Springtime Daffodill Vase

Springtime always brings memories of bright yellow daffodils.  So, when I found this really nice shaped but boring glass vase, I decided to make it more colorful. 

I found a nice photo of daffodils, resized the photo and decided to use it as a pattern so I could tape the photo inside the glass to see how my design would look.  

I wanted to immerse the whole vase into Dip n Etch to give it a frosted look.  However, the vase was too large for my cola bottle and I could not find another suitable vessel at the time.

So, on to Plan B.  I printed out the pattern, taped the lettering and the photo INSIDE of the vase, cleaned the area with alcohol, taped off the area I did not want etched, and applied the Etchall Etching Cream to the entire front of the vase, putting it on about ¼” thick, like icing a cake. Now I set my timer for 15 minutes.  

After 15 minutes I used the plastic squeegee tool to scrape off the etching cream and put it back into the jar.  (Remember, you can reuse this cream over and over?) 

I wiped the glass off with a paper towel, then thoroughly washed the vase to make sure I got all the etching cream off. (If there is some etching cream left on the glass, it will cause the paint to lift, so be thorough.)

Now to add some paint to the glass, and the Etchall gave the glass just the right amount of ‘tooth’ to hold both the Sharpie and the DecoArt Glass Paint on the surface.  I used a brown Identipen to trace the daffodills and a green one to trace the leaves.  The lettering was traced with a black Identipen.  (Any waterproof Sharpie will do).  Once you have the tracing on the glass surface, you can remove the pattern from inside the glass.  (Or leave it there if you wish.  Remember, you are the artists!)

I then painted the flowers to look like the photos using the bright colors of DecoArt Glass Paint.  Yellow with White highlights for the flowers and Green with Lt. Green Highlights for the leaves.  I did give them a couple of coats, letting them dry in between coats.  I used black paint to fill in the letters.  Now I will let them dry for 21 days to set the paint. I could have baked them, but I’m not in a hurry, so I let them cure.

This colorful vase will make a great gift for someone special.