Stained glass behind a coneflower creates a beautiful card suitable for any occasion. Passing by an older church sitting near a field in an older town was my inspiration. As I looked across the field the stained glass windows were the perfect backdrop to the purple coneflowers and yellow black-eyed susan’s growing wild throughout the field.
The beauty of the flowers swaying among the tall grasses was mesermizing. Watching the scenery reminded me of playing in the fields at my grandparents farm as a young girl. Choosing the prettiest to bring to my grandmother that she would put into a vase for the table.
Wanting to play with this stained glass technique for a while, I started recreating this memory. I knew that the Nature’s Harvest stamp set (156495) would be perfect to use to bring this scene back to life. I imagined the church windows and started. To create the stained glass I used Cardstock Vellum , Stampin’ Blends, Gilded Leafing, and Rubbing Alcohol. The key of creating this beautiful stained glass background was choosing the perfect colors. I replaced the yellows in the inspiration window with the Gilded Leafing (1554560) to . This created the glistening of the windows as the sun shown upon them. Here is a close up of the technique;
I shared creating this card live, on my You Tube Channel : Judi Stamps @ HapBee Stamping Studio. Check out the video here. This is part of my Tolls and Techniques Thursday.
Stained glass behind a coneflower can become a bit busy.
To help the conflowers stand out, I cut a few of one of the flower silhouettes. These are from the coordinating dies. This particular image remindes me of the grasses bending over in the wind. You save 10% when you purchase the dies and stamp set as a bundle. I feal that these Basic White images really make the conflowers pop. Here is the card.
I hope you enjoyed learning how to do this technique as well as my inspiration behind my card. You may purchase the products I used at my ONLINE STORE HERE.
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