It’s that time of year! Well almost that time. Halloween candy has been out since August here so I guess that means I can bring you a Halloween craft right!?
A couple weeks back I bought some Martha Stewart glass paint that was on sale and I picked up a few. I had pretty low expectations since I have absolutely zero experience painting on glass. Well I was wrong! I did it and it turned out pretty well!
So here is what I used:
Sponge brushes
Contact paper
Dollar store vases
Martha Stewart Glass Paint in Frost/Fire Opal/Mace
I do have the grey glitter and black paint pictured here but I really didn’t like how it turned out. It looked really streaky. I ended up testing it out on a jar and decided not to use it.
I went online and searched for a cute bat and skull. You can purchase this one in the Silhouette Online Shop.
This project is EASY and super fast.
Here are the steps:
1. Cut out the shapes on contact paper.
2. Adhere on the glass vase making sure it is smooth and there are no bubbles!
3. Using your sponge paint the entire vase in frost.
4. Let air dry. ( I was impatient and ripped off the paper in less than an hour)
5. Rip off the contact paper s-l-o-w-l-y. If you go too fast you could rip off some paint that you don’t want to.
Stick a candle in that baby and your spooky night light is done! Repeat the steps for the bat.
Now…on to the chevron candle. This one was a bit tricky and took me a lot longer. It is very important that you measure the circumference of your vase and that will be what you set your width in the Silhouette Studio. I drew the chevron pattern myself in the Studio software and my vase measured 11 inches so that is what my width set on. You can download that Chevron pattern here:
tips and what i learned:
*Place the first arrow part of the pattern as close as you can to the top. This will help guide you in placing the chevron strips around the vase.
*When using the transparent glitter no matter how many coats of Fire Opal I put on it never looked orange to me. It wasn’t until I put in a little squirt of Mace to give it that orange color.
* You might have to clip the end of the chevron pattern with scissors just to get it to sit right.
*Make sure to press down all bubbles! The paint will bleed inside the lines and will not give you those straight lines if there are bubbles.
* The frost paint is pretty forgiving and only takes a couple of coats. The glitter paint takes about 50 coats…o.k I’m exaggerating a bit but it felt like it.
That’s all!
This post is part of the Silhouette Challenge:
Thanks for stopping by! While you are here check out some other great Silhouette projects!
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They look great! I’ve never used that glass etching paint, but I have a bunch of vases/candle holders i go ton clearance a while ago so I think I’ll give this a try. Thanks for the tutorial! 🙂
Thanks Emily! The frost glass paint was really easy to use. It was super forgiving and only took a couple of coats. You should try it! It is a lot easier than actual glass etching!
These are so neat! Looks like etching, but it seems to be more forgiving?! Once etching is on, it’s on and if it seeps through, it’s ruined your project. Can you start over if you don’t like it?
It is more forgiving. It takes 21 days for the paint to air cure if you opt not to bake it. I was able to scratch off a few areas where the paint leaked in with my nail. It wasn’t much of a leak but it came right off and you can’t even tell it was there. I’m not sure if it was a huge spill or if it was the opaque glass paint it would clean up as easy. The surface of the glass once the frost paint on there isn’t smooth. It has a textured feel to it but I kind of like it and isn’t really noticeable until you touch it. I have to say the frost paint was my favorite to work with. It went on it a couple of coats and the end result looked quite neat. 🙂
Awesome project I love painted vases!!! Pining! Hope you have a great day
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Thanks Cami!
I love this! What a great idea.
Thanks Michelle!
These turned out so well. They look great and are a fabulous idea for Halloween.
Thanks Pam!
These are awesome!! you make it look super easy..
Thanks Marni! The frost ones are pretty simple! It was the chevron candle that gave me the hardest time! Thanks for stopping by:)
I would have never guessed that was paint. I’m impressed!
spooky fun 🙂 thanks for the tut as i always thought glass etching was hard !! 🙂
That’s what I love about it! Looks like etching without the fuss:) Thanks for stopping by!!
Okay, seeing your lights and Coley’s luminaries has me excited to make some of my own! They are PERFECT for the season…and thanks for all the tips on what you learned! I love me a good tips list.
Thanks for participating in this month’s Silhouette Challenge Group Post, Tori.
Warmly,
Lauren
The Thinking Closet
Thanks Lauren! It is always a good time participating in the Silhouette Challenge! It has really made me comfortable with the machine and so inspiring all the projects that get linked up every month. It’s quite the little community of such sweet and talented people!
What a great project! I am in love with all of the Martha Stewart lines for crafting and used her paints for Christmas presents last year. They work so well. I would have never thought of going to the dollar store and getting the vases there instead. These are really awesome!
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