stained glass
 

:rolleyes: I have seen many cards make with stained glass. Can someone let me know how this is done.
Semi

Can you give a link to one? Not quite sure what you are describing, sorry! I think any image stamped on clear acetate could be colored from behind to look like stained glass?

I am not sure how to attached a link, but will this work http:////www.splitcoaststampers.com/...time=&sortdir=
I saved this card to my file

glad someone asked this I was wondering too

That looks like it was heat embossed with the bronze ep on vellum, and then colored on the opposite side of the embossing with markers. At least, that is the way I do it.

;) Thank you for the info. I will try this.
Semi

I agree...sounds like somebody's just given a name to something that's been around forever, lol. No big mystery to it!

It's also really pretty to emboss in white embossing powder. I did Christmas cards years ago (the first I'd ever done!) embossing a D.O.T.S. (now CTMH) holly sprig in white onto vellum and coloring from behind. I thought it was a freakin' work of art, lol!

A nice trick with embossing on vellum.....put some aluminum foil on a clipboard and set your vellum on that. It'll help avoid the warping that happens to vellum a lot when using your heat tool on it. Evens out the heat front and back.

Thanks for the alum foil tip. I occasionally scorch my vellum trying to heat it back into shape! :rolleyes:

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A nice trick with embossing on vellum.....put some aluminum foil on a clipboard and set your vellum on that. It'll help avoid the warping that happens to vellum a lot when using your heat tool on it. Evens out the heat front and back.[/quote]

Is it really that simple? Oh, if you were here I would give you a hug. a BIG hug. Thank-you thank-you thank-you . . . you saved what little sanity I have left! tee hee
((((You)))) ---> me now . . . :-D I am soo glad I stumbled upon this.

Shirley ;) happy dancing back to my stamps

My Bethlehem Blessings Christmas card used the stained glass technique that involves coloring on the back of card stock vellum, It gives a soft and smoky look to the image. I don't know if this is the same technique you mentioned but I posted a detailed tutorial here.
HTH.

I guess in my search I dug up an old thread from last year. I enjoyed your tutorial however! Thanks for sharing.

Another idea to try is to stamp with black staz-on on transparency and color with alchohol ink or permanent markers. Some transparencies may melt if embossed but you could fake it by using glossy dimentional fabric paint to trace your design after coloring.