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Stained Glass Church Window Christmas Card


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Stained Glass Church Window Christmas Card -  closeup of finished cardInspired by one of the old chapels so often seen in Europe, this card celebrates the true reason behind the Christmas season.


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Total Time: 15 minutes, drying time excluded

Yield: one religious card

Supplies:

Steps:

  1. Put the resin window frame on the sheet of printer paper, and use the pencil to trace the windows on to the paper.
  2. Stained Glass Church Window Christmas Card - place resin window on plain paper
     
    Stained Glass Church Window Christmas Card - trace
     
  3. Remove the resin window frame and use the felt tip pens to color the windows. Depending on how many windows your frame has, use all four felt-tip pens and do not use the same color on two adjacent windows. Use the black pen to add a border around each window. Use the white paint and paintbrush to add small light reflections to each window.
  4. Stained Glass Church Window Christmas Card - use pens to color in panes
     
    Stained Glass Church Window Christmas Card - trace around panes with black pen
     
    Stained Glass Church Window Christmas Card - use paint brush and white paint to add light reflections to windows
     
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  5. Glue the resin frame over the colored windows.
  6. Stained Glass Church Window Christmas Card - glue the resin frame over the painted windows
     
  7. Use the pencil to lightly draw a brick wall on the paper around the resin window frame.
  8. Stained Glass Church Window Christmas Card - use pencil to lightly draw on the brick wall
     
  9. Paint the whole wall with Kaibo yellow ochre watercolor.
  10. Stained Glass Church Window Christmas Card - paint entire wall with yellow watercolor paint
     
  11. Use burnt umber; burnt sienna; and Russian blue to paint the bricks. Add a bit of salt to each brick while the paint is still wet.
  12. Stained Glass Church Window Christmas Card - use three colors to paint in bricks, add salt to paint while still wet
     
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  13. Allow the paint and salt to dry thoroughly, and then remove the salt by rubbing lightly over the paint with your finger. Be careful that you do not tear the paper.
  14. Stained Glass Church Window Christmas Card - once dry lightly rub off salt with your finger
     
  15. Cut a piece sized 8.2" x 5.4" from the leaf green cardstock and score to create a card sized 5.4" x 4.1". Cut the paper with the window and bricks to a size 5" x 4". With the fold at the top, centre and glue it to the front of the card. Add glue to all areas of the paper to glue it down completely, and to help stretch the paper again.
  16. Stained Glass Church Window Christmas Card - cut green paper for card, and carefully glue painting down thoroughly to stretch the paper
     
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  17. Punch 18 leaves from the rest of the green cardstock. Use the black pen to add veins to the leaves and glue them to the card. Use the black pen to add twigs in between the leaves.
  18. Stained Glass Church Window Christmas Card - punch out leaves, use pen to add veins, and branches between leaves
     

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January 27, 20180 found this helpful

This is so unique and creative! I keep cards given to me, unless the person doesn't write anything inside. That usually only happens with coworkers I've know for five minutes though.

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Lol But your card I think I'd have to treasure forever. You spend that much time making it, and the receiver is going to feel like they mean the world to you!

 
February 4, 20200 found this helpful

beautiful idea. I know a lady who would go crazy for this.

 
February 4, 20200 found this helpful

Also, I think I would have to make my own window with polymer or chopsticks because I would want to make longer windows.

 

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