Fun & Fabulous Black Photo Canvas

Being a hobby photographer I love finding creative ways to display some favorite photos. This is a quick and easy way to mount your photos on canvas in only 5 steps, while giving it a fresh and fun look.

Step 1: Paint the edges of your photos with black paint.

( I simply use black acrylic artist paint).

Step 2: Cover the face surface with Modge Podge.

Step 3: Mount the photo onto the canvas and press until secure.

Step 4: Using black paint; feather around the edges of the photo to blend together.

(let dry before the next step)

Step 5: Cover the photo and sides with Modge Podge.

(I like to brush Modge Podge on diagonally, then after it dries I re-brush onto the photo in the opposite direction to add dimension and texture).

Step 5: Dry, Hang and Enjoy!

Here are other photo canvases I've done....

(Please excuse the chewed up wall, our kitchen (& drywall) is in desperate need of repair)

What do you think of my project? Is this something you would try?

Amazing Wood Photo Blocks

I orginally saw this project on BuzzFeed via Pinterest. I immediately loved it and knew I had to give it a try. It is easy and turns out great, I have a few of these picture blocks in my office at work and they are always commented on!

What You'll Need:

• Picture printed on paper. I originally tried a photo print from Wal-Mart, which DOES NOT work, just print a picture from your home printer or have it printed at a copy shop, I went to Staples, since I wanted a larger finished product.
• Wood. I got my from Lowes in the building area. It was orginally a long board, they cut it to 10x10 squares for me.
• Gel Medium. You will find this in a craft supply store in the artist section or at an artist store. I got mine at Hobby Lobby.
• Modge Podge. I swear every project I do is Modge Podge'd.... Love it!
• Overnight. This does take overnight to dry before finishing the project.... just a head's up on the timeframe.

How To Do It:

• Sand the edges of the wood.
• Trim print to size.
• Cover surface of the wood with artist gel medium
• Let dry overnight
• Using a wet wash cloth, gentely wash the of the paper from the wood block. The wet paper becomes pulp and easily washes away while the image remains on the wood via the medium.
• Clean all paper residue off.
• Let dry.
• Coat with Modge Podge to seal and give it a shiney finish.

Tips:

• If you are going to do a saying instead of a picture remember to reverse your image in a photo program before you print and the image is reverse on the wood.

Below are pictures of the entire process...

Revamping Old Frames to Fabulous!

As I was packaging a load of tired & old items ready to ship off to a second hand store, I had an Ah-Ha moment and this was the result....

What You'll Need:

• Old Frames
• Glitter
• Modge Podge
• Drop Cloth
• A cup of coffee... naturally!

How To Do It:

• Modge Podge your tired old frames. I had a variety of frames, so I glittered some on from the front surface and some of the glass ones I modge podge'd the back for a different look as the glitter shines through the glass (These are the ones that turned out to be my favs!)
• Sprinkle glitter over the glue. (Make sure you do this over your drop cloth, glitter has the tendency to get messy!) Shake off excess onto a paper plate or paper towel so you can reuse later.
• Let it dry & repeat the glittering process for coverage.
• Modge Podge one last coat over the glittered surface to adhere it to the frames so you will have less chance of glitter everywhere once you start using these again.
• Let dry, add pictures and dazzle your room! Enjoy!

Below are pictures of the entire process...

What Do you think of my glitter frames?

Turning a Blank Canvas Into A Work of Art

I used to paint, so I thought I would reuse some old canvas and give them a face life with some fun family pictures. The idea for this project grew out this project mainly because I just wanted to try it to see if I liked this better... Jury's stil out.

What Your Need:

• Canvas. Can be bought at any craft store. Mine was a 7 x 9 stretched canvas that I had laying around.
• Modge Podge. What household would be complete without this!
• Large Photo Print. This time I had an 8 x 10 laying around that I wasn't displaying so I used this. 

How To Do It: 

Step 1: Modge Podge the canvas and the back of the picture. 

 

I just had an old canvas that I had painted on, so I just applied the glue over it.

Step 2: Align photo on canvas and let dry. 

The back of the Modge Podge says 15-20 minutes, that seemed to be enough time.

Step 3: Score overlapping edges with exact-o knife. 

 Be very careful not to cut through, the point of this is to make it easier to fold the sides of the photo around the canvas.

Step 4: Glue and clamp sides.

 

Let dry a couple of hours to set well and repeat on opposite sites.

 

Step 5: Remove clamps and Viola! You Are Done And It is Amazing and Ready to Hang!

What you do think of the finished project?

Cheap & Easy Photo Project... Looks Like Canvas!

I love photography and if you are like me, then you also love creative ways to display your photos. I originally found this idea on Mommy Models Blog via Pinterest, so I thought I would give it a try. Here is how it works.

What you need:

• Wood backing. Use whatever you find, however I used a 1/2 inch 2x2 Birch board for $7.44 from Lowes. My husband cut it to size, I got 1-16" x 20" board, 1- 8" x 20" board and 1- 4" x 24" out of this. Great for a couple prints!
• Modge Podge
• Paint. I used white but be festive use whatever color you want!
• Sanding paper
• Large photo print. I ordered 1- 16" x 20" poster and 1 - 8" x 20" poster from Wal-Mart.com. I think I paid around $20.00 for both and got them the same day with in-store pickup. Sweet!

How To Do It:

Step 1: Cut Board to Size. 

My Husband helped me with this. We actually cut the boards 1/4 inch shorter than the prints so thinking we would trim image afterward to exact dimension, in hindsight I wish we would have cut the boards to poster sizes as the tablesaw we used to cut the wood was very accurate and you get cleaner lines without having to exact-o the photo. Just Saying!

Step 2: Sand away rough edges.

Step 3: Paint the sides and back.

I used white paint and applied 2 coats. Also, in this step I prepped other the boards that we had cut from the birch boards we bought.

Step 4: Modge Podge the wood and the picture

Apply Modge Podge generously to both the wood surface and back of the picture.

Step 5: Apply Gentle Pressure Over Photo to 86 the Air Bubbles

As you can see, my husband could not help himself with this step, due to his OCD. So I thought "Why Not...! I'll let him help!" Hope he doesn't take credit!

Step 6: Let Dry and Viola! You Are Done And It is Amazing and Ready to Hang!

What you do think of the finished project?

*Note: I did exact-o knife the edges as we cut the boards a little smaller than the wood backing, however I would recommend cutting board to size and skipping this step of trimming.