Stamping at The Warren: Masking

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Friday, 26 August 2016

Flower Shop Masked Watercolour Technique with One Big Meaning Thank Handmade Thank You Card Using Stampin' Up! Products UK

Today's card is a great way to start with Masking & Watercolour Techniques, on this Flower Shop Thank You Card.

There is no need to buy watercolour paper, but if you have it, then use it.

In my o photo above, I have used a piece of Whisper White Cardstock, and works well, so long as you don't get the cardstock really well.

You will need an Archival ink pad or a Stazon Ink Pad, as this prevents the inks leaching out when you begin watercolouring, Plus an aquapainter Brush

For the watercolouring, I I used Archival Gray, to give an almost invisible outline to the flowers.

I used ink pads from the Regals Colour Collection, to keep the project co-ordinated.

Masking is a way of rubber stamping, that doesn't have any overlapping of the images. You start from the foreground and work backward masking off each flower in turn, before stamping the next image.

To make a mask is super simple.

Take a Post It Note, and stamp your image onto the note, ensuring some of the stamped image is over the area of sticky (i.e. you stamp on the front of the note); then use paper snips to cut around the image so you are left with an outline of the glower, and a small strip if sticky on the back.

To build the card, stamp your first flower & once dry, cover the flower with the mask. Stamp your next flower, remove the mask, and repeat with each flower until you have the effect you want, leaving space for the sentiment

To watercolour, select your ink pads, and if you are using Stampin Up Classic Ink Pads, all you do is squidge the ink pad firmly to transfer ink from the pad to the 'well'. Then you pop a single drop of water into the well by gently squeezing the aquapainter, from there you can start painting.

If the aquapainter gets too wet, dry it on a piece of kitchen towel.

I used dilute Crushed Curry Ink to add highlights around some of the flowers, and on a scrap of white cardstock, and painted as above, this was then punched out using the Pansy Punch, and added to the card front using Stampin Dimensionals.

Allow the cardstock to dry thoroughly before stamping your sentiment and mounting onto your card base.

Finish with a flourish of Rhinestones

Below the photo, you will find the cardstock dimensions and a list (with product codes) of all the products used today, along with a link to my online store

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CARDBASE - Always Artichoke measuring 30 x 10.5 cms; score long side at 14.9 cms; fold & Burnish
FRONT PANEL - Whisper White measuring 14.4 x 10.1 cms
INSIDE PANEL - Whisper White measuring 14.4 x 10.1 cms
Scrap of Whisper White Cardstock to stamp & Punch the additional flower

PRODUCTS USED TODAY

STAMP SETS
Flower Shop - 130942
One Big Meaning - 139420
INK PADS
Archival Basic Black - 140931
Archival Basic Gray - 140932
Crushed Curry - 131173
Elegant Eggplant - 126969
Island Indigo -126986
Rose Red - 126954
Perfect Plumb - 126963
CARDSTOCK
Always Artichoke - 108610
Whisper White - 106549
ACCESSORIES
Basic Rhinestones - 119246
PUNCH
Pansy - 130968
ADHESIVES
Stampin Dimensionals - 104430
Multipurpose liquid glue - 110755
TOOLS
Stampin Trimmer - 129722
Bone Folder - 102300
Paper Snips - 103579
Acrylic Block C - 118486
Acrylic Block H - 118490
Aqua Painter - 103954

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Kim Tolton, Independent Stampin Up Demonstrator.

Card & Papercraft Tutorials

Please feel free to comment below, and ask away with any questions. You can also find me via the links below

Blog:

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Sunday, 31 July 2016

Build A Masculine Birthday with Country Living & Masked Watercolour Technique with Stampin' Up! Products

Well I have just got back from walking the dogs over the park with my husband. An outing we regularly make at weekends that I look forward to.

Now that I am home I can get share with you today's card, inspired by the park where we walk the dogs.

This particular card is for my son's 32nd Birthday next week.

It combines three of my favourite Paper Craft Techniques

EMBOSS RESIST

WATERCOLOUR

& MASKING

Below, you will find not just today's tutorial, but also the accompanying YouTube video

I have also included a list of all the products used today & the link for my online store where you can view or purchase your Craft Supplies

Feel free to CASE any of my creative projects (Copy & Paste Everything)

