Made For You

 Hi bloggers!  I had almost forgotten about this card that I did for a demo in September.  I came across it in my files and I had to go back and look as I thought I had posted it long ago.  I loved this demo as the stained glass look was so easy to do with Becca Feeken's Lacey Tier dies.  To create this look, I cut one of the circle Lacey Tier dies out of black card.  I glued this on to a piece of acetate using Cosmic Shimmer dries clear glue.  From the back of the acetate, I decided which sections I wanted to be each particular colour and starting with the darkest colour first, I filled in that area with Cosmic Shimmer dries clear glue, taking care not to go over the line into the next area.  I covered the glue with the polished silk glitter (gunmetal grey was my first colour), then tapped off the excess.  The reason that I always do the darkest colour first when doing this technique is when tapping off your excess sometimes the glitter will stick on top of other colours and a dark colour can change the overall look of some glitter colours.  Whereas a lighter glitter that settles on top of a darker glitter will not cause that issue.  Make sense?  Next I added the sections that are gold followed by the pale silver, then finishing with the white glittered sections.  I set this aside to dry overnight and once the glue is completely dry, the glitter colours show through and look like a stained glass window.  I added two frames cut from soft gold card using the square frame from the Lacey Tiers.  I off set them and glued them together.  Then I made a circular frame by cutting two basic circles and embossing the piece with the Gold Circles One die.  I mounted it on foam pieces and placed it over my stained glass window.  The focal element was placed on a white embossed background made using the Tapestry embossing folder.  I cut a border from the Scalloped Borders Two and added it below my stained glass window.  I made a pretty rose following the tutorial at the top of my blog and "sugared" it with Diamond Sprinkles.  I seated the rose atop a messy bow tied from black seam binding and I tucked in a tag with a stamped sentiment.  A couple of  swirls from the Jewelled Flowers set finished the bow.  Some flatback pearls in the corners and a double pierced mat of soft gold card gave a nice regal finishing touch to the card.  Finished dimensions are 7 1/2" x 9" in size.

 A quick note, I haven't heard from either of the Wednesday Card Giveaway winners yet, so Shazza and Liz Spooner, please email me if you see this!

It has suddenly occurred to me that I now have something for every day of the week but Monday.  Between the videos three times a week, the card giveaway, the comment game winners, and double card day on Friday, poor Monday is feeling a bit left out.  I thought I would see if anyone has any ideas for a special feature on Mondays?  What do you think?  All for now,
 Sue x