matching pair

I made a vinyl stencil to etch "if friends were flowers...".  I then decided to use the weeded out letters to make a card too.

I'm not sure the matte vinyl shows up well enough against the patterned background.  Might try the next one on a plain background.

A Very Happy Yule

Not a lot of crafting going on this week but I did buy a bunch of vases to try glass etching.  I will post the results when they are done.

Glass Etching and monogrammed frames

Tried my hand at glass etching this evening.  On 2 glasses i cut stencils out of vinyl with my cameo and covered the rest of the glass in masking tape.  On the third one i tried peel off's and masked the rest of the glass to give a reverse effect.

This one worked quite well with only a little blurring at the edge.

This one was a disaster.  It was supposed to be cCc my Father in Law's initials but it blurred in too many places.

This is the reverse effect I was looking for but the etching is patchy so again I won't give it.

As you can see it didnt work well.  seeped into the edges and made them all blurry and not at all the crisp finish i was looking for.

I also tried a monogrammed picture frame for my Father in Law's 70th birthday.  I used his clan tartan for the background and put his initials in front of a flourish.

I'm quite pleased with how this one turned out

Christmas Makes now being sold for charity

Lots of Christmas gifts available. Free gift box or organza bag with every jewellery purchase over £10. 10% of my profits are going to the fund for the Clutha tragedy
http://maelbrigdas-bits-pieces.ebid.net/