Click HERE to view/order any of the products used Today

TODAY'S PRODUCTS

STAMP SETS

BUILD A BIRTHDAY

COUNTRY LIVIN

LOVELY AS A TREE

INK PADS

VERSAMARK

SOFT SUEDE

CHOC CHIP

EARLY ESPRESSO

CUCUMBER CRUSH

EMERALD ENVY

CARDSTOCK

SOFT SKY

WHISPER WHITE

EMBOSSING POWDER

CLEAR

ACCESORIES

SOLID BAKERS TWINE

TOOLS

HEAT TOOL

EMBOSSING BUDDY

AQUAPAINTER

STAMPIN TRIMMER

ACRYLIC BLOCK BUNDLE

PAPER SNIPS

BONE FOLDER

STAMPIN WRITE MARKERS

EARLY ESPRESSO

BASIC GREY

BASIC BLACK

ADHESIVES

TOMBOW MULTIPURPOSE LIQUID GLUE

MINI GLUE DOTS

Watch the Video Below

Tutorial

CARD BASE - Trim a piece of Soft Sky Cardstock to 30 x cms 10.5 cms; score long side @14.9 cms; fold & burnish
Trim a piece of Whisper White Cardstock to 14 x 10.1 cms
Make a Mask of the Truck, by stamping the truck image onto a large Pot it Note, ensuring part of the image is stamped over where the sticky strip is. Cut out the image, place to one side.
Wipe the surface of the whisper White panel with the Embossing Buddy, to remove static from the card
clean the truck stamp and stamp the truck onto the Whisper White Panel toward the lower segment of the Whisper White panel using VERSAMARK ink; dust with clear embossing powder; remove the excess powder. & heat set
Be sure you do not get the cardstock too wet.
Using the Aquapainter, pick up ink from the well of the Soft suede ink pad, and add the paint to the truck Allow to dry
Next, add highlights and definition to the image, using the Chocolate Chip Ink Pad, picking up ink with the aquapainter as before. Allow to dry
Using the Cucumber Crush Ink Pad, add detail to the grass area beneath the truck using the aquapainter; then go over the top of this with Emerald Envy to add definition
add a drop of water into the well of the Emerald Envy Ink Pad, and give a watercolour wash to the foreground, background and windows. Allow to dry completely
Place the Mask over the image of the Truck,; using the Early Espresso Ink Pad, Stamp your sentiment & then Stamp the Lovely As A Tree Image twice, one being slightly higher than the other to add depth
Remove the mask; Mat the panel onto the Card Base using Tombow; & finish with a bow of Solid Bakers Twine (i.e. single colour).

How to Contact or Follow Me

Kim Tolton, Independent Stampin Up Demonstrator.

Card & Papercraft Tutorials

Please feel free to comment below, and ask away with any questions. You can also find me via the links below

Blog:

http://www.stampingatthewarren.blogspot.co.uk

Online Store:

http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/stampingatthewarren

Stamping @ The Warren Craft Forum:

https://www.facebook.com/groups/492740720910809/

Email:

kim.tolton@googlemail.com

youTube

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7R0y8aXw7eA7P7qsmaad5w

Pinterest:

https://uk.pinterest.com/kimtolton/

Google +

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Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/thewarrenuk

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/warrencrafts

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LinkedIn:

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Saturday, 30 July 2016

Wherever You Go Guy Greeting Masculine Birthday Card using Stampin' Up! Products UK

Today I have a Masking Technique to create the Sky Background to this Masculine Card.

The Wherever You Go Stamp Set, is another of the great collage stamp sets in the new Catalogue. Most (but not all) of the collage stamp sets, including this one, don't have sentiment Stamps in the set.

So I used the Guy Greetings Stamp Set to get the Birthday Sentiment, that was then die cut and popped up on Stampin Dimensionals for added depth. The new Burlap Ribbon is fab, and super for masculine projects.

Feel free to CASE any of my creative projects (Copy & Paste Everything)

Click on here to view/order any of the products used in today's tutorial

PRODUCTS USED

STAMP SETS

WHEREVER YOU GO

GUY GREETINGS

INK PADS

ARCHIVAL BLACK

ARCHIVAL GREY

POOL PARTY

CALYPSO CORAL

CARDSTOCK

BASIC BLACK

WHISPER WHITE

FRAMELITS DIES

LOTS OF LABELS

LAYERING OVALS

ACCESSORIES

BURLAP RIBBON

TOOLS

STAMPIN TRIMMER

BIG SHOT

MAGNETIC PLATFORM

PAPER SNIPS

BONE FOLDER

ADHESIVES

TOMBOW MULTIPURPOSE LIQUID GLUE

STAMPIN DIMENSIONALS

TEAR & TAPE

MINI GLUE DOTS

Tutorial

CARD BASE - Trim a piece of Basic Black Cardstock to 30 x 10.5 cms; score long side at 14.9 cms; fold & Burnish
Die Cut a Scallop Oval to use as a mask;
Using a wedge of a Stampin Sponge, and Pool Party Ink Party Ink Pad, begin creating your sky. Start in one of the top corners of a piece of Whisper White Cardstock measuring 14 x 10.5 cms; place down the mask and sponge with the ink, move the mask a little, and repeat, Continue moving and sponging across 2/3 of the cardstock has sky. Overlap the mask in places to give depth of colour
Over-stamp the Background with the Bridge Stamp using Archival Grey Ink Pad.
Stamp some Birds using Archival Grey Ink
Ink Up the Starburst Stamp using Calypso Coral Ink Pad.
Stamp the Birthday Sentiment using Archival / Memento Black Ink & Die Cut using the Lots of Labels Framelits Dies
Cyt a length of Burlap Ribbon in half length ways and add to the base of the card front using Tear & Tape Adhesive; Finish by tying a bow with the other piece of Burlap Ribbon and add to the card fromt