Fiona Stanton: Painted Glass

Monday, 18 June 2018

Painted Glass - part 1

This month, my focus in classes has been the Painted Glass Bundle. This is a stamp and die set that replicate the look of stained glass, it is a delicate set that really enables you to bring your colouring skills to the fore. I have used it last weeks Simply Fun Class and it will be used again in Sunday's Create a Little More class.

I love the fact that you can colour with so many different mediums with it. The Graceful Glass Vellum pack that is a part of the suite allows you to colour with the Watercolour Pencils, Stampin' Markers, Stampin' Blends, or Brusho's. I did a post on 21st May that showed the different effects you will get using these methods.

Here I want to show you a different way of using the Brusho on the vellum (I painted with a paint brush in the post above). Here we have used a couple of colours sprinkled on the back and spritzed with water. The vellum will curl up when wet, but I just gently tapped dry with a piece of kitchen roll. You can then use a heat tool to dry, or leave to dry naturally and then place under a book or something heavy over night to flatten.

Here, we have used the blends to colour in some aspects of the vellum. I always colour in from the back (you can tell as one side has a raised embossed feel), I think it hides any minor slips better - but the choice is up to you. The blends work well on the vellum, and you can create shading as well, just wait for each layer to dry first. Having colour on the vellum, helps with adhering it to the cardstock as you can hide the glue.

Finally, I had a play with the new Embossing Mats for the Bigshot. These mats allow you to emboss cardstock using your dies. These are going to be so useful for extending the possibilities of your dies. It is also fairly addictive, so far everytime I get a die to cut - I am trying the embossing with it!