Today's Technique Challenge (TLC67 & Clean & Simple (CAS469) are both about backgrounds. The TLC wanted us to make a stained glass bg & I totally cheated on this one. I promise, if I have time, I'll come back & do it right. 😉 We're in the middle of putting up chair rails & painting the dining room, so time was limited & I knew I had this great stained glass image in my stash.
I put the Stained Glass Oval image into my Misti then stamped the image w/ the desert sand. I knew I wanted to gold emboss it but since I also wanted to color it w/ Copics & the two don't play well together, so it was stamped first w/ an ink color that would allow me to see the lines but also disappear when embossed.
After coloring it, I over stamped it w/ gold pigment ink then heat embossed it w/ gold powder. I die cut a piece of lilac card stock & a larger piece of sage green then cut the ovals out of the centers. The Happy Easter Cross was stamped, colored & I cut around the top to let more of the stained glass show through then attached it behind the oval frames & then on top of the stained glass background.
Thanks so much for looking! It's on my blog w/ closeups & Copic colors: The Write Stuff
Date: Monday, February 19, 2018 GMT Views: 1557
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Registered: November 12, 2011 Location: Georgia Posts: 3485
Mon, Feb 19, 2018 @ 8:12 AM
It is beautiful! I love the layout for the Easter image - perfect! I hope the painting project goes well! Thanks for taking the time to take my challenge this week!
Registered: January 20, 2016 Location: Freetown, Massachusetts Posts: 31436
Mon, Feb 19, 2018 @ 8:17 AM
Holy cow, Julie, this is amazing! I think it's cool that you "cheated" because it allowed you to combine the two challenges. But mostly I love the stained glass as an Easter card and I love the way you've shadowed the letters to really make it look like the light is shining through the window. Gorgeousness!
Registered: July 9, 2008 Location: Stars Fell on Alabama Posts: 74631
Mon, Feb 19, 2018 @ 8:37 AM
This is such a beautiful Easter card, Julie. The colors are just so soothing. Happy painting! Love the added cross.
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Mon, Feb 19, 2018 @ 10:36 AM
Totally in awe and into my fav's this goes - even though in a million years I could not case this and do it justice . . . .it's more so I can find it quickly to sit and drool over it's pastel loveliness!
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