Thank you for the voice over narration with speeded up footage. It saves time for the viewers. There are so many RU-vid creators that waste time getting out supplies, setting up, or filming repetitious tasks. Also thanks for sharing such pretty dainty gifts. It is inspiring.
I totally appreciate that you always mention that everything in life needs practice. It’s so encouraging! And true of cause. I don’t get discouraged when decoupaging but sometimes when I do other things in life. I always think, I should already be good at it, even when I haven’t done it before. Thank you so much , I will remind myself of what you said!
I have recently found you and glad I did. I also appreciate your voice-over method of presentation saving time. I read all the comments to get to know you better as I do with all the channels I might be interested in subscribing to. I can't believe I wasted precious time reading comments on fingernails. Didn't see that coming. Keep doing what you do and "thank you" for sharing your talent with so many. I'll be watching you. Donna, in California, USA.
Thank you so much Donna! I also think that voiceovers are much better for certain types of videos but I am also still experimenting with what works best both for me and for people that watch so bare with me if my format changes here and there :) and about the nails - I guess that some people just have too much time on their hands :D :D:D
Just wanted to say that your idea of using extra fine steel wool is right on. I ran an antique furniture and wood refinishing shop for years and found that steel wool gave the best results over sandpaper or emery cloth. Great tip that I haven't seen any other DIY channels suggest. Cheers.
I just came across your channel and I’m definitely going to try your method!!! I tried different methods from different RU-vid channels but none of them were successful as they peeled off and the ink went off as well!! Thank you for sharing :)
Thanks for the video...it is so much different from the Mod Podge ones and I as a photographer have tons of paper to use so thanks tons for the great video.
Lovely picture, thank you for sharing, its very useful instruction. If you are in UK try maybe Polyvine decorators varnish and Polyvine heavy duty wood varnish. Works like charm, also makes backup transparent and id waterproofing and uv and heat resistant. This company is UK brand, easy to buy online at The Brewers. I was using Wilko varnish but I am more happy with Polyvine
Thanks for showing us this. I'm amazed that the ink jet print didn't smudge when the varnish was applied so I'm eager to try your method. Usually, the tutorials say to use a laser print. I was too busy watching and enjoying your tutorial to notice your nail polish or absence of.
You can use brown paper bag or Kraft paper instead of steel wool. It’s a lot cleaner and smooths out paint and varnish to a satiny surface with no clean up
Thank you for sharing your talented I do remember doing this in school so thank you for bring it back into my life but you also could us mod pod it does the same thing plus you will not get dizzy that stuff you are using is not good only with a mask on thank you I did subscribe to your channel
This looks beautiful! I am always in awe of the process and the result that it leads to. Have you done any of these as decorative wall plaques without the key knobs as well? They would look so nice. I am quite upset that I cannot order any from you due to shipping, lol! The fact that it is a picture made me wonder if it would be an option to offer this as a personalized item with people's own pictures of their family or whatever picture they've taken. They could send you the picture they would like to have on whatever surface you offer like a plaque or any of the products that would be appropriate. Or even something like the heart ornaments to go on the Christmas tree but with kid or family pictures. I've seen people who put pictures of their kids into ornaments to go on on the tree. I've thought since I came across you on the other channel that you truly have the nicest voice to listen to.
Thank you lovely 😊 I know, the postage can be silly expensive but to be honest smaller items like this one shouldn’t be too bad or little hearts or coasters for example I know I sent coasters to USA not long ago and it cost me around £6 so it’s not an insanely huge price I think Canada should be the same so if you think you would like something smaller / lighter I could definitely look in to it for you. And of course for you any personalisation and anything else you might want 😄 About the personalised things with peoples photos - to be honest I thought about that but It really doesn’t appeal to me all that much I am very selfish and enjoy having the creative freedom however maybe I really should start doing something like that - that would be more likely to make me some money 😄
One of my patients looked my hands, and said she could tell I was a hard worker. She was an Eastern European immigrant that was also hard working. I took it as one of my favourite compliments.
Haha well that explains why my hands are always like that then, must be coz I’m an Eastern European immigrant myself 😄 I don’t think many hard workers manage to keep their hands and nails looking glamorous, we have other things to worry about! 🌸😘
Interesting method! I'm planning to transfer an image on a wood block for the purpose of relief printing and I will anyway put a shellac varnish on the wood to prevent the carving surface from chipping from wrong places. I wonder if shellac will catch the image similarly as the varnish you used. I'll try to remember to report back here how it went if anybody else wonders the same question.
