Flowers for Moms.
Posted by Christy Miller on Sunday 27 May 2012. Filed under: crafts, gel medium, hollyhocks, Mother's Day, photo transfers, roses
It's not sewing yet, but craftiness is still very much on the agenda, most recently with these canvas photo transfers that I made for my mom on Mother's Day.
This is an awesome and easy project that the good folks at Flock and Gather brought to craft night back in February. The instructions come care of an awesome blog: A Beautiful Mess.
Essentially, you:
- Print a picture on a laser printer (i.e., your office printer) on regular paper (not photo paper!)
- Apply gel medium to a blank canvas (you can pick this up at any art supply store, including Michael's)
- Place your photo, image side down, on the wet gel medium and let it dry overnight
- Using a bottle filled with water, spray the back of the image and work with your fingers to remove as much of the paper as you can. This might take a few passes: I worked at the canvases over a few days until I was satisfied that I'd removed enough of the paper.
- I also sanded the edges a bit to give them a distressed look
You'll be left with an interesting effect like an old picture. The only thing I wouldn't recommend is a photo with someone's face in it, as you can't guarantee that you won't take an eye out as you work the paper off of the back!
I chose pictures of hollyhocks because of a story that my Mom told me about the summer that my grandma's hollyhocks grew in her garden. I couldn't decide between the two pictures, so lucky Mom gets to figure out what to do with both!
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| Work at the paper using plain 'ol water. |
And because I tell Susan just about everything, she also decided to make a photo canvas for her mom as well, featuring her mom's favourite flower. Susan's canvas also turned out fantastic and I love it when other people have crafting success!
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