At my journalistic education we worked with Macs and did magazine layout in Quark Express. I’ve installed Adobe’s layout program InDesign because I want to know it too. While trying it out I did a tutorial on how to create decoupaged chipboard magnets! I saved it in PDF-format so that you all can have a look!
It’s free for you to download and print. I hope you like it. I had fun making it, but I wish my designing skills were better. But if anyone enjoys this I might do more tutorials in the future and maybe improve my layout skills a bit.
Here is an image of my finished magnets in shabby chic style:
If you want to bookmark the tutorial please link to this post, thank you!
Free PDF: download the tutorial!
That tutorial is so well designed and pretty — it’s a work of art in itself, Hanna.
The process is very similar to the one I use for my map magnets, except I use wood pieces instead of chipboard, and the watercolor paper prints that didn’t work as prints. They’re time-consuming, but people seem to love them and they made GREAT Christmas presents this year.
You can also take one image and cut it out across multiple pieces of wood/chipboard, so that it makes a magnet set, almost a puzzle.
These are so pretty! I’ve been wanting to do a project with decoupage, but I’m not quite ambitious enough to do a piece of furniture. I think I’m going to send this tutorial to my 12 year old neice also, I think she’d like it. Thanks!!!
Thank you so much for the tutorial. I can’t wait to try it. All the things you make inspire me. Your such a sweetie for doing this.
Du ?r s? himla duktig!
S? galet avis p? dig och allt ditt pyssel. En dag ska jag bli som du!
Ses i p?sk! Kram
Excellent PDF Hanna…with all the lovely napkins around, theres a motif for everyone!
Snyggt jobb med tutorialen! Snyggt, enkelt och l?ttl?st!
I can’t STAND it! This is TOO GOOD!!
Thank you!
Great job with your tutorial and lovely magnets!
thank you! love this! :)
Very nice. I’ll do these with a baby theme to go into the party favors for a baby shower next month. Thanks for the great idea!
wow! love this! will definitely try this one thanks! :)
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they looks amazing and so easy to do! thank’s for tutorial :)
Hello, long-time-no-write. Just tweeted about your tutorial as part of my daily how-to:
twitter.com/groundsel
Thanks so much for putting this together.
I just read your “100 Ideas to Spark you into Creative Action” post and was totally intrigued with your ideas.
I started to make those magnets and posted them on Cut Out + Keep
http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/diy_magnets
I hope you don’t mind, that I linked your How-To, it’s really great!
Thanks for all the Inspiration
Thanks for letting me know this tutorial was useful.
Julia, your magnets looks very cool and cute – well done! :-)
Thanks ;-)
This tutorial is fantastic! I have just made similar magnet :):):)
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