Hello friends! I'm back today with a card featuring another new release, Christmas Peace and Joy from Stamp Simply! This lovely candle is part of the new set, Christmas Peace. (Christmas Joy features beautiful ornaments).
The candle and the dark woodgrain designer paper made me think of an old church, its windows festively adorned with poinsettias glowing in candlelight for Christmas Eve, so I decided to try Beate's "Frosted Window" tutorial. I used Stamp Simply's fishtail banners die to cut the window's frame and sash, mitering the corners as a real window frame would be, and adding the pretty floral print to give the illusion of wallpaper. (Maybe next time I'll be even more adventurous and add diagonal panes of "leaded" glass...then the window would really remind me of my childhood church home)!
With this technique, the image is stamped onto card stock and also onto vellum. I heat-embossed the top layer. The darker marker colors and the candle's glow are colored on the underneath layer, and the lighter colors are colored on the back side of the vellum which is mounted on dimensional adhesive tape. I added a bit of both gold and clear Wink of Stella to the right side of the vellum to give subtle shimmer and make things especially festive.
I love how soft the colors are, and how simple yet elegant the result is with very little effort...using a stamp platform makes it incredibly easy to be sure that everything will be perfectly aligned. The frost of the vellum camouflages the coloring on the card stock underneath, so it can be done with a little less "finesse" than usual, and since the marker inks sit on top of vellum and won't blend because of the paper finish, this really is a fast and easy technique that softens any struggles with blending that you might experience if you are new to blending with alcohol markers.
There is a beautiful Christmas sentiment stamped on the inside.
Supplies:
- Stamp Simply Clear Stamps - Christmas Peace
- Kaisercraft Under the Gum Leaves 6.5x6.5
- Vellum - Recycled 24# Clear
- Delicata Non-Tarnishing Ink Pad - Golden Glitz
- Ranger Super Fine Embossing Powder - Gold
- Spellbinders Die - 5x7 Matting Basics A (vellum opening
- Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Fishtail Sentiment Banners (window sash/frame)
- Stamp Simply Steel Dies - Floral Cluster and Sprigs
- May Arts 1.5" Sheer w/Glitter Dots - Gold/Gold - 3 yard Bundle
- Petaloo Botanica Baby Blooms - Red
- enamel dots
- Zig Wink of Stella Brush - Clear Glitter Marker
- Zig Wink of Stella Brush - Gold Glitter Marker
- Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
- Scrapbook Adhesives-3L
- 3D Self-adhesive Foam Squares - Mix
- Copic markers
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