How to Make Personalised Enamel Mugs

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Design custom enamel mugs for all the family! The perfect gift idea or treat for yourself, these personalised mugs are a great way to get creative.

Get your Posca paint pens at the ready and transform simple, blank mugs in just a few simple steps. It's the perfect DIY project for beginners and the chance to unleash your creativity!

Project and instructions by Becki Clark

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'Let's Stay Home' Enamel Mug: Step 1

Use the Washi tape to create your guide lines for your lettering. You can split the phrase 'Lets stay home' across two lines by using one piece of Washi tape.

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'Let's Stay Home' Enamel Mug: Step 2

Using the tape as a guide, use your dark blue posca pen to write your first words above the strip of tape.

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'Let's Stay Home' Enamel Mug: Step 3

So that the cup looks balanced, and using your tape as a guide, add ‘Home’ below as centrally as you can to the 'Lets Stay'.

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'Let's Stay Home' Enamel Mug: Step 4

Now you can begin with your floral pattern. Create ditsy florals with this simple 4 petal shape, try not to worry too much about it looking perfect. Now work these floral shapes across the mug.

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'Let's Stay Home' Enamel Mug: Step 5

Using another colour, add your leaf shapes around the florals. These are similar to teardrop shapes and can be as big or small as you’d like.

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'Let's Stay Home' Enamel Mug: Step 6

Using the dark blue add dots to the middle of your florals.

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'You, Me & a Cup of Tea' Enamel Mug: Step 1

Repeat the Washi tape as a guide for the words as they will be split between two lines the same as the previous design.

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'You, Me & a Cup of Tea' Enamel Mug: Step 2

Add your text. You can mix your lettering styles if you feel confident with the pens!

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'You, Me & a Cup of Tea' Enamel Mug: Step 3

To create the garden around the words you’ll need to draw curved lines, then add teardrop shapes along the line to create foliage style illustrations.

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'You, Me & a Cup of Tea' Enamel Mug: Step 4

Colour these in so that you have a full coloured foliage stem, and then work these motifs around your lettering so that you create a garland frame.

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'You, Me & a Cup of Tea' Enamel Mug: Step 5

Add dots in another colour to give the impression of berries.

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'You, Me & a Cup of Tea' Enamel Mug: Step 6

Leave the mugs dry for 24 hours. Once dry, place on an overproof dish and bake in the oven at 160 degrees for 40 minutes to secure the design. You can also use a clear varnish to help secure paint.

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