Art Impressions Blog: Glittery Stained Glass Window Card by Lynn Dionne

Happy Wednesday Ai Fans!!!

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Let's create a fun and easy glittery stained glass window card today! No glitters needed ... just some pretty glitter papers! This is a great way to use some of those glitter papers that you may have been collecting and saving for a great project ... or just hoarding like I do!

We will be using the brand-new Ai Stained Glass Window Set (5897) which includes this beautiful window and a lovely little church. The church would work great with all of your watercolor stamps to create a pretty scene!

We will stamp the stained-glass window onto some white cardstock and then onto our glitter papers. I'll be using some blues, greens and yellows. This color combination was inspired by the current Ai Blog Challenge, and I thought these colors would be perfect for this window!

We will also stamp this window onto some clear acetate and emboss. For ink we will use a dark blue color with the Versafine Clair Ink Pad in Twighlight.

Now for the easy part! We will use some detail scissors to cut out sections of the stained-glass window from different colors of glitter paper. Keep in mind that you could really mix up the stained glass using some pretty pinks, purples, etc. It just depends on how much cutting you are willing to do! I thought I would keep to my color palette and keep the cutting really simple.

Next, we will cut a frame using the Ai Nested Rectangle Dies (5724) and then we will emboss this using the Tim Holtz Sizzix "Arched" Texture Fades Embossing Folder. This beautiful arched design will mimic the arch on the window and just bring everything together.

Now we can assemble the acetate onto the back of the frame and then overlay this over the glittery window! We can mount this frame onto a pretty yellow card base and add a sentiment using the Easter Journal 2024 Series 2 (5893) – Scripture Pack. This set includes two sheets of printed scripture sentiments that you can just die cut and easily add to your cards or journals!

Next, we can spatter the entire piece with some white ink ... just be sure to protect the acetate area and the sentiment. Also, let's add some blue ink around the edges of the card to frame the acetate window a bit better.

This card would be great for Easter or even a Sympathy, Confirmation, or Communion card. Please join us in this fun Color Challenge ... we would love to see what you create!

Thank you so much for joining me today! Have a fun and crafty day!!!