Holy Cross Stained Glass Technique

Early Easter Blessings to all who celebrate, and for everyone, I have a cool technique to share with you today using our glorious Holy Cross Stained Glass stamp.

This card may look complicated but it really isn't, it's quite easy to do but you have to be patient for each section to dry...that's the hard part.

I used the Whimsy Stamps Stained Glass Holy Cross rubber stamp today but all of the Whimsy Stamps Stained Glass Collection stamps are just screaming for this technique which is aptly named, you guessed it, the "stained glass technique".  

The easiest and least messy way to achieve this technique is to use bottles of different colored glitter glue such as Stickles. The technique can also be done with a clear glue (like Glossy Accents) and adding glitter on top but it's a messier process so I prefer the glitter glues.

Step 1 - Cut a piece of acetate sheet quite a bit larger than the size of your stamp.

Step 2- Carefully stamp your image onto acetate with black solvent ink (such as Archival or  Stazon) and let it dry.

Step 3- Turn your image over, you'll be adding your glitter glue to the back of the acetate.

Step 4 - Start at the inner most part of the design and add the glitter glue color of your choice to just that section.

Step 5 - Skip the section that is directly next to the section you just colored and add glue to the third section, then to the fifth section, then the seventh etc. TIP: move the acetate not your hand because you can accidentally set your wrist into a blog of glitter (ask me how I know - ha).

Step 6 - Here's the hard part...set the image aside and wait an hour or more (especially if you put a thick coating) for it to dry. Once it's dry go back and fill in the rest of the image the same way then let the whole thing dry completely. I let mine dry over night.

Step 7 - Use scissors or a paper trimmer to cut the image out

Step 8 - Use a glue like Glossy Accents to adhere your stained glass art to a card base. I will often add it to a card matte first then add it to a card base. I also lay a book on top for a few hours so it adheres better/stronger.

Step 9 - Add your sentiment or leave it without one, this technique is so pretty on its own that it doesn't really need much or any sentiment

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and I hope you have a blessed Easter and a great day.

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Whimsy Stamps and WOW Embossing Powder Blog Hop

WELCOME to the Whimsy Stamps and WOW! Embossing Powder Blog Hop! 

And of course no blog hop is complete without PRIZES so here's what you could win:

 Whimsy Stamps - $25 gift certificate for anything in the Whimsy Stamps store

WOW! Embossing Powders - 6 powders of your choosing along with a carry case to store your embossing powders safely in

For your chance to win you must leave a comment on each blog post along the hop 

(see list below). 

The winners will be chosen at random during the week of April 22nd from all the comments left on the posts. This hop is open for both the USA and internationally.

Have FUN hoping along and ENJOY all the inspiration both teams have created for you.  

And now for my first card...

I started out with five pieces of plain black card stock each of them cut at 5.5 x 4.25 in size

For one of them I used the Whimsy Stamps Wonky Window 1 die to cut out the plain black frame. You can toss the black inside pieces or save them for another project.

I used my Misti to stamp the Flower Puffs background onto each of the other 4 pieces of black card stock with Versamark ink then heat embossed each of them with different colors of WOW!  Embossing Powders...White Puff, Metaline Violet, Fluorescent Blue and Fluorescent Green

I glued the full white embossed piece onto a black card base, then glued the plain black Wonky Window frame directly on top.  

I used the Wonky Window 1 die and cut out all 3 sheets of the fluorescent colored backgrounds making sure I had each one in the same orientation and so the pattern would line up when pieced together.

Once they were all die-cut I chose the pieces/color arrangement I liked best and glued the blue, green, and violet pieces inside the frame directly on top of the white. And BONUS...there are several left over pieces and really cool frames that you can make additional cards with too! 

For the final touch I used the smallest of the NEW Wavy Stitched Squares for the sentiment and adhered that in the largest window opening using foam tape for dimension.  The sentiment is from the NEW Cloud Animals clear stamp set.

And now for my second card...

I used mostly the same products on both of these cards and the WOW! Fluorescent Embossing Powders look so cool on black I just had to use them again. 

So I stamped the same Flower Puffs background with versamark ink and Fluorescent Pink EP.  

For the bottom of the card I used the Whimsy Stamps Brushed Stripes background on black card stock with WOW! White Puff embossing powder. I LOVE pink and black and white together, it's one of my favorite color combos.

