Select a photo you would like to transfer to canvas. Print photo. It’s either the printer ink or sorcery that makes the image transfer, so I think you have to use a printer print-out; a photo lab-developed photo or magazine image wouldn’t work. Print the photo the size you want it or to fit the size of canvas you have. It’s easier to buy the right size canvas or print the photo to fit exactly than to have to cut canvas later, trust.
I used an image of an "Irish Blessing" I found online and re-wrote it with a font I liked and changed the background to a photo I liked better. Can't remember where I found the original, so thank you anonymous internet image producer. And Ireland.
Cover photo (color side up) in Mod Podge. Like completely saturate. Lay on top of canvas, Mod Podge side down. Smooth out any wrinkles in the Mod Podged photo.
Wait 24 hours.
After 24 hours: in directions I read online, it said to take a sponge to the photo and that it would rub off/dissolve, leaving the image. Maybe because my photo was printed on pretty thick photo paper, but I just sort of peeled the photo paper off and the photo had transferred to the canvas (witchcraft). There was some left over Mod Podge that was making the transferred image foggy, so I wiped it off with water.
Here are some online instructions for other people's version of this. I read like four or five different ones then tried to wing it. My results may indicate that. . .
Painted Canvas: Mod Podge Photo Transfer
How-to-guide: Transfer Photos to Canvas
You can use craft paint to enhance the photo. I made this for a boy, so I tried to keep it simple and not pour glitter on it. (I did try mixing black glitter into black paint and seeing how much glitter I could pour in until it started being noticeable, so my canvas does have secret glitter.)
After paint dries, add coat of Mod Podge. Even if this wasn’t one of the directions, I would have done it anyway to get rid of my never-ending bottle of this stuff (still half a bottle left. . . ).
~ Display and enjoy. ~
This was a couple of photos my friend took at a wedding recently that I liked. I combined them into one image that, more or less, fit the size of canvas I had. There was much lovely silver glitter involved.