Glass Etching and the Bigz Lattice

I was tired of cleaning the game room closet upstairs so I decided to finally do a project I'd been itching to do. About three months ago our magnetic curtain rods on our backdoor broke. Mr. K thought it would be quite clever to throw an old sheet over the full length glass pane until I bought replacement rods. I couldn't stand seeing the sheet over the door so I went to Home Depot the next week. Instead of putting up another set of magnetic rods and sheer panels, I applied a huge window film. I bought two 24 " x 36 " rolls of Rice Paper window film and had it covered in less than 15 minutes. I saved the rest of the film thinking I could run it through my Big Shot later to make letters.

Anyways, I've had my supplies out for my OHs and the Bigz Lattice was sitting in my machine ready for a demo. A huge light bulb went on inside my brain! I decided to cut the film to fit the die, run it several times, and apply it to the shortest square glass cannister that I had sitting in my pantry. I got the set of square glass cannisters as a part of a kitchen-themed basket I won at the school auction and knew I wanted to get crafty with it. Yes, I admit, I bid on the basket just for the cannisters though I knew I could have just bought them at Wal-Mart myself. I digress.

Here are the photos of what I did:
Big Shot, Bigz Lattice Die, glass cannister and artscape window film in Rice Paper.

Die Cuts laid out, backing side up


Lid with die cut on, backing removed


cannister with die cut on top
All four sides and top

Sprayed with Krylon etching spray
Finished project

Supplies: artscape 24"x36" window film in Rice Paper (there are other choices, see http://www.artscape-inc.com/), Stampin Up Big Shot, Stampin Up Bigz Lattice die, Krylon Glass Etching spray. Krylon says to use the spray in a 85 degree or cooler environment. Since it was 101 outside in the shade, I spread some newspaper out on our table and sprayed indoors. I had no idea that the fumes would be THAT BAD so I cracked a few windows, ran two fans, and plugged in the Ionic Breeze. Oh well, it was a fun project, but next time I will use the liquid version of the glass etching and do it in the garage!!!

P.S. I got excited and removed two sides of the die cut too soon so I have two small boo boos on the project, but overall it looks good. After it is sprayed with the glass etch stuff, it renders the cannister no good for food storage. I think I'll use it to put tickets in it.