Etched Jars

Here are two gifts for my coworkers, Beth and Kathy. The both have a 4 legged family member so I thought I'd make them treat jars.
Dog images were found on the web, fonts are Arial black and Comic Sans. Paw prints were found online too. Jars from Hobby Lobby, and were only $2.50 each! Can't beat that!
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2 More Etched Jars!

WOW! These thing are addicting!

These are going to be "belated" easter gifts. Belated because I did them up Friday night, and I won't be able to mail them until Monday afternoon. But they are for Easter :)


This first one is for My Daughter, Lilly.
Lettering done with Storybook


These darn things are so cute.. but hard to take pictures of!
Puppy from Animal Kingdom


Flower From Storybook (I'm really liking the extras on this cart!)


Butterfly from Indie Art


And this one here, is for her Sister (which would be my Ex - Step - Daughter, and since she was apart of my life for 3 years, I wanted to include her too)
She's got a pretty name, Joslyn, but it's hard to find things with her name on it, and have it spelt correctly. Lettering from Storybook


Flower from Storybook

Horse from Happily Ever After, She loves horses!



And then on the last side, I did the butterfly from Indie Art again.

Here is the finished product! I filled them with some easter chocolates :)


Thanks for looking!

Glass Etching, with the Cricut!

I found this cute little jar at Walmart


and just had to see what I could do with it. Orginally, I was going to decorate it in Vinyl. But.. then a lightbulb went off and I thought I'd give it a shot and try Glass Etching!

I wondered Hobby Lobby, with my 25% off coupon in hand, looking for etching cream. It was in the aisle with the candle making supplies and the mosaic tiles. It was $8.50 for 3 oz. And then 25% off of that. So, $6.38 total.



I wanted flowers and butterflies, cause they are pretty. So I lined them up in DS so that they would fit on the sides of my jar. And then I cut it out on Vinyl. Vinyl was ordered from Ebay Seller Rice892.


I cut the vinyl into squares after it was done cutting, and then I removed it from my mat. I used a craft knife to cut it while on the mat. Here's a picture of the images


The first flowers are from Walk in my Garden, the butterfly is Indie Art, and the other flower and butterfly are also Walk in my Garden.

Using Transfer Tape, I put the images on my jar.


All images on Jar



Then, of course I couldn't find my stash of paint brushes, so I used a foam brush instead - it worked great!


Just be careful that you stay on your vinyl.. it will etch any glass, but doesn't hurt the vinyl or etch through it.
The directions on the cream say to let it sit for 5 minutes. I know I let it sit longer cause I lost track of time. It may have been 10 minutes or so. Then, wash it off. I took it into the bathroom and using a wash cloth, I wiped it down .
Then, let it dry. and Whal-la! You've etched!


Here's with paper behind it so that it can be seen better


And.. then I put my primas in there! Looks beautiful!