It’s Day 2 of the Third Annual Handmade Holidays Blog Hop! The best crafters, designers, and makers have come together to create and share a series of handmade gifts for the holidays during this 3 day blog hop. Our goal is to inspire you to create something from the heart this holiday season as well as share how to use these products in fun, innovative ways.
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For the first day of the blog hop, I made my Madonna and Child pillow. I heard that the Pope wants one of them for Christmas, but that may just be a rumor started by me. Today, I’m continuing in the ecclesiastical theme with stained glass bud vases made from used wine bottles. (Instead of turning water into wine, I’m turning wine into water.) I made these by painting the bottles with gold Rustoleum metallic spray paint, and then decorating the bottles with Craft Attitude printable film. These would make beautiful gifts. If you don’t want to give them away because they’re so pretty, you can keep them on your mantel all through the holidays. And then give them to someone next year.
Now, let’s talk about
Craft Attitude some more. Because it’s a relatively new product, no matter how many times I explain it or how many projects I make with it, people still ask for more explanation. So let me talk basics first. Craft Attitude is a line of products including
Shoe Attitude,
Jewelry Attitude,
Scrapbooking Attitude,
Wood Attitude,
Decor Attitude,
Quilt Attitude, and more. Although there are different brand names tied to different uses, they are all basically the same product, only the directions are tailored to that particular medium. But you can use any of them for any of your projects. The film itself is interchangeable.
Now that we have that out of the way, here is how it works. Each pack comes with eight sheets of Craft Attitude (I am going to just call it Craft Attitude rather than calling it by the individual brand names.) You put in in your inkjet printer at home. Then you print out any image you want – photographs of your babies (human or furry), stock illustrations, you name it – onto the Craft Attitude sheet. The sheet consists of a very thin film, or skin, and a protective backing sheet that lets you feed it through the printer. After you’ve printed your design, you peel off the film from the backing and apply it to practically any surface – wood, paper, metal, fabric – with a glue stick or spray adhesive.
So let’s show how I made these stained glass bud vases.
Step 1: First, I washed out some old wine bottles and removed the labels. I actually did not drink two bottles of wine to do this project. They were donated by a friend. I swear. Other types of glass bottles and jars would work well for this purpose, too.
Step 3: Then it’s time for the Craft Attitude film. I found some free images of stained glass on
this website. I measured the circumference of the bottles and sized the stained glass image to that size. The image area needed came out to around 5″ high x 9.5″ around. After sizing them to the right size, I printed them on the “shiny” side of the Craft Attitude film.
Step 4: Don’t peel the film off its protective backing yet. Leaving it on makes it easier to work with the film. I trimmed the images with a craft knife, and then sprayed some Scotch Super 77 spray adhesive on the printed side.
Step 5: Line the artwork up under the bottle and wrap the Craft Attitude film around the bottle. The protective backing makes this step much easier. Burnish with your fingers.
Step 6: After the entire sheet of Craft Attitude is on the bottle, I peeled off the protective backing to reveal the artwork. There were a few bubbles, so I just smoothed them out with my fingers. And we’re done! Wow, that was easy peasy.
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It’s Day 2 of the Third Annual Handmade Holidays Blog Hop! The best crafters, designers, and makers have come together to create and share a series of handmade gifts for the holidays during this 3 day blog hop. Our goal is to inspire you to create something from the heart this holiday season as well as share how to use these products in fun, innovative ways.
Step 2: I then spray painted the bottles with Rustoleum Metallic Gold spray paint. I applied about three coats.
Wow. Stunning. Nice job.
<3 J
jwoolbright at gmail dot com
Really great way to recycle – can be used with any type of theme.
Love the gold painted glass! Great upcycle idea. These stained glass bottles would look awesome on anyone’s holiday table, especially for New Years! Love it!!
Way cool! Another fun crafting idea to try out with my little granddaughter. Thanks so much!
Very creative!
“Beautiful stained glass bottles” very clever..
What beautiful bottles!
This is what I love, a quick and easy way to dress things up for the holidays!
I’d seen this before but wasn’t sure which “attitude” to buy. Glad you cleared that up – they are interchangeable for any project. The Pope wants one of those pillows with him and the cute little boy who joined him on the stage last week 🙂 Great idea for the bottles.
these are really kind of cool..thank you for the inspiration!
Gorgeous altered bottles; love the stained glass look!
Love it!
Just love the gold bottle. Thank you for showing us how to.
Easy peasy, puddin’ pie! LOVE these bottles! Must call my neighbor and ask for her empty wine bottles. I won’t tell her it is so I can make her a Christmas present though! LOL Thanks for the faq’s on the Craft Attitude! So many possibilities! TFS!
What a fabulous gift idea! And so easy too!
The stain glass effect is beautiful. Thanks for sharing.
I love stain glass projects!
Great idea for any glass item!
Wow – I think I “need” some of that wonderful new Craft Attitude stuff as it seems so versatile! It’s just perfect for personalised crafty gifts!
Now I know what to do with my empty wine bottles. Thanks!
Gorgeous!! I can think of dozens of uses for this project!
This looks like a fun product! I will have to get some to play with.
Thank you for the explanation on the various kinds of Craft Attitude… And now I am so eager to go buy some! Love your projects both days, so gorgeous!
Very cool!
so colorful and pretty.
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Love this, easy and recycling is always good.
great idea! I have plenty of wine bottles to work with here! lol t.igo
Fantastic! I love it!
Really neat idea – you are truly an artist!
Thanks for sharing this idea. The tutorial was great.
What a delightful project, Blessings, Tracey
What a delightful project!! ~ Blessings, Tracey
Beautiful and elegant bottles!