Hello! Welcome back to my blog. Today's project features one of Kat Scrappiness' new release, the Stained Glass Poinsettia window craft die. It also features several of the Kat Scrappiness Glitter Mousse. I hope you like it.
I created a home decor using the die. I put fairy lights inside the decor. The above photo is how the decor looks with room light on and below is a photo showing how the decor looks when the room light is off. The fairy lights are on on both photos.
To create the luminary, I die cut the poinsettia on a scrap piece of cardstock. The die conveniently cuts 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" panel perfectly fitting the front of an A2 note card. I also trimmed 4 pieces of acetate at 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" using left over packaging.
I secured the acetate on the back of the die cut window panel using tape to hold the die cut down and prevent any shifting. This is when the messy fun begins. Using a spatula, I scooped some of the KS Ruby Glitter mousse and applied it generously to the poinsettia portion of the window die cut.
Since I was working on a slick surface and with the dainty cuts of the window die cut, instead of spreading the mousse to the open areas of the window die cut, I pressed and pounced the glitter to distribute it to the open areas. I ended up removing the tape from the die cut so I can rotate the die cut. This allowed me to apply the glitter mousse better. You can also rotate your work surface instead of rotating the panel.
It looks like a hot mess at this point as I added more colors to the panel. I did not do any masking. The design of the die cut was very simple that I was able to apply the glitter mousse to the areas that I want to apply it to. I applied the green glitter on the leaves and the gold glitter on the background.
Since I was creating four acetate panels, instead of working on a panel before moving on to the next one, I applied one color of gel mousse at a time on all four panels before moving on to the next color of mousse. I started with ruby then proceeded with emerald. You can let the gel mousse dry in between colors but I did not. There was some color contamination but it was hardly noticeable.
Amazingly the die cut stencil held up through all three colors of glitter mousse.
Cutting the acetate the same size as the window panel made the lining up of the image easy by lining up the corner of the acetate with the corner of the die cut window.
I die cut a silver cardstock with the poinsettia window die. I die cut four pieces, one for each acetate. I adhered each window die cut on the acetate using liquid glue. I placed something heavy over it while the glue dries.
I trimmed strips of the silver cardstock at 1/2" x 4". I scored this at 1/4" on the short side. These pieces will be the tabs holding the window panels together. I folded the tabs on the score line, reinforcing the fold with a bone folder.
I applied glue to one of the folds on the tab. I adhered this to the inner side of the acetate panel making sure that the folded end is towards the outer frame of the acetate panel.
I adhered another acetate panel to the other half of the tab making sure that the orientation of poinsettias are the same for both acetate panels.
The beauty of using a liquid glue was it gave me time to wiggle the layers while aligning it.
Now, the pieces are connected. I continued this process until all four acetate panels are adhered together.
This is what the luminary looks like when viewing it from above.
The luminary stands up nicely on display.
I hope you like today's project. Thank you for visiting my blog. Have a blessed, brilliant and creative day!
Maria Giselle B.
I added below a link to the Kat Scrappiness product I used on this project. There will be no additional cost to you should you decide to purchase this product. While you are at the Kat Scrappiness website, do check out their wide array of products. They have a new release, too! Enjoy!
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