Yes, I made that! Would you believe that I’ve never painted on ceramic or glass before? That’s all changed, thanks to Plaid’s new line of glass paint products from Martha Stewart. Read on to learn how you can make this, too!
Seriously, SILK SCREENS for glass and ceramic?
1. Clean and dry your mug, then wipe surface with alcohol pad and let dry.
2. Apply the butterfly silk screen. Press firmly to ensure that the image is adhered.
3. Apply a thin line of the paint on the edge of the silk screen.
4. Use the rubber tool to spread the paint over the silk screen.
5. Repeat until the entire silk screen is covered. Work QUICKLY as the paint dries very fast and you don’t want your silk screen to adhere to the mug.
6. Remove the silk screen while the paint is still wet and clean the screen with water.
7. Move to another side of the mug. Apply a floral silk screen. If the image is too large to fit the space, choose a section of the image to use. Press firmly on the section of the image you want to use, and apply paint as instructed in steps 3-6.
8. Continue painting images on your mug. This took 3 days to complete. {See NOTES below.)
9. Apply the stencil with the chosen initial. Use the small dauber tool to dab the paint onto the stencil.
10. The final product can be baked or air cured for 21 days. I opted to air cure mine, so it will sit on my craft desk until it’s ready to be filled with a cappuccino!
NOTES:
Allow your painted image to dry for one day before painting an image next to it. If the second stencil overlaps a freshly painted image it WILL lift the image off. I know.
Because my mug is curved, the stencil tended to lift up in places and there was some paint smudging. Use the scraper tools to easily remove stray marks and unwanted paint.
This may be my favorite project to date! I loved that the silk screens gave me the freedom to create my own scene, like the butterfly nearly touching the flower. The colors are vibrant and, as I mentioned before, the detail is amazing. It really looks like I bought it, not made it!
If you like this idea, click here to see the clock I made with glass and recyclables!
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Disclaimer: I wrote this post as part of a paid campaign with Martha Stewart Glass Paints and Blueprint Social. The opinions in this post are my own.
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