This is my very first time using Pinterest and this is EXACTLY what I was looking for!! For my birthday, my daughter had a bunch of people send what I meant to them. I wanted to take a couple sentences from each and put them on a collage or poster or in some way to frame and mount it. ![]() I was thinking subway art, or maybe a chalkboard background with sentiments written on it in white or a canvas background with yellow ‘sticky notes’ with sentiments on each. I would welcome any ideas. ![]() How to make your own Subway Art using Microsoft Publisher. Learn how to change the publication template in Microsoft Publisher at www.teachUcomp.com. DIY Subway Art Did you think I. Until I found this lovely blog post via pinterest talking about how to make Subway Art in Microsoft Word. All I did was open. ![]() But however I do it, I couldn’t find anything that explained how to start, much less donor with Microsoft word tools and make it larger than 11×7. I passed up Pic Monkey because I didn’t plan to use photos. So thank you so, so much for taking the time! I can’t wait to get started!! So glad that you found the instructions. Just finished another one for my sons 19th birthday.can’t wait to give it to him tomorrow. I love the idea of the chalkboard background with the sentiments in white. You can either frame it (once printed), or add it to a large board like I generally do, or modpodge it to canvas. That is totally your preference. Would LOVE to see a picture of it when it has been completed. BTWwhat an AMAZING birthday present from your daughter. I can only hope that my 2 boys think of this for one of my upcoming birthdays. I’m so excited to come across this tutorial! I wanted to make a “pool rules” sign and wasn’t wanting to spend $80+. I have a piece of wood that is about 24″ x 48″ that I was wanting to do my project on. It will just be a bunch of words, but I don’t want it distorted since some of the letters will be large. Do you think there will be any issues with printing at Staples (engineering copy like you suggested)? Also, I’m not sure I fully understand what you were saying about the dimensions and cropping. If my board is 24″ x 48″ and I want the words/letters fairly close to the edge, suggestions what size should I request at Staples? Mae recently posted. You are going to love your pool sign, especially for under $10!! I know that picmonkey has the option to “design” right from their home page, but for an engineering print I would still upload your own high resolution photo and then resize it to an 11×14 option. The high resolution photo will allow you to enlarge this engineering print at Staples to the 24″ x 48″ (although the size options at Staples are: 18 x 24, 24 x 36, and 36 x 48) without the words becoming distorted. You will need to make an adjustment when you are creating your sign in picmonkey, allowing for the 48″ length but only 24″ width. I would suggest leaving some space on either side, maybe an inch, which would allow you to cut off that space after you printed it at Staples, fitting it to the 24″ wood. Either that or cut the wood down so that the height is only 36″. Does this make sense, I know that I can be long winded sometimes?? Would love to see a photo of the finished project and to do a feature on it. Email it to me at!!!! I would use their ‘design’ option which allows you to choose the size that you are wanting. For this poster you will need at least an 8×10. You can add the dogs photo by choosing the butterfly overlay, and then go to the top where it says “upload your own”. Find a photo of the dog from your computer and upload it. You will be able to play around with the size of the photo, and move it to the location you desire. After the photo is in place, then use the Tt overlay to pick a font and add in the verbiage that you want the poster to convey. I hope your friend finds their dog!!!! Keep us posted. Hi Patty, It is all about the pixels, and if you start out with the highest possible resolution then you will be able to print out a 36″x48″ engineering print and the print will look great versus distorted and fuzzy. BTW.I am so happy that I was able to text your answer last night, but now I am going to edit your original question above and get rid of you cell #, as I don’t think you want to take any chances with that floating around. Take care and let me know how everything worked out!! I do it 2 different ways, depending on the desired finished product. If you are wanting it ‘distressed’ with lots of ripples and character, then use mod podge to adhere it. Brush your board with mod podge and then lay out your subway art smoothing it down with your fingers and a little tool (I use a Pampered Chef pot scraper). You will have some of the paper bunching up, giving you a scare and shouting at it and me. Once it dries, you will take some sandpaper and lightly sand the entire artwork and those bumps and ridges will get sanded down giving the piece character. You shouldn’t need to seal the top with a poly spray if you mod podge. If you want a more tailored, polished and smooth finish then use a spray adhesive (I use Treehouse Spray Adhesive), spray the board completely, as well as the back of the paper, let them both sit for a few minutes and then lay your paper over the board and smooth everything out. It will be your choice whether you want to poly seal it after or not. I have a 3′ x 4′ board in my den that I did with this method and I have not put any sealant on top and it is still going strong 18 months later. Send me a picture when it is done. I would love to feature it! Staples prints it on regular (engineering) paper for me. I have not used photo paper for any of the subway art projects. I have used photo paper when I am making the ‘photo coasters’ though! I have never had Costco print anything of mine. They are too far away from where I live. Go online and see if they offer an engineering print. If they don’t then I would think that the photo paper would be okay. You just may need to adhere it with the mod podge versus the spray sealant. This is what I would suggest if I was using photo paper. Coat the canvas with mod podge, lay your photo paper down going over it with your fingers (you might want to wear