The Masked Stamper

Hi peeps!  Our stamp clubs yesterday learned about masking!  It's an easy process, a few steps involved, but it really creates a cool look with just some stamps and a few post-it notes!  This is one of  the projects we made using Swirly Bird and the retiring colors of Dapper Denim, Marina Mist, Soft Sky and Wild Wasabi:

The club didn't make the following cards, they were samples that I made ahead of time, showing them other ways that masking can be used.  This is a note card made with Berry Burst cardstock and Color Theory DSP and another set of images from Swirly Bird...the little bird and nest!  I think this is my favorite one:

And using the big floral image from Flourishing Phrases, I stamped it in Crushed Curry, masked it and stamped the leaves in Lemon Lime Twist, then mounted it on a panel of Color Theory DSP.  Since it was pretty large, I created a custom envelope with DSP and the Envelope Punch Board!

And finally, I received this card from my sweet friend Debbie.  We made a card similar to this in our last stamp class by using Blooms and Wishes to create a one-sheet wonder.  She was inspired by a the colors on a tissue box!  I love this color combo:  Soft Sky, Pool Party, Calypso Coral and Basic Gray!

I love it when my customers go home and put to use what they learned in club!  Thanks for popping in today!

I chauffeured Cassidy to karate last week....this was taken BEFORE she went to class, when we pulled into the parking lot!  It was a long week, I guess!

Enjoy your day and be blessed!

Updated Oopsie

In my last post here, I said this card fulfilled the Kitchen Sink In the Garden Challenge....but I forgot I was only allowed to use KS stamps! And I had used a SU stamp. So I redid it, plus I wanted to fill you in a bit on how I did the image. This KS stamp is a 3-step stamp, so after I stamped my three images, I stamped the first image again on a post-it note and cut it out to make a mask. I placed the mask over my stamped image and stamped the leaves, then removed the mask. Then I stamped the ladybug in red & black. I took a clear yogurt lid and laid it over my image, and using my craft knife, cut around the lid, stopping where there was a leaf. Then I cut the leaves out by hand. I gave the flower a shadow by using my pastels and a q-tip; then I daubered the edges of my scallop circle to add a little depth. I thought the bottom right corner looked a little plain, so I added some punchouts, which will also qualify this for today's SCS Challenge--No Hardware!! I wanted my sentiment to be lined up a little differently so that it would fit the white space, so I actually cut it apart, so now I can align it any way I want! The beauty of clear stamps!
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