Hi all, welcome to my stop on the blog hop with StencilGirl and etchall! For my project, I knew immediately what I wanted to do... about two years ago I'd taken an old multi-paned window that I'd found in an architectural salvage shop and painted it, then added some stenciled deli paper to the panes. At the time, I wished that I'd etched the glass instead, so when this project came up, I decided to go back and do what I'd originally wanted to do with that old window. Here's how it turned out!
The how-to for this couldn't be any easier. I took my window (or any glass surface,) and peeled off the old deli paper with a razor, then washed it. (One of the few times you will ever catch me washing windows. LOL.) When it was totally dry, I took the stencil adhesive spray and coated the back of my Decorative Curvy Ornament stencil as well as my Decorative 6-Petal Flower stencil, let the adhesive dry, and then placed them in the center of two of the window panes. From there, I just followed the instructions on the bottle of etching cream; I applied it with a squeegee tool, then scraped up the excess and put it back in the jar.
When the first two were done, I set a timer for 15 minutes and then rinsed them in the sink under running water, scrubbing lightly to get all of the etching cream off of the glass. I did leave the stencils in place until after I'd rinsed off the cream, as per the instructions. They started to loosen before that point, but it worked out just fine!
From there, I just repeated the process two more times; each time I dried and re-sprayed my stencils with adhesive since they'd been soaked in water during the previous step and I wanted to make sure they stuck well to the glass so I wouldn't get any seepage with the etching cream.
Voila! It took less than an hour to get rid of my unsatisfactory deli print stenciling and replace it with something that looks pretty darn professional!
It's hard to get good photos of the glass, but here you can see a bit of the close-up of each of the stencil designs after they'd been etched:
That's it! I hope you enjoyed seeing how I used the etchall products with my stencils to finish off this decorative window... now I just need to find the perfect place to display it.
Of course, now it's time for the best part of a blog hop - the giveaway!
GIVEAWAY
One lucky winner will receive an etchall® Glass Etching Bee-ginner Kit, reposition/reuse stencil spray
AND a $25 Gift Certificate to StencilGirl Products!
Enter to win by leaving a comment below, then be sure to visit the other blogs in the hop and comment to win.
The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to WIN!
One winner will be chosen at random from all blog comments.
(One comment per person per blog please.)
You have until Tuesday, March 20th at 11:59PM Central Time to leave your comments.
Winner will be announced on
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Here are the links to all of today's blog posts - make sure to visit and comment on each of them for your chance to win!
Mary Beth Shaw
Gwen Lafleur <-- you are here!
Mary C. Nasser
Debi Adams
Tina Walker
Cindi McGee
Nadine Carlier
Joe Rotella
So cool! The etching is perfect and this window isis an amazing ornament!
Posted by: Edwige V. | March 14, 2018 at 06:09 AM
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Posted by: bailey earith | March 14, 2018 at 07:17 AM
Wow! Gwen this is so beautiful, and so you with your gorgeous stencil designs!
So happy you are on this blog hop with us!
(and you know I love that wall color, too!!)
Posted by: Mary C. Nasser | March 14, 2018 at 07:55 AM
What a cool project! thank you for sharing!
Posted by: Gini Cagle | March 14, 2018 at 08:36 AM
It's hard to believe you can get such professional results so easily. I absolutely love this Gwen and it is inspiring me to give it a try!
Posted by: Cindy Langston | March 14, 2018 at 08:42 AM
Love how this decorative 'window' piece turned out!
Posted by: Terry O' | March 14, 2018 at 09:18 AM
What a great project!
Posted by: Ruth | March 14, 2018 at 11:45 AM
I love how you did the window with this Qwen. Absolutely stunning!
Posted by: Patricia Lintner | March 14, 2018 at 12:01 PM
Such a beautiful window! Love this type of project!
Posted by: Jean Marmo | March 14, 2018 at 12:47 PM
I love the glass etching, so beautiful. I have been looking for an old window or door to work on. Love this. Dee
Posted by: Denise Spillane | March 14, 2018 at 01:02 PM
Beautiful way to re-purpose an old window!!
Posted by: Luan | March 14, 2018 at 01:47 PM
That turned out great!
Posted by: marian riley | March 14, 2018 at 02:15 PM
Love this! I’d like it with a snowflake stencil too!
Posted by: Marge Taylor | March 14, 2018 at 03:22 PM
this is beautiful, a great accent piece
Posted by: Kathe Deck | March 14, 2018 at 06:09 PM
Absolutely beautiful!
Posted by: steph | March 14, 2018 at 06:11 PM
So pretty, I love it!
Posted by: Nadine Carlier | March 14, 2018 at 09:35 PM
Clever as always Gwen. You have such a wide bandwidth. Love this.
Posted by: Debi Adams | March 14, 2018 at 10:39 PM
I love your stenciled window. The design actually looks like snowflakes.
Posted by: Donna Goggin | March 14, 2018 at 11:49 PM
Beautiful design and wonderful for my home
Posted by: Janet Ingraham | March 14, 2018 at 11:53 PM
Love the details in your stencils...they showed up perfectly on the glass. Beautiful!
Posted by: Diane Murphy | March 15, 2018 at 06:32 AM
Gorgeous! Love that you kept the window frame so grungy - very shabby chic!
Posted by: Susie Bentz | March 15, 2018 at 06:49 AM
Beautiful work, Gwen!
Posted by: Patty | March 15, 2018 at 08:47 AM
This is beautiful, Gwen! And seems so easy to make!
Posted by: Debi Vought | March 15, 2018 at 12:45 PM
I love etching windows! Great job!
Posted by: Candy Rosenberg | March 15, 2018 at 02:49 PM
Lovely! Thanks for the details of your process.
Posted by: Ginnie | March 15, 2018 at 04:03 PM
Beautiful project!
Posted by: Catherine Lenoci | March 15, 2018 at 06:05 PM
Wow, that came out beautiful! Wish I could see it in person.
Posted by: Linda Wyatt | March 15, 2018 at 06:27 PM
great piece, love the stencils
Posted by: maria soto | March 16, 2018 at 02:29 PM
this is amazing!!
Posted by: Erin Reed | March 16, 2018 at 02:57 PM
The window looks fantastic.
I would prop it against a big window
in my family room so I could see it
all the time. And the neighbor
could enjoy it also. Have to give
this a try. thanks for sharing
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Posted by: Mary Holshouser | March 16, 2018 at 06:01 PM
This is lovely. The etchings look like snowflakes to me.
Posted by: Annette Reed | March 16, 2018 at 08:15 PM
Such a pretty window!
Posted by: Cathy Potosky | March 17, 2018 at 03:49 PM
This is quite lovely Gwen!
Not much of an etcher, but if I was, would surely use the same stencils you chose- they look beautiful!
Jackie ")
Posted by: Jackie P Neal | March 20, 2018 at 04:47 AM