Blank Page Muse Blog: Faux Stained Glass Luminary

Hello! Welcome back to the Blank Page Muse Blog. For today's post, I created a Christmas home decor using the following BPM products:

I also used an upcycled acetate.

I temporarily adhered the stamp to a stamping tool using a washable glue stick.

I prepped the acetate for stamping by rubbing an anti-static tool over it. This is very vital in keeping the embossing powder from sticking to other areas other than the sticky ink. The dirt you see on the photo above is not on the acetate. It is my well loved and used sticky mat which I use to keep the material I will be stamping on in place.

I inked the stamp with an embossing ink.

I used a stamping press to evenly transfer the ink to the acetate. I missed some parts to which I just lightly pressed with my fingers. It might be hard to see the transferred ink with it being clear on an acetate but I just looked from side to side and tilted the stamping tool to the light so I can examine the impression. That is the best thing about using a stamping tool, you can restamp the image with precision.

I poured embossing powder to the sticky ink. I used a platinum embossing powder.

I heat set the powder making sure that I gave the heating tool a good start before directing the heat to the powder. I moved the heat tool constantly to avoid warping the acetate and avoid overheating the powder.

This is how the image looks when embossed.

I colored on the reverse side (unembossed side) of the image I used Tim Holtz Distress Crayons. You don't need a lot of pigment when using this medium.

I spread the color towards the rest of the image using my finger.

The crayons added a very faint, transluscent color to the stamped image.

This is how the colored image looks on a dark background.

I painted a shimmer liquid on the background but this remained wet despite setting it aside for a while. I painted a thin layer of glitter glue over it. I set this aside to dry.

I printed one of the full digital papers on a white 80 lb cardstock. I resized this digital print to 8 1/2" x 6". The program you are using might re-size this digital image for printing. I used Word for Windows which printed it at 8" x 6" despite setting it to 8 1/2" x 6".

I trimmed off the white areas from the printed area. I scored the paper at 3 3/4" and 7 1/2".

I folded the paper on the scored line and reinforced this fold with a bone folder.

I positioned the stamp on one of the folds, centered on the sides and closer to the bottom. I stamped the image on this fold using a black dye ink.

Just like when I stamped with the embossing ink, I used a stamp press to evenly transfer the image to the paper. If there are missed spots, I used my fingers to lightly press that area of the stamp.

This is how the image looks stamped on the printed digital paper using black dye ink.

I restamped the image on the other fold panel. This is another great thing about using a stamp positioner. I am assured that it will be stamped on the same place like the other panel.

This is one of the craft knives I used to cut the image and create a window. One important thing when using a craft knife is that it should be sharp to prevent an uneven cut. The other craft knife I used is not a rotating one.

I switched to the scissors at one point since I was getting more uneven cuts using the craft knife.

I used a nail file to smoothen any rough cut edges.

Aside from the embossed images on acetate, I have four more stamped images on digitally printed paper which I will save for future use.

I added double adhesive tape lining up the window.

I added liquid glue around the double adhesive tape.

I adhered the acetate to the window with the embossed side down (outward toward the printed area). I made sure the design is aligned with the window cut.

I added liquid glue to the 1/2" tab.

I connected the folded panels together, lining it up with each other.

I used a color changing tea light on the above photo which gave a different look when the room light was turned off. I love the effect especially when the tea light turned blue. The light I used on the first photo is a fairy light which I wished was the twinkling kind. Which of the two do you like more?

I hope you like today's project. Thank you for visiting the BPM blog.

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Maria Giselle B.

of Maria Giselle's Creative Cuts