I bought mod podge, gel medium, wood, and a paint brush. I got the mod podge, gel medium, and brush from Hobby Lobby and got the piece of wood cut from a 2'' x 8'' x 8' piece of treated outdoor lumber from Lowes (they cut my pieces for me. I did them as 8'' x 10''s.) I printed a picture that I liked. Remember to flip your picture backwards so that when you lay it down it will transfer the correct way.
Then, paint the gel medium on the wood. Get a good coat on there and place your picture face down on the wood. Press firmly and be sure to get out all the bubbles you can. And, remember to wipe your sides off because you will squeeze out some gel to the sides and if you don't wipe it, it will harden on the sides. Also, it helps for your picture to not be any bigger than the piece of wood you are using, just so you don't have to crub the sides to get the paper off!
I forgot to take a picture of this part, but let your project sit over night and don't touch it! Hard I know! The next day, take a warm wash cloth and lightly wipe away the paper from the wood. Your picture will look like the one below.
Once you have all of the paper off od your wood, let it dry for a few minutes and then put a decent layer of mod podge over the top and let it dry. I did it outside and it took about 15 minutes to dry in this southern heat!
I will say this word of caution: We tried other pictures and found that deep colors like blue and purple do not transfer well. This works better on black and white, sepia, or light colored photos. Scott does have on a red and white stripped shirt and it came out ok and I am wearing a yellow shirt and it did fine, but be careful of darker colors. I have this sitting in my living room and it looks good! I plan to do more of these of Khloe on thinner wood and hang them in our foyer. I think I may paint the sides to look like a frame on those too :) I loved this simple fun project!
Happy Crafting :)
April
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