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DIY Painted Ceramic Tile Tutorial

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I absolutely love the vibrant colors found in authentic Mexican Talavera tile, and I have always wanted to find a way to replicate it myself.  I have never tackled a porcelain painting project like this one, primarily because I was always turned off by the high price of the ceramic paints intended for this purpose. As a crafter, I hate investing a fair amount in a product, knowing it will only be able to put to one type of use. I prefer products that know how to multi-task as well as I do!

Enter the new Martha Stewart Crafts Decorative Paint Line by Plaid available now only at Michaels Craft Stores. These paints are incredible: with just one bottle, you can tackle just about any craft project your heart desires. Be the medium fabric, wood, plastic, metal or glass or porcelain, as I’m using here, these paints certainly earn their keep. I love that they can be used indoors or outdoors, and they are top-rack dishwasher safe! And with a color assortment that includes five different finishes (gloss, high gloss, glitter, metallic and pearl, which I’ve used here) in 160 gorgeous hues, you are certain to find just what you’re looking for to create the project you’ve envisioned.

I was recently sent a generous package of goodies from Plaid Crafts to take this new line of Marta Stewart Paint products out for a spin. Be still my crafting heart!!

Just look at those colors, and all of those fabulous tools! I can’t wait to try everything in this arsenal out. The fabric medium and spray painting system (turn any bottle of this paint into spray paint – so cool!) are two of my personal favorites. It was so hard to narrow down which goodies to try first!

For this project, I used the following:

Martha Stewart Crafts™ 2oz Multi-Surface Pearl Acrylic Craft Paint
Martha Stewart Crafts™ Cathedral Lace Laser-Cut Stencils
Martha Stewart Crafts™ Foam Pouncers Set – 6pc
Adhesive Spray
White 4-inch Porcelain Tiles (just 16 cents apiece at Lowe’s!)

To embellish my tiles, I simply sprayed the back of my stencil with some spray adhesive to hold it in place as I applied the paint with the foam pouncers. I used a variety of colors here: orange, silvery blue, aqua and gold. I wanted these tiles to have a fallish feel.

Once I finished applying my paint, I removed my stencils while the paint was still wet. I placed each of my tiles onto a baking sheet in a 350-degree oven for 30 minutes, and then turned the oven off, leaving the tiles in the oven to cool. 

My tiles are now ready to serve any number of purposes, but I really love the idea of coating them with a layer of polyacrylic and adhering a square of felt on the bottom of each one to make a lovely set of coasters. Another terrific stocking stuffer idea!

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

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  1. Amanda @ Serenity Now says

    Those are adorable, Amy. Love the orange. Did the spray adhesive come off the back of the stencils easily? When I worked on my project, I was too scared to use spray adhesive b/c I didn’t know how well it would wash off and didn’t want a pile of sticky stencils. Great work!

  3. Miss Kitty says

    Those paints look amazing. I just got a 40% off coupon for Martha’s paint at Michaels…I think I’ll go today and try some myself. Thanks so much for sharing your experience with the new paints.

  9. Honey at 2805 says

    Your painted tiles are positively splendid!!

    Hope you will bring one of your projects or posts to my Potpourri Friday Party. Link up begins Thursday afternoon. Your participation will help make it a success!

  13. Nellene says

    Love your color choices!! Since your posted method requires baking, do you know of another method to paint already installed tiles? How cool to do this to spruce up an old bathroom you can’t afford to demo at the moment…

  16. Sara @ Mom Endeavors says

    Love this! These would make such great presents! I bet the kiddos would love making something like this for grandparents.
    As Amanda asked, I’m curious about the adhesive spray too! I was nervous to use it on my project. Did it come off the stencils?

  18. Evie says

    So pretty…looks like a really fun project! And what sweet bundle of supplies you were given!!

    evie @ brown paper packages

  19. stinababy says

    WOW!! I saw the Martha Stewart product line at our Michael’s yesterday and was impressed with the selection of colors and other products she had. Now that I’ve seen your creative art I will be heading back to Michael’s to pick up some of Martha’s paints. Thanks for sharing your project with us.

  25. Pattie says

    Do you think that these products will work for bland tiles surrounding a fireplace? I will not be able to put them in the oven!

  26. Sabrina says

    You can not imagine how happy i am to see that you’ve posted this! Maybe i’m just not searching properly, but this was the only place where i could find out how to paint my own (premade) tiles. All of the other sites only told me how to do it from scratch!
    Sooo THANK YOU!