Glass Etching Makes a Great Gift

I am excited to be at She's A Sassy Lady today with a fun project.  My cousin is getting married.  I was 19 when she was born and she is just starting out fresh from college.

We had a "Shower in an Hour" themed shower for her and my assigned time was 9:00 am.  I decided to create a breakfast themed gift complete with handwritten recipe cards, some measuring spoons, and a baking dish for baked French Toast.  I wanted to personalize her dish.

I bought this glass 9x13 pan not realizing there was a glass stamp (if you will) in the center.  I should have bought the Pyrex brand.....

I put her married name-to-be on my Gypsy using Storybook sized to 4 inches.  I flipped it over and cut it out in vinyl.

When I cut in vinyl, I use 3-3-3 (speed, pressure and blade depth) to cut it out.

I used transfer tape to adhere the outline of her name onto the glass dish.  My friend Jenny stressed the importance of burnishing the vinyl on the glass to avoid any little bubbles or folds where the etching creme might sneak in.

Here is the Etching Cream I used.  I bought it at Michaels.  I put a thick coat on and waited 5 minutes.

I rinsed it off in the sink.

I was so worried that it did not work!!

I dried it off still worried that it did not work....

but it did!!  Why was I so worried?!?

I really like how it turned out!  Thanks Sheila for your words of wisdom on etching!!!

I can't believe I forgot to take a photo of the card I made and the recipe cards!!!  Here are the cards I printed and cut out on my Imagine from Kate's Kitchen.  I included my mom's famous Banana Bread recipe, my Chocolate Chip mini muffin recipe, Baked French Toast, S'More Pancakes, and a couple more.

Now I am hungry for breakfast!!!

Thanks for having me over Sheila!

Snowflake Etched Ornaments

Happy December!!!  Just 20 more days until Christmas!!  I am the Guest Designer today at She's A Sassy Lady and I have some snowflake ornaments.  I FINALLY tried to etch ~ how fitting that I shared this project on Sheila's blog as she inspired me a long time ago when she etched a glass baking dish!

I bought these mirror ornaments at Michaels.

I used these snowflakes from the Christmas cartridge and sized it at 1 1/2 inches.  I cut out the snowflakes in vinyl.  I set my cricut to Pressure 3, Speed 3 and Blade 3 to cut through the vinyl layer only (not the backing).

I peeled back the extra vinyl using my dental tool.  It is helpful to roll the vinyl as you pull it away to prevent it from sticking to your project.

I weed out the inner cuts next.  I use clear Contact paper for my transfer tape.  You need to dirty it up a bit on your jeans to de-stick it a bit.  I placed the contact paper over my snowflakes and burnished it with my scraper. 

I placed the snowflake in the center of the mirror and burnished it again.  I slowly peeled off the contact paper.

I got out my Armour Etch that I bought at Michaels about a year ago!

I put some newspaper down and put a thick coat of etching cream on my mirrors.

After 5 minutes, I rinsed one off and it looked done.

Here are the ornaments after I rinsed them and dried them with a paper towel.

I peeled off the remaining vinyl.

I added some sparkly ribbon and a coordinating gem to each snowflake.  These would make a nice gift! 

Thanks Sheila for having me on your blog today!!!  I hope everyone over here has a wonderful Christmas!!