Globecraft & PIccolo - Faux Stained Glass Take 2

Happy Monday!

Last week I shared with you the Faux Stained Glass card using Enamel Powder Ultra Thick Clear. What I didn't share was my first attempt using the Gloss Glastique! Have you ever had an idea and somehow it didn't quite work out the way you wanted? My first idea with the Faux Stained Glass was to glue the accent to the vellum cardstock and fill in with the 3D Enamel Gels and the Glastique. When it was dried, the vellum had wrinkled and the gel had moved with it. Ugh.

While it wasn't too terrible, I wasn't able to use it on the card...but I did save it and made the tag! So, here's what you need to make one, too:

*Floral Eggs

*3D Enamel Gel Daffodil Pearl

*3D Enamel Gel Rose Pearl

Flourish from Keys to My Heart Accents (A114)

3D Enamel Gel Titanium White

3D Enamel Gel Satin Gold

3D Enamel Gel Turquoise

Glastique

E6000

leftover frame (you can find these in several of the Piccolo Accents

* these are items from the Spring Release

Other Supplies:
Distress Stain Vintage Photo

manilla tag

word/sentiment/type stamp

washi tape

seam binding

non-stick craft mat

spray bottle

Start by gluing the accent to the vellum cardstock and filling in with the gel and Glastique. Let dry.

Spritz the mat with water. Dot on the gels (white, gold, turquoise) and add tiny dots of Glastique. Lay the tag on top of the dots and turn the tag while it is still facedown. Lift the tag, reposition and repeat until all the gels have been picked up onto the tag. Let dry.

Once dry, stamp over the tag with a permanent ink and your type stamp. Let dry. (When dry the areas with the gels and Glastique will be non-porous. Notice the sheen and subtle shimmer!)

Trim off the excess vellum. Use the E6000 to adhere all of the pieces to the tag. Trim off the excess frame and save it for another project.

Apply 2 thin, uneven coats of Titanium White to the frame. After it's dry, swipe Vintage Photo over the frame. Let dry.

Color the flourish using the Rose Pearl gel. Attach to the frame using the Glastique. Add bits of matching washi tape. Using your finger, wipe the Rose Pearl gel along the edges of the tag. Make dots of Titanium White 'here and there'.

Tie on the seam binding to finish it off!

It wasn't until after I started this project that I realized that I don't have any of the green gels...but I will be taking care of that this week and will go back and fill in the leaves. The Avocado looks like a pretty spring green! Which gels do you like best?

Inky hugs,

Angi

Sentimental Sundays #144 - Fairies with Wings

With 3 girls, I have the opportunity to make shimmery, blingy, glitter induced goodness pretty often! This week at The Sentimental Sundays Challenge Blog I have the perfect opportunity to indulge my girly side - we're making cards using

FAIRIES WITH WINGS

(plus a sentiment)!

Our challenge is sponsored by:

donating: 3 digis, winner's choice

We received a couple of cute digis, perfect for our theme. I had originally planned on using both for my card, but there was a mishap...I'll show you why she didn't make the cut later...for now here's my card:

This little card barely fits into an A2 envelope. It's a fun size! It's an easel card made using a couple of Spellbinders dies. It's just big enough for an image or two, but is small enough to layer up quickly. The card base, all the way up thru the pink patterned paper was made...hmmm...about 2 years ago! Originally, it was meant as a sample for a card class I was teaching, but I decided to go with a different color scheme at that time. I'll all about reuse, recycle, remake!

The green doily was sprayed with a shimmer spray. I'm going to guess that it was a Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Key Lime...still one of my favorite green sprays!

Even the pink circle panel is edged in clear glitter!

Seriously, can you have a fairy without sparkle? I didn't have bling in the right color, so Copics to the rescue! Bling on the top and the bottom!

Unless I really love a color, I tend to buy embellishments in white and creams these days; there are so many ways to color up an item to match your project. For me, (someone with a bunch of paint, ink, sprays, etc.) it seems almost silly to have an embellishment in a rainbow of colors...unless it's buttons! (I have a bit of a thing for old buttons...I'm in the process of reorganizing my studio...you'll see what I mean soon!...)  The large center flower was colored with a shimmer spray and the center flower with a copic and colorless blending solution. The side flowers are old (really old...as in I think 8 years, maybe 9...) Prima flowers.

Okay...the mishap fairy...I had colored up the girls using Copics. Decided to add Glossy Accents to their eyes for a little 'realism' and as soon as I was finished with the first fairy, I realized I had added the shine, not only to her iris and pupil, but to the entire eye! It made her look like she had frog eyes! Here's the after...

...I tried to fix it. I used an exacto to scrap off the bulge (performing eye surgery! ha!) on the first eye, but the second was too dry and peeled off the paper. Ugh. I tried to fix it, but then she just started looking a little too crazy-eyed.  You know, like those taxidermy animals with the one eye that follows you all around the room?!

Sigh.

I may just cut off her head and layer her up with a new image...feeling a bit 'Mary Shelley' today!

Wow. A lot of chatter this morning. Thanks for listening. You're the best!

Don't forget to stop by the Sentimental Sundays Challenge Blog to see the rest of the DT's projects. I'm sure you'll be inspired to create your very own 'fairy' lovely paper project!

Inky hugs,

Angi

Linking up with these challenges:

Designed to Color - Birthday Bash Tic Tac Toe (Bling, Ribbon, Purple)

Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Oozak - Anything Goes with Spring

Catch the Bug - Anything Goes

Card Crafters Circle - Make Believe