May 19, 2015

STAINED GLASS BLOSSOMS

Every once in awhile I dig into some old ideas that I had torn from magazines, marked in books, tagged in Stampin' Success or printed from the Internet. I mean I have a stash of "ideas" that you wouldn't believe.

The other day, I was sifting through them and came across an article about stained glass stamping. It sounded easy enough and very intriguing. The technique is done on vellum. 

First, after stamping the image in VersaMark onto the vellum, you emboss it in white.

I chose some of our wonderful Vellum Cardstock (which isn't retiring! Yayyy!) for my creation. I love the thickness and richness of it because it really stands up well to embossing. 

Anyway, after embossing, turn your piece over and, using Stampin' Write Markers, color the image on the back side, using the white lines as coloring guides.

For my blossoms, from Indescribable Gift, (page 35 in the Occasions Catalog that will be retiring June 2!) I chose a selection of oranges and pinks for the flowers. And, of course a few greens for the leaves and neutrals for the branches. Once I was finished with my coloring, this is how it looked -- from the reverse side, that is!


BUT, then when you flip the piece over to the front, this is what you get:


I wanted to keep my resulting card looking very very feminine and delicate. It took me quite some time and experimentation to choose the perfect Designer Series Paper to serve as its background. 


My intent was for the background paper to show through the vellum, but not TOO much. Very subtle. I finally decided on this lovely paper.


We all know how tricky it is to adhere vellum to another surface. Don't we?? I decided to use Glue Dots to attach it to the DSP. But then, those little globby circles showed through. So, to carry through with the girly look, I covered those little buggers with our Basic Pearls!


Actually, if you refer back to the photo of the whole card, you can see that the bottom of the card was no problem whatsoever. I used the Glue Dots there also, but it didn't matter if they showed or not because I hid them with the strip of DSP on which I stamped the sentiment. But, to balance the card, I added pearls to the bottom corners also.

Thanks Paper Players for the inspiration!


Girly
Smiles.

11 comments:

  1. This is beautiful, so creative and I love the pearls!

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  2. Oh what a beautiful card, great technique and I love the colors!!

    Thanks for sharing on Oh My Heartsie Girl ww this week, always fun to see what you have created!

    Have a great week, Karren

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  3. What a beautiful creation! stunning, Thank you for joining our Oh My Heartsie Girl Wordless Wednesday Link Party, have a great day, co-host Evija @Fromevijawithlove

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  4. That's a gorgeous card. I love the colors.

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  5. Wow! This is absolutely gorgeous, Linda. I am in love with this technique and have pinned it for future reference. Can't wait to give it a try. Thanks so much for sharing with us this week at The Paper Players!

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  6. Oh, this is SO cool...absolutely stunning! Thanks for sharing at the #HomeMattersParty - we're looking forward to what you have to share next week. :)

    ~Lorelai
    Life With Lorelai

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  7. Amazing!! So Pretty!! Thanks for Sharing on My 2 Favorite Things on Thursday - Link Party!! Hope to see you again tomorrow!! Pinned!!

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  8. Hi there
    Just stopped by to let you know that I featured this on my Saturday Spotlight post this week!
    Saturday Spotlight
    Thanks again for linking up! Hope you have a great weekend!
    Jill @ Creating my way to Success

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  9. Hello Gorgeous! This looks incredible! Thank you so much for sharing it with us. Pinned and tweeted. I hope to see you tonight at 7 pm, so we can party with you! Lou Lou Girls

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