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Tutorial for Stained Glass Glitter Embellishments/GardenDecorations
Tutorial by Jacquie Heffner (AfterHoursStamper.com)Have you ever wanted to make a glitter embellishment that seemed to come alive?Well, if you said yes, this tutorial will show you how to make some of the mostamazing, glittery and translucent embellishments you have ever seen. Are youready? Then follow the directions below.Supplies:
Supply List
* Versafine ink pad (or any ink pad of yourchoice, justmake sure the ink will stay wet long enoughfor you toemboss)* Rubber stamp (should have lots of emptyspace)* Glitter (I used DecoArt Glamour Dust, greatglitter)* Heat gun for embossing* Clear embossing powder* Transparency (I used the one for copiers)* Sakura Glaze Pens, various colors* Toothpicks for blendingStep by Step Directions:STEP 1: Stamp your image onto the transparency, pour clearembossing powder on image, and carefully use yourheat gun to set the powder. (you can use aembossing buddy on the transparency before youstamp your image which will keep stray embossingpowder from sticking to your transparency.)NOTE: Some transparencies do not take heat well,mine don't so I have to hold the heat gun a bitfarther away from the transparency, and then keepthe heat gun moving and at the same time pullingthe heat gun away from the transparency to preventthe transparency from melting. Be careful and youwill be fine.Line up your Glaze pens, have a toothpick ready to use for blending.
 
STEP 2:Flip your transparency over and start to color on theside that is not stamped/embossed.I start with my lightest colors and move to thedarker colors. To blend as you go along you can doone of two things:* Use the pens to pull colors into each other so theyblend* Use the toothpicks to blend the edges wherecolors meetDon't worry if it looks like your colors are not toowell blended, you will be going over the coloring afew times which will soften the lines.Color one section of your image at a time, you will be adding glitter to your image inthe next step.STEP 3:After you have laid down your first coat of colorsprinkle your glitter onto the wet parts of theink. While your first section is drying, start tocolor another section and add the glitter. (I haveused a number of color combinations in thetutorial to give you some ideas on what colorsyou might want to use, the image on the righthas yellow, green and blue, yes the green is very,very light)When your first section is dry to the touch youcan add another layer of color in one of twoways:1.) Use your pen and daub the color on top of the first layer, the Glaze pens are easyto use this way and leave little dots of color that you can just build on.2.) Use your pen in the normal way to color, however you have to be carefulnot to press too hard or you will "lift" your first layer of color and glitter off.Lighter colors are going to be more translucent, ie, the yellow and green are verylight, the blue and purple are harder to see through.
 
The picture on the right shows what your image willlook like as you are adding color layers. The leftside has two layers of color (and it is darker) andthe right side has only had one layer of color.I usually do about three layers of color, alwaysflipping the image over to see where I might havesome bare spots of color.You only need to add the glitter once, but if youwant you can add a bit a second time after yourlast layer of color.STEP 4:When your images are dry cut them out and attach them to a card (I just use someclear drying glue). For the butterfly and dragonfly I simply put some glue on the body(no glue on the wings), let them dry and then bend the wings up a bit so they stick upand look like they are flying.You will love how these embellishments sparkle and look like stained glass!If you want you can also use the images in the yard, sprinkle them in your flowers forsome really cool little eye candy, like this:
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