a cotton glove) to get rid of any creases and bubbles. Once it has dried, go over it again paying close attention to the edges, with the mod podge. Let it completely dry for 24 hours! Let me know how it turns out. Have a great weekend!! Hi April, After making hundreds of these (not really, but it feels that way) I would suggest just blacking out your photograph. When you go to enlarge it into an engineering print it becomes even more distressed and ‘greyish’. After getting it onto the wood board or canvas I roughen it up even more with sandpaper.gently roughen it up as it is just paper. If you want to start off with chalkboard then go to Nest of Posies and download the graphic from there. With the Jenna print I used one of these, but after looking at it long enough, I feel that it is too grey. I like the distressed black!! Hi April, You are living through my angst of working with canvas. I have a few canvas’ left, but once they are gone, I will only do the these projects on wood boards. Personal preference, but I find the canvas a pain in the rear to work with. I had the same trouble you are describing when I sprayed the sealer down to adhere the print to the canvas. Lots and Lots of bubbling when I then went over it with the mod podge. My recommendation: If you are going to use the spray sealer do not put the mod podge on top. If you need to put a little extra on the sides and edges go ahead. Personally, I only use the mod podge when working with the canvas. I put a layer on the canvas, lay the print down, smoothing any wrinkles and bubbles with a small little plastic scraper. Put your other hand underneath (or use a book) to give the canvas support while you are working the bubbles out. If you don’t, the canvas will stretch. Long windedsorry. Let me know how it goes? Actually, if you received a second print for free.then I say start over. If you want to try and salvage the canvas, then wait for everything to dry and sand the entire thing down so that you have a smooth area to work on. Then adhere the print with mod podge and then if you want to put an extra layer on top go for it. You can only be the judge on that extra layer on top. I have some with a bottom and top layer and some with just the bottom layer (putting the mod podge on the canvas/wood and laying the sheet on top of it). You will still have bubbles and ripples. This is what gives me that extra ‘distressed’ look when I lightly sand over it when it is dry. Hi Ashley, I just sent you an email. Bottom line, I don’t have an answer for you. Sometimes it seems like I can extend the box and the word without increasing the overall font, but most of the time I also increase the size of the font. =( This is when I generally use different styles of font to achieve the look I want. I went on to picmonkeys blog and help center to see if I could actually find some directions, and they didn’t have anything either. If someone knows this answer, please give us a shout out! Thanks for the tutorial. This has been helpful. I’m trying to work on a birth stats/announcement piece and I’m having difficulty figuring out how to make the words line up properly so there are clean lines all around the sides. For example I put the first name on the very top and than in smaller font the middle and last names on the next line downbut when I try to make the middle and last names the same length across as the first name (which is larger) it just increases the font size. Sorry if this is confusingbut hoping you can help. Omg.this is a tough one, as this was one of my first one’s that I created and I had no clue what I was doing. This one took me FOREVER, as I was figuring out the different fonts and moving them around into the various positions. Don’t get frustrated on the text boxes. The more you practice the easier it gets. What are you struggling with, maybe I can help? I used the ‘Special Elite’ for God, but I cannot figure out the other 2. I just went through my favorites, testing them out again, and none of them seem to be a match. These are the ones I use most often: Special Elite, Brushtip Travis, Brush Tip Texe, Marccelle Script, Bleeding Cowboys, Stampete, De Walpergen Pica, Times New Yorker and Roman Antique. I tend to create these while sitting in front of the tv at night, and it is my doodle pad.playing around and seeing how different words will work in various spaces, and most of the time the fonts come into play because of the designated space that I have left for a word. I hope this helps a little! Let me know if I can answer anything else. Here is my email. Your welcome Mary. I find it easier to work with the wood boards, but have a stockpile of canvas boards in a closet so I will need to use them up eventually. Here is what I do when using canvas: Paint the top and sides whatever color your subway art ‘base’ color is. For me that normally tends to be black or a deep charcoal (washed chalkboard). I always do the sides 2-3 coats of paint, but only do the top with 1 light coat. You don’t even need to do the top, but I don’t want to take any chances that the engineering copy is not true to size and if it is a little shorter the paint will blend it in better. It also allows me to give the subway art a light sanding to roughen things up a bit more. The biggest tip is to put some books under your canvas (in between the wood rim) so that you have a level surface when laying out the print and smoothing things out. If nothing is supporting it you can stretch out the canvas when pressing it down and working out the air bubbles. Let me know if you have any other questions. Can’t wait to see it!! Post a copy here for us to see.please!! I cropped this particular project down to a square as I wanted to try something new with the Jenna project. You need to have the appropriate dimensions for the artwork. You technically aren’t cropping it as you have a solid color background, but you are giving it distinct definition. The higher the dimensions, the larger you will be able to do the engineering print without it being grainy or distorted. Let me know if this helps or not. Remember, to start with the highest resolution photo you can find on your computer.
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