Stained Glass Window.

Happy Boxing Day everyone! It's Toni here and it's actually Christmas Eve as I am writing this post and I do hope I will be forgiven for posting a slightly unfinished project but I have just about run out of time and with eight people for dinner tomorrow, I don't think I'll have time to fit in any crafting!
This project is inspired by a stained glass window we have in our house. I haven't decided yet whether it will become a hanging or a book cover. I started by dividing a piece of manila card into sections, using a compass and a ruler. I then cut it into sections and coloured the pieces with a variety of Distress Inks.

 I used some background stamps to add a little texture to the surface echoing the ripples on the original window.

The bird stamp is from a set by Indigo Blue; it's similar to the one in my window. I stamped it in black Archival ink, and coloured it with Distress markers. I assembled all the pieces and adhered them to a piece of black card with Studio Matte Multi Medium, leaving a little space between each of  the pieces.

 I then covered the whole of the surface with clear Versa mark, and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. This has given it a very glossy finish not unlike my window. Well I hope you have all had a good Christmas and I look forward to sharing more projects, ahem! finished ones, with you in 2014 ! Here are some of the supplies I've used, available from Kim's eclectic Paperie shop.

Distress Ink Pad - Crushed Olive	Distress Ink Pad - Fired Brick	Distress Ink Pad - Antique Linen	Distress Ink Pad - Mustard Seed	Distress Ink Pad - Peeled Paint
Archival Ink - Jet Black Ink Pad	Ranger Super Fine Embossing Powder - Clear	Claudine Hellmuth Studio-Multi-Medium Matte	Inkssentials Foam Blending Tool