Have I mentioned how much I love casting glass? It’s the journey not the destination, right? Casting is a rather involved process that can turn off even the most passionate glass folk. Not me though. And certainly not Cynthia Morgan. The results of cast glass are so lovely. Here we have part 2 of Cynthia’s lesson on casting, open face, going from clay to plaster to glass. This produces one of kind pieces, although if you really wanted to make repeats you could make a rubber mold off of the glass and then do waxes and lost wax casting. I do like working from clay to plaster to glass since it’s pretty straight forward. So check out Cynthia’s new lesson and you’ll be that much closer to making your own cast glass.
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How to Make a Tri-Fold Spring Bird Card
Add some interest to your card making with a tri-fold design. A tri-fold card has three sections that overlap in a zig zag to create dimension and a little extra interactive element to the design instead of a traditional single fold card. Ilina used new stamps and dies from Hero Arts to create her Tri-fold Spring Birds Card.
The bottom layer of her design is the first flap and it’s got die cut grass, purple flowers and the heat embossed white sentiment, the next layer has different pink flowers and the two birds sitting on a hill, the last layer is the inside of the card with a hedge of greenery where you can add a hand written or stamped sentiment inside. She used markers to add additional color to her images. You can watch her video tutorial over on the Hero Arts blog.
-Heather