Glass etching with an Air Eraser

Hello all, it's Danita from danitasdesigns.blogspot.com.

I will attempt to show you how easy it is to etch glass with an air eraser. It's not hard at all, once you get the hang of it.  Below is just a few of the glasses that I did for my cousin. She and her fiance will be giving these out to the groomsmen, as gifts.

 

Here's what you need:

1. Air Compressor

2.  Air eraser

3. Aluminum Oxide

Now that you have your supplies, you will need to cut out your pattern on you Die cutting machine. I used my Cameo. I find it best to use vinyl, but some people use clear contact paper. I just can't see what I'm doing with the clear contact paper. You may be able to use a printed or solid contact paper. Play around with it and see what works for you.

 

 

Once you get the pattern cut out, you will use the negatives and apply to the glasses.

Then you wan to tape off any parts of the glass that you don't want to etch:

 

 Now here's the setup

 

You can find list of how to make this homemade cabinet here. I got this information from one of the Facebook groups I'm in.  I just decided to change it up a bit and go with the clear plastic instead of the top. I personally think you can see better through the clear plastic. I use clips to hold the plastic in place, or you can use clothes pins. Oh, and you need a face mask for sure. You do not want to breathe in the oxide! I also wear gloves, but many of my friends do not and have had no problems. I also wear goggles.

 I place foil in the bottom of the cabinet to collect my oxide for re-cycling. Yes you can re-cycle, but be weary of debris.

Then you fill up the cup on top of the eraser. This is the only frustrating part. The cup is so small, you have to keep filling it up.

I set my compressor to 75 - 80 PSI.

Then it's time to blast away!!!

It's best to do the erasing in the day time so you can "see" what you have done.

 When finished you want to wash off the excess oxide and remove the tape.

Your vinyl will still be in tack and that's okay. You will began to peel it away once you have all the oxide rinsed off.

End results:

Thanks for looking and I hope I have encouraged you to try Air Erasing, but fair warning....It is addicting!!

Country Picnic Bridal Shower

Hello everyone! Java Jen here from JAVA JEN CREATIONS to share with you a fun bridal shower that I helped plan for a sweet young lady at our church! We went with a Country Picnic theme and we had so much fun! Thanks, Sheila, for allowing me to share the fun here!! Here are a few pics and then I'll give you more details under each one:

These are the centerpieces we made featuring the, ever popular, mason jars! The mats are 12x12 Kraft paper that has been corner punched with a Lucky 8 punch and an 11x11 bandanna paper that was also corner punched with my Lucky 8 punch. The "Mr. and Mrs." tag was from the Sweethearts Cricut cartridge and was cut at 3".

This was a cute journaling prompt tag that my friend found on Pinterest so I printed them and then created a tag to fit it! This is a tag that I found on the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge and, using my Gypsy, I unlinked the H and W to stretch it to the size I needed it to be! Even with all the advances with the Cricut, which, for the record, I LOVE----- I still LOVE my Gyspy!! :-)

This little purse that I made from the Bridal Shower cartridge, was made to hold little cards that everyone wrote a little sentiment on. 

This shower was a gift card shower so we found an oval bucket to stick skewers in that we hot-glued mini clothespins to, to hold the gift cards. (Sorry the picture isn't that great but I forgot to take a pic at home so it's a little busy in the background! :-/ ) The "Mr. and Mrs." is from Tie the Knot and the Monogram B is from Tie the Knot as well. We put some paper straws over some of the skewers for more pops of color! 

The bride is the one in the center and she was thrilled with the theme!

We had catered box lunches and this was our place setting.

This shows a little more closely, the corner punches.

I cut hearts from Sweethearts and punched holes to "tie the knots"! :-)

Another view of our yummy place setting. :-)

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope you're having a super fun, family and friend-filled summer! 

Remains of the Day, Part 2

Father's Day 2014

Howdy!  Adrienne Kirkey here from Eagle Canyon Arts.  Thanks to Sheila for having me as guest designer today.

