This month my stamp club's cards focused on the basic technique of masking. In talking to my club members, I realized how few of us actually used this simple technique in our daily stamping. I was first introduced to the technique when I started stamping 8 years ago and I don't think I had used it since. The For All You Do stamp set lends itself to using this technique with the background polka dot stamp and foreground butterfly stamp. For this card, I stamped the butterfly on a square piece of Whisper White card stock and then on a piece of scrap paper. I cut out the scrap paper butterfly and laid it over the other butterfly image as a "mask". I then took my polka dot stamp and stamped over the butterfly. The mask helped prevent my butterfly from getting covered in polka dots. There are so many possibilities with this technique! I challenge you to try it out today. For those of you wanting to learn the technique in more depth, contact me to schedule a workshop.
Here are the ingredients for today's card:
Stamps: For All You Do
Paper: Sahara Sand, Perfect Plum, Concord Crush, Whisper White
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Concord Crush
Accessories: Rich Razzleberry 1/4" Grosgrain
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