Mark Montano: Sugar Skull Dishes

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Tuesday, June 13, 2017

Sugar Skull Decal Dishes

GraphicStock.com recently asked me to create a project using a few of their 350,000 royalty free images and I couldn't resist. Not only do they have a zillion images, they have tons of beautiful sugar skulls and super cool adult coloring book pages to download, too. Once I picked my images, I whipped out my ink jet decal paper and immediately went to work. The awesome thing about ink jet decal paper is that you can print any image you want and apply it to almost anything! Once they're cured they're dishwasher safe, but to be double sure, I coated them with some Americana Dishwasher Safe Decoupage. Awesome stuff, BTW! Remember to turn your favorite images into decals, plaster them on everything and always

Make Your Mark!

So ready for summer!

Mugs with mugs!

Watch how easy they are to make here!

STUFF I USED

GraphicStock.com images of sugar skulls

White ceramic mugs and plates

Americana Dishwasher Safe Decoupage

Krylon Crystal Clear Acrylic Coating

Sponge

Ink Jet Water Slide Decals

HERE'S HOW

1. Print your images on the ink jet decal paper and let dry

2. Seal with Krylon Acrylic Clear Coat and let dry

3. Carefully cut around your images

4. Moisten the area you want to apply the decal

5. Place the decal face down on the damp area

6. Generously wet the paper decal with a sponge being careful not to shift it

7. & 8. Carefully slide off the decal and let the decal dry

9. Coat the decal with Americana Dishwasher Safe Decoupage

Some images for you to print!

Just love my new coffee mugs!

Friday, May 19, 2017

Sugar Skull Plates DIY

Every year since I wrote The Big Ass Book of Crafts in 2007 (published in 2008) I have made a sugar skull plate. Some were decoupaged, some were painted and several were both. Oddly, it's never really around Day of the Dead. I make them when it strikes my fancy. This year is no exception since Mother's Day was just last week. These look much more difficult to make than they actually are. If you can trace and hold a paintbrush, you're good as gold! The best part is that you can actually eat off of them because the design is on the underside. Remember to make art, decorate dishes and always Make Your Mark!

All plates look better on a charger!

Nothing says eat this like a skull on a plate!

Watch how to make them here!

STUFF I USED

99c Store Glass Plates

Rubbing Alcohol

Americana Gloss Enamels in Black

DecoArt Glass Paint Markers

Krylon Gold Paint Pen

Floral Wreath and Sugar Skull Printouts

HERE'S HOW

1. Cut out the image and tape it face down on the front of the plate so that you can see it through the glass on the bottom of the plate

2. Clean the back of the plate with rubbing alcohol

3. Trace over the sugar skull with a white DecoArt Glass Paint Marker

4. Cut out the floral wreath pattern and tape it to the front of the plate so that you can see it on the back of the plate

5. Trace the pattern around the skull with the white Glass Paint Marker

6. Follow the instructions for curing and baking

*You must back the white Glass Paint Marker Design on the plate before the next steps or it will rub off of the plate when you apply the last coat of paint

7. OPTIONAL: Paint the rim of the plate with a metallic gold paint marker

8. Paint the back of the plate with 2 coats of Americana Gloss Enamels and let dry

9. Follow the instructions for curing and baking

Now set that skull chic table!

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

Sugar Skull Plates DIY

Nothing better than a funky plate to make your dinner table look amazing, don't you think?! These sugar skull plates are super easy to make AND you can eat off of them! How cool is that! Because all of the paint and decoupage is on the back, they're completely food safe. I got my images at GraphicStock.com. They're having a free 7 day trial and you can download tons of images for free. Just like the images I used for this project. My glass plates are from the 99c store, but you can get them for pennies at Ikea. Have fun!

xoxo, Mark