Krafty Stained Glass

The theme over on the Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge is "Kraft".  A friend of mine has recently started learning the craft of stained glass, so I've been looking at a lot of examples of stained glass windows lately and that inspired me to use that as my theme for this card.

All of the panels were created using kraft cardstock - I love how the pale brown has made the distress colours even darker and more grungey!  I started by cutting a square panel of kraft card and then cutting it down into pieces by hand.

Each piece was then individually decorated.  I stamped with Black Memento ink so that I could add colour from promarkers without it bleeding.  White elements were achieved by using a water brush and painting with Picket Fence distress stain.  White highlights were created with a Ranger white pen.

Finally I covered each piece with clear packing tape, to give a more glass-like feel.  I stuck the pieces onto black card and then trimmed it down to size before mounting it on my white card blank.

I had a lot of fun making and combining all of the elements together.  I think I'll stick to paper and card though, glass looks too difficult! :)

Supplies I used included:

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