I am in the process of repainting my kitchen. Today’s project is the pantry cupboard. I saw this cool paintable-textured wallpaper at Lowe’s. So I thought I would give it a try. The photos are a little dark as I do my best work in the wee hours of the night!!
First you measure the space you want to cover and cut the wallpaper those dimensions. I used my quilting rotary cutter and mat and it worked like a dream. Then I followed the wallpaper instructions. Soak the paper for 30 seconds, let it sit for 5 minutes, then apply, smoothing out the air bubbles and wiping off the excess glue.
I applied a piece to each of the panels on the cupboards and let it dry over night.
Now the fun part begins. I wanted the wallpaper to match the rest of the cabinets so I first needed it to be red like the rest of the kitchen. It was hard to get out the Tomato Red paint when I am wanting to cover it up!
I let the red dry then it was time to paint the aqua color over the doors. I left bits of the red showing through on the texture part to give it the rustic feel I am going for.
When that step was done and dry, I sanded the edges of the doors so the red would show through here and there.
I then applied a coat of Polycrylic. This is a non-coloring protective coat that will keep the paint from chipping and give some durability to the wallpaper.
I love the finished look. The wallpaper looks like it was always part of the doors!
I just wondered about putting the paint on the inside of the jar, where the candle will be burning-is it ok to do that? Isn’t the paint flammable? Have you tried to do the paint on the outside, or does it not work/look the same? These are beautiful, and I can’t wait to try them!!
I have never had a problem with the paint inside. I don’t think craft paint is as flammable as spray paint. Painting the outsides doesn’t look as good. I wouldn’t leave the candles unattended though – as with any candle 🙂
I’m not familiar with using the black vinyl motifs. Any recommendations?
I love these luminaries and would love to make some. Which Cricut cartridge did you use?
Amazing! I also Im novice eith the motifs. Can we buy at a craft store?
Another great idea (for those concerned about flammability) is to buy battery-operated tea lights. You can get 3/$1 at Dollar Trees or similar stores. 🙂
What kind of craft paint ?
Glow sticks would work also instead of candles.
walmart sells battery opp lights for this for a buck
Check out Amazon for rechargeable tea lights if you have lots of ideas for candles.
I love these! They look a lot nicer than some I’ve seen because you painted the INSIDE. I’d love to make some of these for my daughter’s dorm room at college. They aren’t allowed to light real candles in their rooms, so I’ll put battery operated tea lights inside. Can you tell us the ratio of glue to paint? Or do you just mix the paint with the glue until you get the shade of color that you want? Since the glue normally dries clear, when it’s mixed with the paint, does the paint dry darker? Thanks!
i love thgis idea whole cheater then buying pumkins .how much glue and how much paint do you use please
Very cute!
I love this idea! thanks for sharing! might do this with my halloween kids…
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Thanks so much for the tutorial. This was a perfect project for my 5 year old. He even got to “drive” the Cricut.
I have a post about our candle jars here and put a link back to your tutorial.
http://notyournormalsteam.wordpress.com/2012/10/14/spooka-crafta-lightful/
I think these are so cute! I’ll have to try something like this with my cricut!
Just wanted you to know that I’ve featured your luminaries in my 36 Halloween Party Decorating Ideas. You can find the post here: http://beanbugcrafts.blogspot.com/2012/10/36-halloween-party-decoration.html
Thanks for Sharing!
Anna @ Bean Bug Crafts
Thanks for sharing! I found it pretty easy and it turned out pretty cute!
This is sooo cute and awesome!
I’m not very good at painting but seeing those kids doing some kind of craft like this really makes me inspired to create one too..
Cheers!
Marilyn @ Halloween crafts
ok…realize this craft was posted a year ago, but can you let us know what cartridges you used?
at the dollar tree they have those flickering no flame tea lights much safer to use than real candles
It looks like she used the Paper Doll Dress Up cartridge for most of it. And some of the spiders look like they came from the Doodlecharms cartridge. I have these two cartridges so I recognize the cutouts from them.
WHAT RATIO FOR PAINT TO GLUE? THANKS.
I love the way these look.. Thanks for sharing. One question, why do you add glue to the paint?? Can you use just the paint without glue?
Camille, the addition of the glue changes the consistency of the paint.otherwise it would eventually just peel or flake off, since there isnt a top clear coat being applied.you can also do this with mod podge and food coloring, its going to be alot thinner, more of a frosted look.