Tuesday, December 19, 2017

Make it Monday #307 - Faux Stained Glass

This week's Make it Monday Technique for Papertrey Ink is Faux Stained Glass presented by Laurie Schmidlin.  I've actually done this one other time but not in quite the same way as this time.

It's the week before Christmas and everyone is so busy, me included.  I wanted to participate but not take too much extra time this week since I have lots of other things going on.  So I wanted to use a few of those extra pieces that I tend to have on my desk along with the Papertrey Products I was using.

I started by die cutting the Cover Plate: Harlequin from Stamper's Select White Cardstock.  Next I cut a piece of Stamper's Select Vellum to go behind this for my "window" glass.  I cut this piece to just a smidgen smaller than 4.25 x 5.5 so that there would be no chance of it showing out the sides. I glued the front panel onto the vellum using a dot of liquid adhesive at each intersection of the lines.  Using Copic Markers in RV25, BG18 and G14, I colored in the diamonds totally at random.  I colored each one going the same direction and just in a single layer of color.  When those dried, I repeated that to get a deeper color.

In Laurie's video, she die cut two fun foam panels with her cover plate to use as the thickness for behind the main panel.  I did try this, but because the design of  the cover plate I chose has very thin lines, Fun Foam just didn't work out.  Therefore, I cut three additional panels of Stamper's Select White Cardstock to make the stack behind the front panel.  If you adhere it directly to the card base, it would not look like stained glass so I carefully glued the three frames, one on top of the other and then attached my front panel to that thick frame using tape runner.  Since the vellum was already glued in place, I didn't think it was necessary to use a liquid adhesive and just used my Kokuyo Dot Runner on top of the stacked frames.  That way, no adhesive showed once I laid the top piece down.  I then attached that panel to a Top Folding Horizontal Card Base. I die cut the Big Basics: Merry Christmas from Gold Foiled Cardstock and used some Holly leaves that I already had stamped and jeweled with Tonic Nuvo Drops in Gloss Carnation Pink.  These Holly Leaves are from the Gina K Designs Merry & Bright Stamp Set and are a bit larger than the Papertrey Ink Enclosed: Bell Holly Leaves which I thought fit better with the larger greeting.  These were stamped in Fresh Asparagus and Dusty Rose.


That finishes my card for today's post.  The supplies I've used are linked below for your convenience (affiliate links may be used at no cost to you).

Copic Marker Apple Green G14
Copic Marker Apple Green G14
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Copic Marker Dog Rose R25
Copic Marker Dog Rose R25
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Copic Marker Teal Blue BG 18
Copic Marker Teal Blue BG 18
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Cuttlebug Die Cutting Machine
Cuttlebug Die Cutting Machine
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Gina K Designs Dusty Rose Ink
Gina K Designs Dusty Rose Ink
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Gina K Designs Fresh Asparagus Ink
Gina K Designs Fresh Asparagus Ink
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GKD Merry & Bright Stamp Set
GKD Merry & Bright Stamp Set
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Kokuyo Long Dot Runner Adhesive
Kokuyo Long Dot Runner Adhesive
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Nuvo Crystal Drops - Gloss Carnation Pink
Nuvo Crystal Drops - Gloss Carnation Pink
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PTI - Big Basics: Merry Christmas
PTI - Big Basics: Merry Christmas
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PTI - Cover Plate: Harlequin
PTI - Cover Plate: Harlequin
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PTI Stamper's Select Vellum (#44)
PTI Stamper's Select Vellum (#44)
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PTI Stamper's Select White Cardstock
PTI Stamper's Select White Cardstock
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Ranger Multi Medium Matte
Ranger Multi Medium Matte
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15 comments:

  1. oh this is so festive and fun, LOVE IT! Thanks for sharing.

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  2. Wonderful holiday card, Vicki! Love your colors and especially, “Merry Christmas” die-cut in gold.

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  3. Very pretty - technique is awesome for a Christmas Card

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  4. I love that cover plate and what a pretty card! Your design is very pretty.

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  5. Lovely, lovely card Vicki! And great idea to just cut more of the cover plate from cardstock rather than the fun foam...I'll have to remember that tip! Someone is definitely going to smile when they receive this card!! :0)

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  6. Beautiful card Vicki! Your stained glass background looks stunning! Love the gold sentiment! Hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas!

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  7. Gorgeous holiday card, Vicki! Love your gold die-cut sentiment...really pops against the BG.

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  8. Stunning card, Vicki! I love the bold sentiment and see you managed to get in the gold, so beautifully!

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  9. Your card is beautiful--wonderful use of the technique & I love your color choices! Funny--my entry is 1/2 done & I used the hexagon cover plate.

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  10. Love your card, Vicki!! I think using paper instead of foam works quite well for the more intricate coverplates! Great tip!

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  11. Oh how beautiful is this Vicki! Love the holly and colors. Merry Christmas to you and your family !

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  12. I used paper too, and I love fun foam but I had too many small cuts .

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  13. How lovely and such a fun Christmas card!

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  14. Beautiful, Vicki! No time for me to participate but I love what I’ve seen created. Merry Christmas!

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