Candle Glow

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By Linda Cash

Materials Required:

Glass paints: Light Green, Yellow and Vermillion.

Black and Gold relief outliner.

Clear acetate 9cm x 13cm: PET01.

Paint brush and brush cleaner.

Double sided tape.

Sheet of White paper.

Craft knife and cutting mat.

White Parch Marque paper 9cm x 13cm.

3 Sticky fixers.

Masking tape and scissors.

Gold Label Happy Christmas Sticker: XL409U-01.

Card mount: SF03M, Linen Gold.

To Make The Card:

Tape the acetate over the diagram using a

little masking tape. Try not to handle the acetate
where you are going to paint as fingerprints will
stop the paint from adhering properly.

Trace the black lines in the design using

the relief outliner, gently squeeze the tube so the
paste produces an even line very much like icing
a design on a cake. The gold veins are done after
the painting so leave them for now. Remove the
acetate from the diagram and leave to dry for
about 30 minutes at room temperature.

Laying the design onto a sheet of white paper

whilst painting will enable you to see if you have
missed any areas. Clean the brush with white
spirit between colours especially when going
from dark to light. Load the brush generously
with paint, allowing it to spread evenly over
the acetate.

Actual Size

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Paint the red berries, candle and borderline

first and leave a little time for the paint to dry
before going on to paint the flame in orange and
the leaves in green. Keep the design flat and
allow to dry overnight in a dust free area.

Place the design over the diagram and use

the gold outliner to draw the veins onto the holly
leaves and highlights on the berries. Add the
background detail using tiny curved strokes of
gold outliner. All the gold outliner could be
drawn freehand if you prefer.

This design is mounted onto a single fold

card, so extra care is needed when placing the
double sided tape
to prevent it show-
ing through the
acetate. Run lines
of tape over the
back of the red
border keeping the
inner edge of the
tape aligned with
the inner edge of
the border. Butt the
tape at the corners,
do not overlap it.

Turn the design face up and using a sharp

knife, trim the acetate to the outer edge of the red
border, this will remove part of the width of the
tape as well. Peel the backing from the tape and
stick the design onto the Parch Marque paper.
Trim the edges of the paper to leave a 5mm
white border around the red borderline.

Cut each sticky fixer into six pieces. Turn the

design face down and stick three rows of sticky
fixer pieces onto the back. Keep the pieces
about 5mm in from the edge so they are behind
the acetate. Peel off all the backing pieces and

position the design over the card mount leaving
a larger space at the bottom for the sticker. The
top and two side borders of card showing should
be approximately equal in size. Peel and stick the
Christmas greeting below the design to finish.
I have used a gold sticker on the gold card for a
subtle look, this greeting also comes in other
colours, including red and green which would
tone with the colours in the design.

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