Showing posts with label Glass Etching. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Glass Etching. Show all posts

Monday, June 9, 2014

A Wedding Gift

Another home decor item featuring glass etching.  This one is for a family member's granddaughter who just got hitched!  Mirrors are notoriously hard to photography, but I did my best!



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Saturday, June 7, 2014

Home Sweet Home

My sister flew in to visit me this week.  I haven't seen here in almost six months!  So it was a well desired visit for me and my kids who adore their auntie.  She has a friend who just moved into a new place so I agreed to make her a housewarming gift.  Years ago I began etching lanterns as a home decor item and it still fits the bill.  I built up quite a stash so I actually had this lantern on hand.  For those interested, I bought it at IKEA a few years ago.  I know they still sell these lanterns, although perhaps not this specific style anymore. However, the ones they have are very reasonably priced as well ~ under $10 for this smaller size.






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Saturday, February 2, 2013

CHA World Bazzar Mirror

I am not sure why I haven't posted these yet, but I have a project to share with you today that I actually completed months ago for DCWV's Winter CHA booth.  I'm sure many of you saw the beautifully decorated "World Bazaar" that the DCWV team put together.  If not, click here to see the video.  I had one tiny addition to the display, a mirror I etched and decorated.

I thought I would show pictures of a little bit of my process this time around.

I started with a mirror that I took apart.  I etched the mirror with a shape I found in the Silhouette store.  I then added hexagons in alternating colors to the frame.  This is DCWV's Silky Smooth paper and I cut the hexagons using my Cameo.


The hexagons were glued down using a really glossy decoupage sealer.  Regular Modge Podge would have worked fine as well.


It's shiny now, it's shiny!  



I then added some flourishes that I cut out using my Silhouette.  The paper is from Foiled Elegance, one of DCWV's new stacks out at Joanns right now.



More flourishes on the backside of the frame as well.


And lastly, I created the rope used to hang the mirror using Blue Moon beads.  I really love how this mirror turned out and believe it or not, this project only took several hours.  I thought I would be toiling for days, and well, nope!


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Sunday, December 16, 2012

A Merry Lantern

Every year my crafty friends and I get together and do a gift exchange.  The rules are simple - $25 minimum gift purchase (however you are allowed to shop from your stash) and you must make an item.  Many of you might remember that I received this absolutely spectacular set of pins last year from my elf Caroline.  Turns out this year it was my turn to be her elf.  I started three times before I finally came up with something that I was in love with.  I etched a holiday lantern for her, and to keep it current and trendy the main theme was chevrons.  Here it is:




 




All images are from the silhouette store.  Today we did our big reveal and I think my elf is happy.  I hope she loves this lantern as much as I do!

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Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Banks Banks and more Banks. Okay, really there are only two.

There is something about the Christmas season that gets me in an etching mood.  I don't know what it is, but I seem to do most of my etching around this time of year.  This time I worked on a few glass banks with and for a friend of mine.  She is planning on giving these to her kids for Christmas.





I promise there is more etching there than you can see.  Photographing it is extremely difficult - almost as difficult as mirrors.  I like to use etching to create a shadow behind shapes.  There is a shadow around the baseball player, as well as the peace sign.  And there are itty bitty peace signs on the side of the bank where there are flowers.  Very cute, and very fun to do.

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Sunday, January 29, 2012

Welcome Sweet Baby Nico!

My best friend keeps procreating.  I mean if 18 month twins weren't enough she went and added this little cutie to her brood this past week.  I went to see him on Friday for the first time and of course I'm in love. He's so snugly!  So, as I did with his siblings, I creating a little "Welcome" to the world shadowbox.  Actually his is much more elaborate than the one I did for the twins, but my style has changed quite a bit then so I felt like I could do more.  





This is my attempt at photographing the glass etching I did with Nico's stats.  I wish I could get better pictures, but the etching is small and the glare was well, large, no matter what I did.  So please know that what you see cut out in vinyl is etched very nicely on the top left of the glass! 




I want you all to see how absolutely and unbelievably teeny tiny this vinyl cut was.  I wasn't even sure my Cameo could handle it and honestly it wasn't easy.  I threw away about six attempts before I got this clean cut.  My blade got gunked up more than once with itty bitty pieces and I thought I was going to have to pull out a new one for sure.  Grrrrr.  Turns out though with a bit of patience I was able to get it out and I worked with the settlings a bit more to get this cut.  Now weeding was something else, but hey, we do this all for the love of our craft right?




Go Silhouette!

Recipe:
Shadowbox:  Archiver's brand
Paper:  October Afternoon's Rocketship, DCWV Dazzle Stack
Silhouette:  Mats, Name, Rocketship, Banner, Footprints, Circle, Stats
Brads & Ribbon:  My Stash

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Saturday, December 17, 2011

Holiday Lantern

Yesterday I was in the mood to do a bit of etching.  I pulled out one of the lanterns from my stash, opened the Silhouette store, and got busy!  I usually etch these lanterns with negative images so I decided to do it the other way.  It went fairly quickly and the results are fairly good.  I have a few marks that I shouldn't and one small area didn't turn out quite as well. But overall, considering the limited amount of etching I've been doing, its really fine. As with mirrors, etched lanterns are notoriously hard to photograph.  I did my best and I hope you like it!






And here are a few shots with the lights off.




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Monday, December 5, 2011

Sanctuary

It's been a really long time since I etched something.  So when I saw this file on the vinyl mecca Smart Buy Gal Forum I thought hmm, I could probably do something with that.  Now first you should know that I am not a birdcage fan.  I think I've cut, maybe one, out in the years that I've been crafting.  That said, I really, really liked this one when I saw it.  This is the post that caught my attention Oh How Pretty!  So, when the owner of the file offered it up (so generous) I knew I wanted to make something with it.  It turns out that Brandy's mother is birdcage fan.  Ha!  So easy now, let's make something for Brandy's Mom.


So here it is - etched onto a mirror!  I can only apologize for the picture.  Anyone who has tried to photograph a mirror knows how IMPOSSIBLE it is.  I really didn't want to be in the picture, but eh, sometimes you have to do what you have to do.

Again, I used my new Silhouette Studio software and imported the SVG file and then cut it out with my Cameo.  I have been putting my Cameo through the paces over the last couple of weeks and will continue to do so until I feel like I've mastered it.  I have to say that my earlier problems seem to have resolved and I am really happy with this machine right now.  I especially love the true 12 x 12 cutting space
  

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Halloween Lanterns - Is it THAT time of year again?

I've been in a Halloween mood.  I am not sure why, but I am ready to see some spooky projects on crafting blogs/boards.  Of course I haven't ordered my kid's Halloween costumes yet, but eh, I'll get around to it.  This morning I decided to do a bit of glass etching on a lantern, spooky style.







One of the hardest things to do is photograph a lantern or a mirror so I apologize for the the pictures.  Also, this is not my best etching work.  There are a few imperfections, and again, I'm seeing this grainy etched surface in a few places.  I am beginning to think that that batch of etching creme I was using was defective in some way.  I am so full of excuses today! No worries though.  It's good enough for display on the porch on Halloween and around the house until then.

Recipe:
Cartridges:
Happy Hauntings, October 31st
Armour Etch Creme

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