DIY Canvas Prints

I’d been want­ing to do some­thing with all the new­born pho­tos of Baby Brother, but hadn’t got­ten around to any­thing yet. But then, I was intro­duced to a new craft sup­ply called Scrap­book­ing Atti­tude, which is a print­able film. And, it’s for so much more than just scrap­book­ing! In fact, it can be applied to almost any sur­face from paper, card­stock, chip­board, fab­ric, felt, rib­bon, metal, plas­tic, leather, wood and more! So, I knew I wanted to try it with some of the new­born pho­tos and inspi­ra­tion struck when our first large gallery wrapped can­vas arrived in the mail (more on that later). I LOVED it! But, those can­vases can get pricey. So, I decided to try to DIY some small ones with Scrap­book­ing Attitude!

The sup­plies needed to make the can­vas prints were quite min­i­mal– 8 x 8 can­vases, Scrap­book­ing Atti­tude print­able sheets, a glue stick, scis­sors, and an iron. Then, the key sup­ply needed in order to get the image on the film is an inkjet printer. Once you have your image edited & sized cor­rectly for your can­vas, you print the image onto a sheet of Scrap­book­ing Atti­tude. It is impor­tant to read the prod­uct direc­tions and know how the paper loads on your printer. You print the image on the glossy side of the sheet. And, you want to make sure that you “flip” your image (mak­ing it a mir­ror image) due to the way it prints & then attaches. I rec­om­mend doing a quick test print on a nor­mal piece of copy paper first (so you don’t waste a sheet of the Scrap­book­ing Atti­tude).  Once the print is dry, you can get to work attach­ing it to the can­vas. Start by cut­ting out your image to fit the can­vas (do this by cut­ting through the film & back­ing). The use a glue stick to apply a thin amount of glue to the edges. I had issues with my glue stick being a bit too thick and it show­ing through the image. So, I redid it and just put glue on the edges of the can­vas. Then, care­fully peel the film off the back­ing and apply (glossy ink-side down) to the can­vas. To help the film adhere to the can­vas a bit more all over, I went over the entire can­vas (cov­ered with a thin dish towel) with an iron (no steam) on medium-high heat. That’s all there was to it. I loved the final out­come! So, I decided to make another one to go with fol­low­ing the exact same steps. Even­tu­ally, I think I’d like to do all six and make a new­born fea­tures can­vas col­lage.

I love these can­vases! Now, I need to get to work on the rest of his new­born prints and dec­o­rat­ing his room!