Frosted Glass Tutorial -- How to make frosted glassware with Armor Etch!

[anjalita]

oooooohhhh etching envy! I MUST try this.  Thanks for the very fantastic tutorial!

[aab_123]

Oh how fun is that!  IKEA had some great plain vases earlier this year.  I'm going to have to run over & see if they still have them.... etching here I come

Amber

[thejordy]

those are AMAZING!

im definately trying those for christmas presents!
wow! great use of the stickers too!

xox

[Ty]

This is really cool, I'll have to try it soon.

Does anybody know if etching cream comes in any other colors?  You think it would be possible to dye it?

[feelingleftout]

Those are absolutely fabulous! Did you do it on the shotglasses too? Do you have any pictures of those? I think this would be a great inexpensive gift to add to my brothers present, because I know he's low on glasses. I never even thought about doing something like that for him. I think I'm going to use computer dingbats of Star Trek and Family Guy characters for him. I think he will love it! Man, this has given me so many ideas!

I wish I hadn't seen this tonight though because I really want to run out and buy the stuff to do it with RIGHT NOW, but I've got a test I have to study for.

[hopeevey]

Contac paper works really well for taping off for etching glass.  And it comes off very easily.

[lekkner]

thanks so much for posting this! it's a great idea for the people on my christmas list that are hard to buy for.
i purchased some glasses from the thrift store today, they were about $.30-$.60 each. i even found a set of 4, and a set of 8. tall and short drinking glasses, shot glasses...maybe try a thrift store before you go to the regular store? they had glass vases, too.

[craftsurge]

Well, I tried my hand at this.....

First I would highly recommend getting some glasses at the thrift store first. It is a good idea to practice. Anyway, really the hardest part was deciding what to put on them once I got all the supplies.  

I got this set of four for a buck and think it came out ok. The glasses were scratched a little but I am keeping these and not giving them as a gift so I didn't really mind.








What do you think? I think not bad for a first try, I will definitely do this again. Thanks again for the great idea!! I had fun doing this.

[bumblev]

Wow, those glasses look great! Paired with a bottle of spirits and it's a cute hostess gift. Must buy some etching cream!

V

[Maria G]

I love this idea....and it's so easy to do...i'm already thinkin of words and phrases to do on some.