Saturday, November 26, 2011

Stained Glass Window Or Metal?

I hope those of you that celebrate Thanksgiving had a wonderful day! Now that it is over, I  have been so busy trying to get Christmas decor up, and that has put me behind on crafting. I did manage to complete a challenge for Grungy Monday this week though. The challenge was to create something using Tim's technique for embossing metal and coloring it with Alcohol Ink like he did with his pumpkin challenge on the Ranger blog. This GM challenge is also being sponsored by Simon Says Stamp.

I wanted to create a stained glass effect, so after I die cut the word "hope" I embossed my metal piece with two of Tim's texture fades that looked like cracked glass. Next, I used three colors of Alcohol Ink as well as a coat of black Glimmer Mist to seep into the cracks to achieve this look. The frame and wall of the window were done by embossing with a wood grain texture fade. I also filled in the spaces of the word with Crackle Glossy Accents to further the look of stained glass. I wish the pictures better represented that. The black trim of the window was done using black enamel paint to give the look of lead. I love the angel stamp from Tim's newer Christmas line of stamps. I gave her a coat of Glimmer Mist after I colored her in. I also had a frame that was dropped and broken, and rather than throwing it away or purchasing new glass, I glued the frame back together, sanded and distress inked it, and attached this project. I love how it is 3D, and you can see and feel all the different textures going on, rather than being flat.
 
 

Supplies:
Paper Used- Ten Seconds Studio Silver Metal Sheet; craft and white card stock from my stash
Vagabond Materials Used- TH Alterations Texture Fades in wood, cracked glass, sun ray; TH Sizzix Die word Hope
Stamp Used- TH for Stamper's Anonymous in Joyful Song (angel)
Coloration Used- TH for Ranger Adirondack Alcohol Ink in Meadow, Sunshine Yellow, Red Pepper, Alcohol Blending Solution; Inkssentials Enamel Accents in Black and Crackle Accents; Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist in Black Magic and Dazzling Diamonds; Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black; TH for Ranger Distress Ink in Brushed Corduroy, Walnut Stain, Fired Brick; Clearsnap Smooch Ink in white, silver, gold; Faber Castell Watercolor Pencil in flesh; Sakura Glaze Pen in brown

10 comments:

  1. Wow, that is incredible!! I'm hopeless with alcohol inks, so I can only appreciate other's work, lol!

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  2. This is so beautiful! What a great idea to use the word die through an embossed tag.... it's a fantastic creation!

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  3. This is great Anita, what a great project for this week's grungy Monday!! Love the colors too.

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  4. Beautiful details in the metal, and I love how you combined the texture fade and die.

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  5. What a stunning effect you created as a background for your angel! Bravo!

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  6. Very pretty! Love the composition of the stained glass effect behind the angel.

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  7. I love how you made it look like stained glass. My poor ornament didn't turn out nearly as nice.

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  8. This piece is lovely. The frame sets it off perfectly.

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  9. I love the word window in that lovely embossed frame! Beautiful use of the alcohol inks! Love this! Just became a follower!

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