PTI, Stained Glass Windows

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The parade of Christmas cards goes on today as I share a couple cards created with Papertrey Ink's Stained Glass Windows dies.  This set actually has three stained glass window dies, but I'm featuring just one today.

These dies are prime candidates for an inlaid look which is what I did with my first card.  The die was cut a whole bunch of times.  I think I had four shades of yellow, four blue, three teal, and of course it was also die cut from black for the frame/webbing.  I traced the die on some black cardstock, cutting inside of those lines a bit to create a base for my inlay.  I like to use a base that is the same colors as my webbing because if there's any gap when you inlay, you can't really see it as opposed to if you used white you might see some peeking through.

The base piece was covered with adhesive, the frame laid on top, and then I inlaid all the pieces.  The finished product was adhered directly to my white panel, and I added a sentiment from Simon Says Stamp's Peaceful Trees set (it fit just perfectly!) to finish it off.

All that inlay took a fair bit of time, so I was looking for something a little simpler on the next card.  This time I traced the die on a pice of white cardstock, and before cutting it up, inked it with some orange inks (apologies, but this was created during a marathon crafty weekend and I have no idea what inks were used, but I'm guessing at least Pucker).

I then cut out the arched shape, and adhered the light yellow die cut from my first card for some dimension before adhering the final frame piece which was cut from Gold Matte cardstock.  For this one I also added a Champagne Matte cardstock mat behind the white panel, and the same sentiment as the first card.

Safe travels for all who are on the road and in the air today!