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Saturday, February 12, 2011

Stained Glass

Ornamental Iron was one of 15 cartridges that my fab husband got me for Christmas and I love it.  When I look at a couple of the cuts though, they remind me of my church and the fabulous stained glass windows there.   This card was made using some different techniques and materials that what I have used before.  

The base is a really light yellow color and then a light blue shimmery mat from the DCWV Linen coordinating stack.   I inked the edges of both using black ink.  I first cut the Gate5a cut at 6" from black cardstock.  

So, here is the new material and technique portion:  the stained glass.   Since overhead presentations are now a thing of the past, my office had tons of the transparency film in the cabinet that they were going to throw out.   I took it all!   I used a transparency sheet, colored tissue paper and decopauge to create the stained glass.   When I made the stained glass, I used bright colored tissue paper and made the collage big enough for the cut plus some.  When I did cut it out, I glued the Ornamental Iron cut to the shiny transparency side, not to the side that the tissue paper was glued to.   I also added a sheet of solid white to the back of the cut so that the collage would appear bright, like light was shining in the window.

I decided I wanted to use the sentiment (from G Studio) and put it on a sash type ribbon banner,   All of the options I had weren't right though so, I used a piece of ribbon and attached it to the front of the card with two black brads and then the sentiment mounted on a scrap of the yellow and then on the shiny blue.

On the inside, I cut the gate10d (I think) at 12".   WOW, was this interesting!   I wanted the cut to be about 1" tall and 4" wide to use the remaining 'stained glass' but, at 1", the cut was barely visible.   I had to check it out on my Design Studio to see what the deal was.  At 12", it cut about 5x1".   I trimmed off the blocks on the edge of the cut and it worked perfectly.   I should also add that when I went to cut the top block layer, using the shift key, the machine went was down on the paper to start cutting.....weird.   I did cut them though in the shiny blue and added the stained glass to the back as well as another light blue sheet below. 

I have to say I really LOVE how the stained glass turned out!   Not sure I will be able to send it.  :)

19 comments:

  1. I love this card and techhnique . Could you do a tutorial video on it sometime? If you do please email me to let me know it is on your site. I really like a lot of your cards, good job.
    gram gram 66 at g mail dot com

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  2. Wow this is awesome !Great idea with the acetate! If you don't mind I might have to steal the stain glass idea to do with my second graders at school. This would be a great Easter project. Thanks for the inspiration!!
    Blessing,
    Carolee

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  3. These are just gorgeous Angie!! What an awesome idea! I am going to have to do this with my preschoolers for Easter! Great work! Thank you so much!

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  4. This is absolutely breathtaking!!! Such a great idea!

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  5. Angie this is just super fantastic!!! Oh my gosh I totally fell in love with your card. It reminds of the church windows when I was a child....just love it.
    Thanks for sharing your masterpiece.
    hugs,jen

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  6. This turned out beautifully!!!!!!! LOVE IT!!

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  7. This card is stunning! I absolutely love this. Thanks for stopping by my blog and for your kind comments. As you can see, I'm now a follower.

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  8. Love this card.....thanks for sharing. I am going to make on just like it

    Rita
    redheadhugs@verizon.net

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  9. Nice card TFS
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  10. Amazing! I love the look of your stained glass - and it does look like the light is shining through it. Thanks for the wonderful directions too!

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  11. Awesome card! I just love the stained glass effect :)
    TFS,
    Robin aka thecricutscrapper

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  12. This is so beautiful! I just got this cartridge and I had the same idea to create a stained glass effect. I love it!

    Now following!

    faith-abigaildesigns.blogspot.com

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  13. What a beautiful card! Please stop by my blog and pick up your Stylish Blog Award.
    HeatherM
    http://slofarmgirl.blogspot.com

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  14. What a gorgous card!! Love your blog!! I definately will be following! TFS!! (www.countrycricut.blogspot.com)

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  15. Wow, what a beautiful card. I have a lot of transparencies too and I have used them to make windows on cards. But I have never thought of using tissue paper with them to make stained glass. I love this idea. I have sent my transparencies through the cuddle bug which gives them a nice effect.

    I am a new follower.

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  16. All of your cards are beautiful but this once especially. I love this idea for 1st Communion for my son this year or maybe a thank you for his religion teacher. I am now a follower :)

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  17. I just love this card, beautiful!!! I am a new follower. If you want to visit me, I'm at ginascraftingspot.com

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