MAKE IT EASY: FRAMED STAINED GLASS CARD

Good old wrapping tissue is the secret to these 'see-thru' stained glass projects. The technique can be used for either a framed print or a card. The stamp is from Non Sequitur.

Cut a piece of white tissue that is about an inch longer and wider than the stamp being used; cut a piece of Grafix Heavy Weight Laminating Film in the same size. Place the tissue on the adhesive side of the Laminating Film; use your finger tips to smooth the tissue flat.

Ink the stamp with ColorBox Dragonfly Black and stamp in the center of the tissue paper. Sprinkle Candy Store Embossing Powder Clear over the image; turn over and snap the Laminating Film to remove excess powder. Aim the heat gun at one corner of the image; when the powder in that section has melted, move the gun slowly to the adjoining area. It's amazing how quickly EP melts if you don't swing the gun back and forth like a dog's tail! When the powder is melted, allow to cool.

The examples were colored with diluted re-inkers that were applied with a Fine-Liner brush. After the ink had dried, a light coat of Krylon Workable Fixativ was sprayed over the image. Your choice of a coloring medium is optional...use something other than re-inkers if you prefer. Most mediums will requiring sealing with either Workable Fixitiv or acrylic varnish.

Gold trim tape was applied around the front edges of the image. Two pieces of card stock were cut, one slightly larger than the other. An opening in the size of the finished image was cut in each piece of the card stock. Grafix DoubleTack was applied to the back of the smaller piece of cardstock. The image was positioned, image up, in the opening; the cardstock was burnished to secure the bond. A 1/2' wide strip of DoubleTack was cut and applied along the back edges of the image. The two pieces of cardstock were layered so that the Laminating Film side of the image was centered in the opening of the larger piece; the back of the larger piece of cardstock was burnished to secure the bond.

To use as a framed print: Slide the print into the channels on the front of the frame; slide the glass into the channels, over the print.

To use as a card: Cut a piece of cardstock that is twice as wide and the same length as the cardstock on the back of the image. Crease a fold line at the center. Apply DoubleTack to the cardstock on the back of the image and position it along the fold on the cardstock; burnish to secure the bond.

I haven't the faintest idea why the tissue paper has a slight pink tint...it's white as snow. Those darn Blog Glitzies must be up to their old tricks.