Stamping on Glass

I don’t know about you, but I love visiting my local dollar store. I always find something I can alter or stamp on.

In one recent trip, I found this great star shaped glass dish. As soon as I saw it I thought about the small star stamp in the “Deck the Halls” set and I thought up the most fun idea. To create this project you need a glass dish (preferably star shaped), Stazon Ink, Stamps and an acrylic block. You will also need a roll of masking tape…Intrigued?

Affix the small star cluster stamp to your acrylic block. Put it as close to the edge as possible so that have more control over the placement of your image.

Apply the Stazon to your stamp, and then stamp the image onto the glass. For shaped pieces, such as a star shape, its very easy to go around the shape on the flat surface. Place your forefinger on the inside of the dish and your thumb on the outside to keep the block securely in place. This is important because the glass is slippery and you could easily smear your image otherwise. Stamp your image all the way around the dish.

Now, you’ll notice that I was only able to stamp my image on the “flat” parts of the dish. How am I ever going to get the stamp images on the points and angles? Good question….and I pondered that myself for a few minutes. This is where the masking tape comes in!

Remove the stamp from your acrylic block, and attach it to a piece of masking tape. The tape gives you the ability to make your stamp flexible, allowing you to stamp your image onto curved, square and other “not flat” surfaces. You can apply the tape directly to the glass. Let it sit for about 5 seconds before removing it. Continue around the dish so that you get all of the “pointed” surfaces covered.

Now, for the interior corners…take the tape off the stamp, and reapply it to the FRONT of the stamp, covering up the bottom portion of the image.

The reason for this seemingly strange application is two fold – first, it allows you to overlap the image with the image you already have stamped, making it look more natural. Second, it gives you greater ease of application. Stamp your image on the interior corners all the way around and fill in the blank space you have left on the dish.

You can turn a cheap dollar store trinket into an expensive boutique store item…using  the stuff in your stash and a little ingenuity.

Thanks for visiting! See you next time,

Marci