"Stained Glass" Snowflake

 

I saw this Jennifer McGuire video last year and finally got around to trying the technique for the Jingle Belles' Heavy Metal/ Baby It's Gold Outside challenge. and the Die Cut Divas' Holiday challenge.  If you don't have time for a video, I will try to explain what I did.  First I used a Stick It adhesive sheet to back a sheet of heavy white cardstock and cut five die cuts using the Spellbinders Snowflake Snippets die.  I also cut a square the size of the die cuts from heavy cardstock without Stick It for a base.  Using Stick It or another type of two sided adhesive sheet makes it a lot easier to "glue" the die cuts together.  I attached one die cut to the square and then colored in the spaces with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers followed by a shimmer brush.  Next I stacked on three more of the die cuts and applied Glossy Accents in the spaces.  The goal is not to completely fill the wells, but to make sure you have a generous amount that gets into all the nooks and crannies.   I used a toothpick to pull it into the tight corners.  While the Glossy Accents dried I coated the last die cut with Versamark and heat embossed it using Ranger superfine silver embossing powder.  I did this a total of three times.  I then stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on the card front after laying the embossed die cut on it to check the placement.  After waiting a few hours for the glossy accents to thoroughly dry I attached the embossed die cut on top to make it look like stained glass and used a liquid adhesive to attached it to the card panel.

A few thoughts:  The stacked die cuts really do look like stained glass giving it a definite wow factor.  This is not a card I would send to just anybody and nor does it lend itself to mass production.  It it is quite thick and should be mailed in a padded envelope.

I will also be entering this in the Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge which is a new one for me.  Thank you for stopping by!  Until next time, Hansi