Easy summer picture craft project.

I love Modge Podge but I am really not a fan of mosaic decoupaged items. I prefer items that are a little more subtle and vintagey, like music and old book paper. So I got a little creative using vintage music paper, Modge Podge and Martha's slick nautical-themed, self-sticking screenprint templates.


These mini oil painting canvases (5 x 7) were perfect for this project and were only a few bucks for a package of five at Michaels. I can envision using multiple sizes to fill a wall with homemade pictures.

I cut out the music paper to fit around the canvas enough to be able to cover the edges on the backside with a piece of scrapbook paper. Modge Podge the back of the paper and carefully stick it down onto the surface of the canvas scraping out the bubbles underneath and folding the extra over the edge to th backside of the canvas. Be sure to get rid of any bubbles while the Podge is still a little wet. Immediately, coat the front with a coating of Podge. Let dry, coat again, let dry, coat again. You should have a nice glossy (or satin, depending on which Podge you chose) music paper background.


Peel and stick Martha's screenprint template onto the dried surface and daub paint over the screenprint. Screenprinting is more of a "scraping of the paint over the template" type of action, but because of the small surface I used a sponge brush and dabbed the paint, making sure to get paint into all the crevices of the template.

Let dry and display.


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