Stained Glass technique

Welcome to another edition of Technique Tuesday. Today I am sharing the Stained Glass technique. 

Card design was inspired by playing along with the following challenges:

For my colour palette shout out to TGIF Challenge for their Balmy Blue, Smoky Slate and Highland Heather #tgif558

Inspired by for their sketch challenge  #IB369

And Just Us Girls playing again with the cover plate challenge #JUG804

Playing with the new online exclusive Fragrant Layers, Stone and Vine 3D embossing folder, Triple Banner punch, ink pads and blends, pearl embellishments and retired Stitched Sweetly Rectangle dies. 

Materials to prep - die cut floral cover plate framed with the Stitched so Sweetly rectangle, vellum cut with the Stitched so Sweetly, card base and layering mats all die cut with the Stitched So Sweetly rectangle. Envelope to stamp coordinating image cause friends don’t let friends send envelopes out naked 🤣

Trick for creating a frame that is perfect for the stain glass technique - double die cut your cover plate with a rectangle just slightly larger. 

Also when cutting your layers stack all layers and centre the next smallest rectangle die on top and run through machine all together. It will likely not cut all layers but will make an impression on all layers so you can than line up the die perfectly for the run through of each mat.

Stained glass putting it all together process video 

An alternative option, which I will definitely use next time to save time and give a crisper look to my stain glass, is to line up the cover plate die cut and the vellum layer and than flip over and then you can colour your vellum from the backside so you can see exactly where you want your colours verses my first attempt here at guessing 🤣 

The end result is stunning. 

You can even put a tea light behind the vellum to give a warm glow at night! 

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

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