Hi Iveta! You must be using a photo paper that has a paper backing. The glossy photo paper I got was for my HP inkjet printer but has a plasticky backside with light HP initials stenciled all over it. I used your method but for some reason I didn't realize the backside was different till the next day (I let dry overnight), and so of course after I sprayed with water, I then realized it was never rubbing off lol. Somehow though I was able to salvage this project- just trying to remember the steps I used- I know I allowed the water to sit on the back of it for some time. Then I rubbed dry and sandpapered the sides off. Then I just varnished over it again and again and dried multiple times in between- maybe I ended up melting off the backside somehow? I'll have to do it again to know for sure but the image looks great now-I'll send you a pic when it is finished-did some clay work around it ala Iveta haha! Cheers Cat-
Yes please, if love to see it! Ohh 😮 didn’t even think about that you know, I never ended up with photo paper that had plastic backing , so it never even crossed my mind!
Thank you! haha, my accent is all over the place, I am originally from Latvia, been living in UK for the past 10 years tho and half of them I spent in Grimsby and half in Norwich so go figure :D :D it's a very eclectic mix :D
Sorry if I have missed something obvious, but I'm just not clear on this one point. After you have painted, dried and sanded your plaque, you move on to applying three layers of varnish. Please can you clarify whether these have to dry individually, ie varnish - dry - varnish - dry - varnish - be sure to dry completely before moving on to actually applying the picture OR do you simply brush the plaque three times with a coat of varnish, one on top of the other, to make a thick layer before leaving it to dry thoroughly? All your techniques are beautifully demonstrated, so I'm sure it's just me being a bit dim. Thanks for your hard work.
Hello, thank you for this video :) Please, does the ink come out of the MDF Plate in any chance after the vernish is dry? (i mean while removing the paper from the MDF)
Your work is amazing. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I was just wondering will water based satin varnish will work the same way because that's what I have right now.
I prefer gloss over satin or matt for this because of the mattifying element in varnish, it might dull the colours down a little but it will still work so if that's all you have at the moment, it'll do! :)
Hello! Your project is beautiful, I loved it. How long do you let the varnish dry when applying it to the mdf and the photo or do I immediately start waxing? Thanks you
thank you, I varnish the MDF, then sand down and then when I go to transfer it i varnish the paper, then mdf then paper again as fast as I can before the varnish starts to set hope this makes sense
Strange for some to comment. All serious crafters have either broken damaged nails of their own or pay for fake acrylics. I just crazy glued a huge tear in my nail until it grows out past the torn quick! I’m also curious that the ink jet printer worked. So you need to use gloss paper for the ink jet? Saw someone actually iron the photo onto the top coat, it slightly melted it in. Sort of a similar process as it’s working with the wet (melting) layer of the top coat. I think some are thinking its the old style decoupage from decades ago because of using top coat or varnish. Back then you just varnished the pic to the wood. We weren’t doing photo transfer as far as I saw and I’m old, so like one said using magazines images didnt work. It all smeared.
Haha I guess some people just need things to be annoyed about! 😄 I usually use gloss, matte should work just fine too but I stick to gloss coz I know that it works 😄
So glad I found you. I want to put a photo I printed out on a 33rpm record. Hopefully I can adapt things you’ve shared to make this work ! Any suggestions? T.I.A.
I love your videos, and the plaques and coasters etc. that you make are just beautiful. I want to ask you something : I've printed off a heart mosaic pattern from my inkjet printer and I want to transfer the pattern on to a piece of wood so I can do the mosaic on the wood. The pattern is just a simple black outline. Can you suggest an easy way to transfer it - I'm a total newbie to this. Thank you, love from Amanda in Australia. :-)
You might be able to use mod podge for this, I’ve definitely heard of people using it for transferring but I personally haven’t. You should be ok to transfer a black outline on to wood ☺️ there are also specific mediums called transfer medium made for this, again, I have very limited experience with those. So far gloss varnish method shown in this video has worked the best, at least in my experience
You said that you can use this process for transferring a photo, does it work for photos that have been printed at a photo kiosk or do you have to print the photo from your printer? Also, do you have any tips for using other paper products, such as an out of date calendar or a magazine? I’ve been wanting to use several old calendars and transfer them onto a pour painted canvas for wall decorations for my daughters. Any help would be greatly appreciated. TIA
