Vase Painting - Alcohol Ink

Another trash to treasure adventure.

Here's another old vase found in the garage.   It has a water stain around the center that won't wash off.   I've decided to try the Tim Holtz Alcohol Inks to color this vase.

Wow - supper fast and easy to do!  Just place a felt pad on the dabber, use a few drops of alcohol ink and pounce all over the vase.

I only used the cranberry color on the bottom.   When I started reaching the upper portion, I added another color to the same felt pad.   Results show a marbling effect.

When the alcohol dries, the ink is permanent.  Dries within a few moments.   I wore rubber gloves - didn't want to permanently color my hands!

Here are the two vases together.   One to the right is the one I hand painted and glazed.   The bigger far right is yet to be done.

Link to painted vase:  http://songofml.blogspot.com/2012/04/vase-painting.html

DIY - Graduation Mugs - Glass Etching

DIY Gift - keepsake mugs made from dollar store purchase.

These are 15 mugs purchased from the Dollar Store.   First step is to wash and remove all gummy price stickers.

Next, create a stencil for glass etching using vinyl.  We cut our "Class of 2012" using Cricut Songbird cartridge.   Letters were welded together on the Cricut Craftroom web site.

We added a thick coat of Armour Etch - Glass Etching Cream.   The label on the bottle says to remove in 10 minutes, but I have much better results waiting 30 minutes.

30 minutes later, the etching cream is washed off under the sink with running water.

Beautiful results.  After etching all 15 mugs, we decided to add Viva Decor Pearl Pens "dots".  The dots were done in the students' school colors (five different high schools!).

I think these will make a great graduation gift.  Here's to you Class of 2012!