull the top piece of the white paper off and turn it over. A tattoo stencil will be imprinted on the back of the paper in purple. Do not touch the purple lines or the lines will smear.