Faux Stained Glass Flower

Hi everyone.  Today I'm sharing my reminder card for the CAS Mix Up March Challenge - Faux Stained Glass, hosted by the mega talented Joanna!

CAS Mix Up is also celebrating it's 3rd Birthday!

Come join us!

I started my card by using a small piece of stencil monoprint I had in my stash from long ago.  I die-cut the flower a couple of times, sponging the bottom layer with inks and then adhering the layers together.  I filled the section with Crystal Glaze.  Added a decorative frame with the flower centered and popped up for lots of dimension.

Here's a close-up ...

You can see the shading on the leaves, but the shading on the flower disappeared once the glaze was added. :)  

I hope you'll check out the challenge blog to see the amazing reminder cards from our Designers, and Guest Designer, Gundi.

I used snippets for the background, frame and flower die-cuts, so I'm heading over to the Playground for a visit with Di and friends!

I'm also joining in The Flower Challenge #30 - Anything Goes.

And I'm playing along with Memory Box Challenge #47 - Flower Power.

Stamps:  Happy Messages (Stampendous)
Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb. 400 Series);  White (Neenah 110 lb. card stock)
Ink:  Distress Inks:  Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Abandoned Coral, Picked Raspberry (Tim Holtz)
Accessories & Tools:  Tile Stencil (TCW), Sketched Daisy die (Memory Box), Square Frame die (Penny Black), water mister, Crystal Glaze (Nuvo)

Challenges:
CAS Mix Up March Challenge - Faux Stained Glass
Snippets Playground Challenge #347
The Flower Challenge #30 - Anything Goes
Memory Box Challenge #47 - Flower Power

CAS Mix Up March Challenge

Hi everyone.   Today is the start of the CAS Mix Up March Challenge.  This month's challenge is hosted by our mega talented Designer, Joanna (Jo-Jo's Spot).  We are also celebrating our third birthday!

It's our birthday ... come help us celebrate!

CAS Mix Up is 3!!  Time is flying by ... seems like only a short time ago that Bonnie and I started this challenge.  It's been so much fun!  Thanks to all that join us in our learning of new techniques and products.  Check out the challenge blog for more info on our celebration.

Joanna wants us to play with the stained glass technique.  It's a simple die-cutting technique where you die-cut several layers of the same die, many in a neutral (white, black, silver) and one that is coloured. Then you stack them up with the coloured one on the bottom, adding add crystal glaze (or glossy accents, crystal effects, etc.) to fill in over the coloured parts.  The technique is so amazing and the images do look like stained glass.

My card above uses alcohol inks on acetate, which I think gives more of a translucent look. Layered the white die cut four times.  Glued three of the layers together with the acetate on the back.  Filled up the areas with Crystal Glaze.  Once set, adhered the fourth layer on top.  I did the four layer separately in case I got glaze on the top layer of card stock when filling.  It worked great to do it this way.

Here's a close up ...

... and here's an even closer look ...

Please come and check out the amazing cards from our Designers and special Guest Designer, Gundi (papierelle).  Then give this technique a try.  The gallery is going to be filled with stained glass masterpieces!  There will be prizes to celebrate our 3rd birthday as well.  Details are on the challenge blog.

Stamps:  Happy Messages (Stampendous)
Paper:  White card base (Neenah 110 lb.); Brushed Silver, Black (SU!)
Ink:  Alcohol inks:  pink, orange, yellow; Black (Memento); Delicata Silver (Tsukineko)
Accessories & Tools:  Tree die (AliExpress), Crystal Glaze (Nuvo)

Challenges:
CAS Mix Up March Challenge - Faux Stained Glass

Penny Black - Evergreen Tree

Hi everyone.  Today I'm sharing a clean and simple card featuring Penny Black's Evergreen Tree die.

I started with a small panel of mixed media paper, smooshing with Broken China distress ink and lots of water.  Once dry, I layered two pieces of torn which paper for the snow hills (sponged on the edge with more Broken China ink).  The snow hills were die-cut with the scalloped square die from "do not open..." die set.  The smooshed background was also die-cut with the scalloped square and the snow hills were adhered on top, lining up the edges.

Another small panel of mixed media paper was smooshed with two shades of green Brushos.  Once dry, the largest tree in the set was die-cut.  The top layer of the snow tree was die-cut from white card stock four times, adhered together and glued to the backing with the green Brushos.  Crystal Glaze was added to the recessed areas (green) and left to dry.  This give the tree a stained glass look.

More Crystal Glaze was added to the top of the snow hills and all over the snowy part of the tree, then both all were sprinkled with diamond dust.

Once dry, the scalloped square was popped up on foam onto the card base.  The tree was popped up on top of the scalloped square for more dimension.  A sentiment was stamped underneath the square using Broken Glass.

Here's a close-up ...

and here's an even closer look at the shine and sparkle ...

If you get a chance, pop over to the Simplicity at it's best blog to see some new designs from my Simplicity Sisters.

I'm entering this card into Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Baby It's Cold Outside.


Penny Black Products:
#51-384 Evergreen Tree Die
#51-402 do not open... Die
#30-387 Festive Snippets

Stamps:  Festive Snippets (Penny Black)
Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb. 400 Series); White card base (Neenah 110 lb.)
Ink:  Distress Ink:  Broken China (Tim Holtz); Brushos (Lime Green, Leaf Green)
Accessories & Tools:  water mister, Evergreen Tree die (Penny Black), do not open die (Penny Black), Diamond Dust, Crystal Glaze (Nuvo)

Challenges:
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Baby It's Cold Outside

Stained Glass Hibiscus

Hi everyone.  I have seen a few cards around blogland using the stained glass technique.  It's an easy technique with colouring a die-cut image and adding several layers of the outline image over top.  Then the recessed (coloured) areas are filled with Crystal Glaze.

I had just bought this beautiful hibiscus die from Simon Say and thought it would work perfect for this technique.  I watercolour the flower with two shades of coral / red and the leaves with two shades of green.

I cut three of the outline images, adhering them together with glue and then adhering over the hibiscus watercoloured image.  Crystal Glaze is added over the flower and leaf to fill in the space between the sections of outline image.  A black sentiment banner is added over top with white heat embossing.  The die is square, so I made a square card.

Here's a close-up of the shine from the Crystal Glaze:

I'm sending this card along to the AAA Cards #121 Challenge - Friendship.

Thanks for stopping by!

Stamps:  Simply Sentiment (Lawn Fawn)
Paper:  Mixed Media (Strathmore 140 lb. 400 Series); White card base (Neenah 110 lb.); Black (SU!)
Ink:  Distress Inks:  Abandoned Coral, Barn red, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint (Tim Holtz); Versamark
Accessories & Tools:  water brush, glue, Crystal Glaze (Nuvo), white embossing powder, heat tool

Challenges:
AAA Cards #121 - Friendship