Today I'm back with a fun technique that I'm excited to share with you, Stained Glass Die Cuts. Dimensional die cut Sketched Hearts (with gold foil cardstock adhered to fun foam), filled with Simon Says Stamp Cardstock colors and finished with a layer of Glossy Accents makes an eye-catching embellishment. The dimensional die cut creates the perfect "well" to fill with Glossy Accents.
For the background, I colored in the Simon Says Stamp Leaves Background Stamp with Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry, Candied Apple, and Dried Marigold Distress Markers, spritzed the colored stamp with water from a Mini Mister and then stamped the leaf design on a piece of Bristol Smooth Cardstock. I let the inked background air dry. Once dry I used the MISTI to stamp a greeting from the Thankful Heart Stamp Set on the background using Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink.
I die cut the background panel with a Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle Die. Vellum leaves were die cut using the Clustered Leaves Die and layered over the background.
An additional greeting from the Wild Beauty Stamp Set was stamped on black cardstock with Versamark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I cut the greeting into a thin strip and then adhered it above the script stamped greeting as shown.
Stick It was adhered to both sides of a piece of Fun Foam and then the backing paper was removed from one side and gold foil cardstock was adhered before die cutting the Sketched Hearts. I also die cut the Sketched Hearts shape from Cotton Candy Cardstock, Doll Pink Cardstock, and Schoolhouse Red Cardstock.
I adhered the dimensional gold foil Sketched Hearts shape to the left of the larger greeting as shown. Then I added the pink and red cardstock pieces for an inlay design. I replaced the small heart shape with the dimensional gold foil heart and then added a layer of Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen to the solid red heart. Finally, I finished the hearts by adding Glossy Accents to the cardstock areas of each for the stained glass effect. The dimensional frame helps "hold" the Glossy Accents in place while it dries.
I trimmed the excess vellum overhanging the stitched rectangle with scissors and then adhered the panel to a side fold card base.
V I D E O T U T O R I A L
To watch the creation of this stained glass die cut card from start to finish, click HERE or watch below:
S U P P L I E S
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Very elegant--very pretty!
Posted by: JaMiro | January 31, 2017 at 11:55 AM
Beautiful card Nichol! I love this technique ❤️ Thanks for sharing, I can't wait to try this out myself!
Posted by: Amy Vitriani | January 31, 2017 at 03:42 PM
Very pretty
Posted by: Colleen Howell | January 31, 2017 at 03:54 PM
I love the look of these hearts on the card! The vellum leaves ad such a nice layering effect without being distracting! I just love this. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Ann barnes | January 31, 2017 at 07:01 PM
These turned out so cool! Loving your colors too!
Posted by: Mendi Yoshikawa | January 31, 2017 at 10:59 PM
Pretty darn cool!
Posted by: Karen L K | February 01, 2017 at 12:16 AM
This is AMAZING!!! I have to try!!!!
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Posted by: Cristina | February 01, 2017 at 07:02 AM
Absolutely beautiful. The watercolor background, the sheer leaves, and the stained glass.... the prettiest card I have seen in a long, long time.
Posted by: Jennifer | February 01, 2017 at 07:46 AM
Also, I am interested in your roll on adhesive you used. What was was it?
Posted by: Jennifer | February 01, 2017 at 07:47 AM
I like these:http://shrsl.com/?g9uu
Posted by: Nichol Spohr LLC | February 01, 2017 at 10:17 AM
Gorgeous! Thanks for the great video!
Posted by: Lagene | February 01, 2017 at 11:34 AM
Just beautiful, what a clever technique. Thankyou for sharing.
Posted by: Jackie Nicol | February 01, 2017 at 01:18 PM
Beautiful...I have one question. Noticed when you were putting adhesive on the sentiment that it was a narrow tape. What kind was it? Thanks again for sharing.
Posted by: Trudie | February 01, 2017 at 07:08 PM
Gorgeous! So much easier that you'd think. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Posted by: Kristie Maynard | February 01, 2017 at 09:19 PM
Stunning card! I love the stained-glass technique!
Posted by: Linda E | February 02, 2017 at 08:38 AM
This is what I was using:http://shrsl.com/?ga9o
Posted by: Nichol Spohr LLC | February 02, 2017 at 08:39 AM
I love the background on this card! Can you do the coloring with zig markers instead of distress and then spray? Or do the distress just work better with this technique?
Posted by: Paige | March 31, 2017 at 08:44 AM
I haven’t tried it with the Zig markers so I’m not sure how it would work with them. If you try it let me know!
Posted by: Nichol Spohr LLC | April 01, 2017 at 12:48 PM
Just so creative-thanks for the inspiration
Posted by: Liane | January 05, 2018 at 06:43 PM