Last week I showed you a birthday card and two inspirational cards made with remains of an Ivy Lane project I did for Mother's Day.  Now Father's Day is upon us and here are some more examples of how to use leftover papers and embellishments for great looking cards. Supplies needed: 

Ivy Lane Papers (X7178B) 
Colonial White Cards (X1410) 
Ink - Chocolate (Z2111)
"Perfect Fit Dad Holiday" Stamp (C1542) 
"You've Got A Friend" May 2014 SOTM (retired) 
Copic markers Y19 (Napoli Yellow) and B18 (Lapis Lazuli) 
3D Foam 
Cricut Artiste Cartridge (Z1790) for moustache outline (optional, p. 67; I just cut them freehand)
 

Hm-m-m-m, how to arrange the papers?

Here are four cards of the same general design (finally, after some lip chewing and arranging papers) with a couple of different sentiments inside for the "fathers" in our family.

Final Look

Perfect Sentiments for Father's Day!

These cards showcase the masculine prints in "Ivy Lane" papers.  Please use these ideas to generate your creativity and imagination.  Blessings, Adrienne  Romans 8: 38-39

June Holiday Card--sweet snowmen!

Hi Everyone....it's Sonya from Sonya's Paper Trail, so you know what that means......it's also time to share my monthly Christmas card!  And do I ever have a dose of cuteness for you today.  

Check it out:

 

I decided it was time to take a break from red, green and grey that I've enjoyed so much lately and went with non-traditional holiday colors this time.  I started this card by selecting my papers from Echo Park's Winter Wishes 6 by 6 paper pad.  I rounded just two of the corners for a cute effect using my corner rounder that was likely one of the first paper crafting purchases I ever made!  I then sprayed those patterned papers with glimmer mist, so they are nice and shimmery.  

The stamped image is by SP&Company and is called Snow Friends.  I colored it with my Copic markers and added some Stickles for the snowy bits.

 

I have a little obsession with Stickles....and it's lasted about 10 years.  I'm finally starting to use up bottles that I've had for ages, thank goodness none of them have dried up! This bottle was "distress" Stickles and they made a great accent to the snow.

How are you coming on your Christmas cards?  Anyone working all year long or do you wait for the Fall to begin creating?

Have a super creative day!

Bird Watching

Hi everyone,

Carol here from Happy Expressions to share a project with you at Shes A Sassy Lady. Thank you so much Shelia for letting me share a card with you. 

I have this really cute saturated canary image called Rose Red. I colored this image a while back and didn't get around to making a card with it. When I was going through my colored images I came across this one. The card base is SU and I embossed the white layer with SU final press embossing folder and the bigshot. I cut the corners with the die-namics corner die four times. The image was printed onto neenah cs and colored with copic markers. Eoo,ooo,21,31,33,35,37,50,  R20 YR02,000.YG61,63, B12,14. I used SU thinlet die to cut around the image and layered it with foam squares on the back. I faux stitched around the corner die and hand wrote the hello on the bottom corner with sukura white get pen. I added the SU topnote die 0n the inside of the card using neenah cs. 

Thank you all so much for stopping by, happy crafting and have a great day!

You are my Sunshine!

Hello everyone! Java Jen here from JAVA JEN CREATIONS to share a fun birthday banner that I made for our youngest grand baby who just turned 1 in April! Thanks, Sheila, for this opportunity! First of all, here are a few pics of our adorable little Collin! He just melts my heart!!

This cheesy little grin makes me want to grab him and start smooching him! :-)

Ok! Now to my project! I made this banner using the Creative Memories Total Sports cartridge, Hello Kitty Greetings, Mickey and Friends and Mickey Font.

These pennant banner shapes with the letter cutout are from Total Sports. I simply attached them with colored twine to a piece of natural twine.

These suns that I used as banner anchors and the large sun at the bottom of the banner are from Mickey and Friends.

The letters for COLLIN are from Mickey Font and the sun shape here is actually a card that I folded over the twine and is found on Hello Kitty Greetings! 

Some close ups:

Thanks for stopping by today! Now, go make something beautiful! :-)

Java Jen