For the sentiment I used a couple of the bigger sized dies from the Wavy Stitched Squares, this is a really fun die set that is a nice change from plain ol' squares. And the sentiment is from the Beaucoup Bouquet clear stamp set that has a nice variety of any occasion sentiments especially good for your floral cards too.

Which one do you like best?...

Don't forget to click on the word bubble (at the very bottom of this post) and leave a comment for your chance to win one of the Whimsy Stamps or WOW! Embossing Powder prizes.

And be sure to leave a comment at every stop along the hop.

HAVE FUN!

    

Here's the Blog Hop list: 

WOW! Embossing Powder Blog 

 Whimsy Stamps Blog 

 Jo Herbert 

Alanna Moses 

Jennifer Dove

Zsoka Marko 

Jenny Colacicco 

Verity Biddlecombe 

Ashlee McGregor 

Jeanette Comerford 

Bev Rochester 

Yasmin Diaz 

Jamie Martin 

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your nest stop is Dorinda Kaduchak 

Sue Hastead 

Joanne Soukup 

Nicolette Marie 

 Michele Kovack 

Karen Reategui
Dana Gong

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Glory to God - Faux Masking

There are so many Whimsy stamp sets that work great with our Peekaboo Window dies and the new Glory to God clear set is totally perfect for it.

 

I cut out a white Peekaboo Window 2 die from white card stock and then hand cut navy blue card stock into pieces that were slightly larger than each window opening. I find this way is easier than trying to position images inside the windows on a full piece of card stock. Once I had my navy pieces cut out I stamped and embossed in silver each of the panels (except for the baby Jesus image).

For the main image I used a faux masking technique (this is a really difficult technique...not!). This is so easy, first I stamped the image on white card stock using Memento black ink then colored it with Copic markers. I let the image dry for a couple of minutes before moving on to my next step. For my next step I chose a copic color (B99) that was as close as possible to my navy card stock and colored all around the image to fill in the background. It's that's easy, no fussy cutting or masking at all.

I love this sentiment and enjoyed making the word art for all the sentiments in this set, you can see all of them HERE. And to finish my card I just taped each image piece in their applicable windows then added foam tape to the entire back of the piece and adhered it onto a navy card base.

Hope you enjoyed this quick faux masking technique post and I hope you have a glorious day!

Copic Colors Used: B99, B97, B41, Y11, Y13, E00, E13, E27, E43

 

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Ombre or Gradient Seashell Background?

Some say ombre some say gradient, so what's the difference?  Technically gradient is a progression of different colors from light to dark and ombre is the progression of hues of the same color from light to dark. So for today I'm sharing a gradient background with you using the Seashell background from Whimsy Stamps.  Or is it an ombre background since teal is a combo of blue and green - lol??

I stamped the Seashell background with Versamark ink onto cold pressed watercolor paper and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.

With a paintbrush I washed on a light coating of water all over the background, I started with my lightest distress ink (tumbled glass with a little evergreen bough) and washed it onto the entire piece.  Then I washed on the next darkest color (broken china) but only on the middle portion, then my final color (faded jeans with a little mermaid lagoon mixed in) 

Once it was dry I added some deeper color to various portions of each section.

The sentiment is from the Everyday Scripted Sentiments clear set and the bubbles are form the Salty Hair clear set.

I also added a little color to the bubbles with a damp (not wet) paintbrush using the tumbled glass distress ink.

I hope you enjoyed this Seashell background post using the ombre watercolor technique.  And I hope you are soaking up the last couple of weeks of summer.  Although here in Florida we have months of of the summer weather left ahead.

   

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Whimsy Retreat 2018 - Unconditional Love

This is a card I designed for a make-n-take at the Whimsy Retreat last weekend.  I combined the Unconditional Love stamp set with the NEW An Unbreakable Bond set.

 The paw is from the Unconditional Love set and the sentiment is from the An Unbreakable Bond set.

 

the technique is super easy, just stamp your image (solid images work best) with Versamark ink then swipe on pastel chalk with a cotton ball and the colors pop!  

For the lighter pastel card I also used our new Stitched Oval dies, I love this set of ovals they are each just the right size to accommodate so many of our Whimsy images and they have stitching on the oval itself and on the negative portion too.

All of the Rainbow Bridge Collection sets can be combined with one another so you have countless options with for all of your animal lover cards.

Have a great day!

   

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