One of the most interesting and beautiful products in the new Stampin’ Up! Catalog has to be this Graceful Glass Designer Vellum with which I made this Stained Glass Coloring Birthday Card. It’s a stack of 6″ x 6″ vellum printed with stained glass images that you can then color in various ways. You get 2 each of 12 different designs. I have seen so many pretty cards made with this paper.
For my first attempt, I simply colored on the top side of the paper with the Stampin’ Blends markers. I had no plan, really, just colored in as I went along. Even the “dark” Stampin’ Blends markers color pretty lightly on this vellum, so you can go back over it if you want to make it darker. If you adhere a piece of Whisper White cardstock behind the vellum, it will brighten up the colors of the markers. You can also experiment with other colors of cardstock to put behind the stained glass for different effects. You can also color with the Stampin’ Write markers but you might want to color on the back side of the vellum so the colors will not be too strong. Just experiment and see.
I debated which green I wanted to use for the card base but settled on the Lemon Lime Twist Cardstock to just go ahead and make a bright card! After adhering the vellum to a piece of Whisper White the same size for a backing, I layered that on a piece of Daffodil Delight. But then I thought maybe it could use a layer of Basic Black so I added that.
In order to adhere the vellum to anything, make a small puddle of Multipurpose Liquid Glue either on the Silicone Craft Sheet or a piece of plastic or wax paper, and sponge the glue onto the paper, lightly. This will not show through the vellum like almost any other adhesive will do.
The greeting is from the coordinating stamp set, Painted Glass Stamp Set. The stamps have that old style that goes with the stained glass look! There are also Stained Glass Thinlits Dies if you would like to add that dimension.
I can’t wait to do a little more coloring with the various papers in the Graceful Glass Vellum package!