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.  :)

An Iron Gate

Today's card is for the Cricut Cardz Challenge for this week.   The challenge is to make a card or layout using the colors White, Black and Red only.    The first cartridge I thought about was Ornamental Iron cartridge.    I started by using the shadow for gate10 at 6" and welding them together using Design Studio.   I then cut the shadow function again but, at 5 3/4".   I cut the window function of gate10 then using this high gloss black paper.  It's simialr to using Glossy Accents on the entire sheet.  It cut very nicely and looks like real rod iron. 

The bird on the front is the third bird cut from the Serenade cartridge, at 1 3/4".   I inked the white wing slightly so that it looked red but, not as dark at the top layer and I added red stickles to the flourish in the body of the bird and a black gem for the eye.  The sentiment is a Studio G stamp that I got this weekend at Joann's $1 bin, stamped onto white and then mounted on the high gloss black and then the red. 

On the inside, I cut another shadow layer and then used a few of the interior cuts from the front and embellished the inside.   My husband LOVES this card.