Stained Glass Cards

Hello crafty friends welcome back!  Hope your New Year is off to a great start! Today I'm sharing a set of Stained Glass Effect Cards created with Sue Wilson's fabulous dies), for my DT post found at DRU's Inspirational Blog!

This First card features the Hummingbird die from Sue Wilson's Stained Glass Collection and the Mosaic Bauble Die (from Sue Wilson's Festive Collection). All cuts are multi-layered for dimension. The outer Mosaic frame pattern added so much interest to the stained glass look. It's cut from Silver Mirrored Cardstock. The sparkly background panel was first adhered to double-sided sticky sheets then sprinkled with Iced Snow Gliter Jewels, then added the liquid coloring tints over glitter. This gives it a fab textured sparkly look. Lastly, an acetate piece was added under the top layered frame for the stained glass look. 

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This Second card is done is mostly Gold also uses the Hummingbird Die that's been cut multiple times and layered for dimension. The very first layer was sprayed with adhesive and layered over a panel that was previously Gilded with Gilding Flakes. This created a lovely textured background. I then colored in the sections of the diecut with CE's select liquid coloring tints, blending the colors and re-coloring for deeper, richer tones. The top framed layer was cut from a Gold Glitter Kissed Sheet - (was good for adding more sparkle and texture). I finsihed the glass look with an acetate piece (cut to fit the frame) placed under the top layer. 

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The Third Card iss done in silver and features the Butterfly die from Sue Wilson's Stained Glass Collection. Also multi-layered for depth (and multi layering after coloring also helps with covering-up/hiding any coloring mishaps). The background panel was cut from a Gilded Flake Sheet. The coloring was done with liquid tints over the flakes. (For a richer tone, you might like to color then let dry a few mibnutes and then reapply colors). The top layer cut was cut from a Silver Glitter Kissed Sheet for added texture. The silver also helped this colored background stand out. Acetate was adhered under the top frame for the glass look. 

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The last Card also features the Butterfly die. It's framed with the Mosaic Bauble Die that's been cut and from Gold Mirrored Cardstock. The Cuts are multi-layered for depth (and again this also helps to cover any coloring mishaps). The background panel was adhered over Blue Cardstock for color contrast. Acetate was also adhered under the top frame for giving this the stained glass look. 

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That's it! These were so much fun to put together! 

What do you think? Which was your favorite? 

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Here are the D R U Products used...

Creative Expressions Cutting Dies by Sue Wilson 

Stained Glass Collection Hummingbird 

Creative Expressions Cutting Dies by Sue Wilson Festive Collection Mosaic Bauble

Creative Expressions Cutting Dies by Sue Wilson Stained Glass Collection Butterfly

*** Other Products *** 

Creative Expressions Gold & Silver Mirrored Cardstock & Sky Blue cardstock Paper. White, Black Cardstock. CE's new Colouring Tints, Gilding Flakes and Glitter Kiss. 

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I'd like to also enter these Cards into the following FUN Challenges;

A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything Goes

A Perfect Time to Craft - Anything Goes

As You Like It - Anything Goes

Cards Galore Encore - Anything Goes 

Colouring in Scrapland - hand-colored image - Anything Goes

Crafting With An Attitude - Always Anything Goes

Creative Knockouts - Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiment Designs - Anything Goes

Crafty Creations - Always Anything Goes 

Crafting from the Heart -Anything Goes

Crazy for CAS - Animal 

Cute Card Thursday - What's New? 

CuteNCrafty Challenge Blog -Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenges - Anything Goes

Fab 'n' Funky - New Beginnings 

Get Creative Challenges - Anything Goes

Inspire.Create.Challenges - Color Challenge 

Imagine That Creative Playground - Anything Goes 

Die Cuttin' Divas - Glitter or Foil 

Ike's World - A for Animals / Anything Goes 

Lemon Shortbread - Always Anything Goes 

Love to Craft - Anything goes 

Love to Scrap - Anything goes

Polkadoodles - Anything Goes 

Sisterhood of Crafters - Sparkle 

Southern Girls - Anything Goes 

The Male Room masculine projects only - Anything Goes

The Paper Girls - Black and White

The Crafty Addicts - Anything Goes 

Through The Craft Room Door - Always Anything Goes 

Try It On Tuesday - Something Old/New (used older dies / new coloring tints)

Two Crafty Critter Crazies - Anything Goes with a Critter 

Unicorn Challenge - Things with Wings 

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Thanks for stopping by today! I so appreciate your time and hope to have inspired your creativity!

I 💗 hearing from you! 

America

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