Sheila at Silver Fox Stamps was kind enough to send me a few of her stamps to play with and they have been sitting on my workspace for weeks. Since, Sheila is sponsoring a contest and blog candy on Cheryl's blog, check her blog for all the details. I thought it would be a perfect time for me to play with the SG851 Dragonfly Stained Glass Lg Stamp. I personally love dragonfly and Butterfly stamps, so I was very excited to play with this stained glass image.
My first thought was to stamp the image on glossy white paper and color it with my Copic Sketch markers. I was curious to see how they would work on the glossy paper. They worked great but since the surface is glossy the pigments atay on top of the paper and are much lighter than when you color on mat paper. Since I was looking for a stained glass effect I opted for coloring on mat white so that my image would have a richer color. I stamped the image with Adriondack Pitch Black and then colored the design with the following colors: Yellows- (Y17,Y13,Y11), Blues- (B06, B05 and I airbrushed the Polished Stone Paper with B29), Greens ( YG07,G07), Oranges (YR16,YR02). For the wheat I used E33, and for the body of the butterfly I used BV01. After coloring in the image, I cut out the oval and placed it on a piece of chipboard to give my card more dimension. Then I airbrushed around the edges of an A2 sized card from Kellie Green Polished Stone Paper from Murdock Country Creations. I found a great verse for this card from Impression Obsession - Dragonfly Dreams, which I embossed in black on Sherbert Polished Stone Paper. I airbrushed around the edge of this lightly with Black 100.
For the next card, I still wanted to try to achieve a more stained glass effect. So I stamped the image and colored it with my Copic Sketch markers on mat paper. Then I decided to clear emboss the image to make it look like glass. To achieve this look I cut out my image and placed it on chipboard. I used the sketch end of my Black 100 marker to edge the cardboard. Next I used a clean versamark watermark pad and pressed it all over the stamped image. After holding it up to the light I covered the image with clear embossing powder and embossed it. The first time you will see that there is an uneven look to the embossing. Repeat this step 3 or 4 more times until your image looks like stained glass. I loved the effect, unfortunately my photo does not show you how beautiful the stained glass effect looks. But it does show you how rich the Copic markers look with clear embossing powder over them. This time I choice to make a 5 x 7 card because I wanted to show off the the image against the beautiful glitter paper from Die Cuts with a View. This is a piece from their small glitter paper pack. I used the B29 marker to aribrush around the edges of the glitter paper. Then I matted it with Black Glossy Paper. This tome I decided to airbrush around the edges of the Sherbert Paper with G07 to make the verse really pop.
Here is a side by side comparison of the two card fronts, so that you can see how rich and smooth the clear embossed image is. I just love the effect. To see Sheila's entire line of stamps visit her catalog at Silver Fox Stamps.
Thanks Sheila for letting me play with your toys!! It was almost as fun as winning Blog Candy. Remember to visit Cheryl's Blog Inspire Me to find out all the details for Silver Fox - Stamp Challenge, Blog Candy and Contest.
