Upon discovering etching cream and all the ideas on Pinterest I have turned into a mad woman. I have learned the contact paper makes an excellent stencil! I also don't have one of those fancy cricut things, so I had to figure out a new way to get cute stencils without buying 100 different packets for one design. So here's my latest "let it snow" plate.
Supplies:
Armour etch (Michaeals or Hobby Lobby)
Glass plate (dollar store)
Contact paper
Snowflake Paper punch (Hobby Lobby)
Reusable adhesive stencils (Walmart)
Paint Brush (I use a Q-tip)
Punch snowflakes out of the contact paper and adhere your stencil to the back side of the plate. Place your text stencils on the front side of the plate.
Doing one side of the plate at a time. I started with the back side that has the contact paper stencils. Cover each stencil with a generous amount of armour etch. I let mine sit on for about 15 minutes.
Now wash off the etching cream with water. Dry the plate and do the other side!
Remove all stencils and you have a pretty plate perfect for decoration or holiday cookies. Go forth and go mad etching things! This is so simple and quick!
Need a little holiday decor? A simple, cheap, easy DIY? Could even involve the kids. Choose the words you want to decorate with and go to Michaels or Hobby Lobby and get some letters. Any kind you want, wood, metal, chipboard. I chose to buy the chipboard letters since they are $1.99 each. Once I decided on the letters, I carried them over to the paper isle to pick out holiday sheets that were large enough to cover each letter. Then all you need is some modge podge, some paint to match your paper and a foam brush or two. Start by painting the edges of your letters as they will not be covered by your decorative paper. Once the edges are dry lay your sheets of paper face down and place your letter on top of the paper (backwards of course) and trace around the letter. Next cut out your tracing. Next modge podge your letter and press the paper onto it smoothing it out as you go. Once it dries apply another layer of modge podge. I chose not to attach my letters together for easy storage after the holidays, but you could always do that with a flat bracket. 
