Hi Brandye,

Thank you for visiting. I’ve never tried recovering one but I think it would be possible. The one issue is that photo would be raised slightly higher that the rest. You might also consider trying to pop the one photo off and putting the new one on.

Best Wishes,

Crystal

Thank you,
Brandye

Hi Brenda. Thank you so much for visiting. I’ve never tried it with house paint before but it’s worth a try! Since this is such an inexpensive project the worst thing that could happen is that you’d be out $5 and have to reprint a photo and get a new canvas! If you try it, let me know how it turns out.

Best Wishes,

Crystal

Hi Krista,

Thank you so much for your question. I’m so sorry that you have been struggling with this. Hmmm…I wonder if it’s that you aren’t putting enough mod podge on your canvas and it’s bubbling in the areas where it isn’t getting adhered? I like what you are doing with the credit card to push out the excess. I wonder also if your canvas might have been treated with something that isn’t letting the mod podge absorb into it which could be affecting the adhesion? I would try to really get in there with your foam brush and thoroughly coat your canvas really pushing the mod podge down into the canvas fibres, place your photo on top then (maybe even put a thin coat of mod podge on the back of your photo first) and use your credit card to smooth everything out/get rid of the excess mod podge. Once you have done that I would suggest using your hands putting one on the back of the canvas and one on the front of your photo and really smooth everything down and push the two layers together. If you aren’t applying pressure from the back of your canvas maybe it’s dipping when you are using your credit card and not adhering together. Then I would suggest placing the photo facing down on a clean surface and find a book that fits inside the frame of the canvas and lay it on top while it dries. This added pressure should make it so that nothing bubbles. I would hope that if you did all of those things that there is no way it would bubble. I haven’t had issues with mine bubbling and i’m so sorry that you have!

Please let me know if this works for you.

Best Wishes,

Crystal

Hi Crystal. I’ve been reading comments to see if anyone had my troubles with bubbling and this looks the closest. I’ve tried making 3 today and they all have ended up with bubbles underneath the picture. The 3rd one I tried using a credit card to smooth everything out and I thought I got it super smooth. But as soon as I put the mod podge on top, the bubbles started to emerge. Should I wait for the mod podge underneath to dry more? When I used the credit card to smooth the picture, mod podge came out the sides (which is understandable). But maybe then the picture is losing the adherence? Maybe smooth out the bubbles, wait a minute, then smooth again? I am NOT crafty so this is all new to me! 🙂

My other small bummer is that I purchased 11×14 canvases and 11×14 photos, but the photos are slightly smaller than the canvas so it’s not a perfect fit. I tried painting like you recommended. We’ll see how it turns out.

It’s all trial & error, right?!? 🙂 But if you have thoughts on the bubbles, I’d love some help so that I don’t waste too much money! This has been a fun first crafting experience!
Thanks!
Krista

Hi Amy,

I’m so happy that you like it! Thank you so much for visiting the site. If you like this project you might want to check out this one too. It teaches you how to transfer photos to wood:

https://hellocreativefamily.com/easiest-way-transfer-photos-wood-minutes-perfect-results-every-time-giveaway/

Best Wishes,

Crystal

Hi Marsha,

Thank you so much for visiting Hello Creative Family and for trying this project. My guess is that your layers of Mod Podge were too thick. You want to make sure that you really look at the layers you put down before letting it dry because those are the lines that you will see on your photo (only they will be clear). I love the lines that the mod podge leaves behind because I think it adds to the canvas look of the finished project, but you definitely want to make sure they aren’t too thick and that you don’t have any bubbles in your mod podge.

I hope this helped!

Best Wishes,

Crystal

Hi Lysandra,

Thank you so much for visiting. Based on what you are describing it sounds like it would work! Give it a try and let me know if it turns out!

Best Wishes,

Crystal