Transfer Your Photos Onto Wood

What you’ll need:

Untreated wood board/block (these are from Walmart for $1 in craft dept.
Gel Medium (bought at craft store in the acrylic paints section)
Photos printed from laser printer (don't use inkjet printer and use regular paper, not photo paper!)
Brush
Rag or sponge
Modge Podge or finishing varnish

1. First pick out some cute pictures. You’ll want to mirror these images on your computer before you print them.

2. Print on laser printer ONLY! I went to Staples and they printed a set in black and white and a set in color. B&W were about 18₵ and color pages were about 59₵. I just gave them my flash drive at their copy center and asked them to print them two photos to a page. This was the PERFECT size for the wood blocks I bought at Walmart.

3. Cut your photo to fit a little bit smaller than the surface of the wood.

4. Evenly brush the gel medium onto the wood. It doesn’t need a thick layer but make sure it’s applied evenly.

5. Carefully place photo face down on to the wood.

6. Smooth out paper with your hand. You can use a bone tool or credit card but I found that it caused my paper to wrinkle…maybe I was too rough, hehe.

7. Now the waiting game…wait at least 8 hours. I had it dry overnight.

8. Soak your rag or sponge with water and start rubbing off the paper. Use your finger tips to rub the paper off too. This will take some time. Don’t be too rough if you are using a sponge.

9. Let it dry and come back and rub off any paper residue/lint that is left on it. This might take a couple of times.See the paper residue...not done yet!

10. Scrap off hard edges if you want the rustic look.

10. When it’s clean, let it dry completely and apply a clear coat on it. I used Modge Podge.