DIY: Stained Glass Craft With Alcohol Ink

This is super fun and satisfying craft project. It looks like stained glass, but it's not made the traditional way. It's way easier Using a faux leading 3-dimensional puffy paint-like product, you can create your design onto the glass. Fill the shapes you create with translucent alcohol ink. Add some Mod Podge to get that beveled look, and no one will know it's not real! This project is not for kids since you are working with a piece of glass (from a dollar store frame).

• Picture frame from the dollar store - or any other thin piece of glass.
• a template
• Gallery Glass Simulated Liquid Leading
• Alcohol Inks
• Glossy Mod Podge

The first thing you want to do is find a design or template to use for your stained glass. And FYI, the leading lines always intercept other lines. You don't want a free-floating "piece of glass."

You can find a million designs online or you can draw your own.

The next step is to clean the glass. The mediums bond better with the glass without a dust layer. Rubbing alcohol will work perfectly.

Once you're sure the template is in place, it's time for some fun.

Trace the template lines with the Simulated Liquid Leading or black puffy paint.

Start off by filling a space with a layer or pool of water. I used an eyedropper. You can also just add water with a paintbrush.

Make sure the water fills in the whole space. But, don't fill too much that you go over the leading.

Next, add a drop or two of alcohol ink to the water-filled space.

It was hot here in Northern California, and my ink and water dried fast. I had to move quickly.

Now you'll want to mix the water and alcohol ink. This way, your color is even throughout the whole space. You don't need to worry about brush strokes.

I dabbed the Mod Podge on the alcohol ink. The Mod Podge will pick up the alcohol ink so try not to swish it around. Just dab a thick amount all over the colored space.

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