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Masking Tutorial

Tutorials/Tips

24 Jun

Before we get to the tutorial, I gotta tell ya my Decor Elements came today. I just ordered the create one for my studio wall. I also have to admit it is a little time consuming getting them to stick to our textured walls.  I don't know if I will be getting any more for the walls, but I am totally going to be putting them on glass and things like that.

Putting the saying on the wall after we took off the backing sheet.

 

 

Rubbing the whole saying with the Decor Elements applicator tool.  I am thinking I will be using this as a bone folder as well.

 

 

 

This is Jeff, he helped me do the whole thing, and believe me it took two of us…I wish we had flat walls and it would have gone lickety split.

 

 

TaDa! An hour later…only kidding. But I bet from start to finish it took half an hour, just cause we had to go very careful when we peeled off the backing.

I love it!

 

 

OK, to the tutorial.  Masking is not a new technique but it is one I like to do.  You are going to need some vellum, and I prefer the regular vellum, not the cardstock vellum.

Stamp the picture (I choose the truck from Loads of Love) that you want to be in the front on a piece of vellum and cut it out, I cut it on the line, so that I don't get a ghost image behind it.  Since I was stamping stuff on the top of the truck, I did not cut out the bottom, this gives me a place to hang on to the vellum.

 

 

Stamp your truck on a piece of watercolor paper.

 

 

Lay your truck you cut out of vellum over top of the truck you stamped on the watercolor paper.

 

 

 

See how it lines right up? That is why you want to use vellum instead of a post it, this way you can see you are exactly on the truck.

 

 

Now stamp your trees from Lovely as a Tree over top of the truck.  The vellum is protecting it from getting any ink on it.

 

 

 

When you take the piece of vellum away your truck is in front of the trees. I stamped the lady in the truck, it's a chick card!

 

 

To make the little clouds, I punched out a piece of cardstock with the scallop punch and using a stamping sponge I sponged on bashful blue classic ink.

 

 

 

See the clouds? This is with the bashful blue ink. How fun eh?

 

 

I went over some of the clouds with a bit of Ballet Blue and it adds a bit of a darker tint to the clouds.

Now finish coloring your card………I made the truck look kinda rusty and old. I did cut out the hearts and the truck bed rim and glued them on.

 

I used:

Stamp sets: Loads of Love, Loads of Love Accessories, Itty Bitty Backgrounds, Twill

Ink: Jetblack stazon, Bashful Blue, Ballet Blue, Really Rust, Basic Black Classic inks, Brocade Blue craft

Misc: Watercolor crayons, white gel pen, photo corner punch, scallop punch

Well I hope you like it and thanks for stopping in!

Hugs, Di

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  1. Jacqui says

    June 24, 2008 at 4:40 am

    Love it!! I like the scallped punch for the clouds – you are so smart!!!
    Too bad I didn't get that gene!!!!
    Love ya
    Jax

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  2. joyk says

    June 24, 2008 at 6:19 am

    Darling card……and love the clouds using the scallop. Awesome idea using vellum for a mask! TFS

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  3. Susanna says

    June 24, 2008 at 6:59 am

    OH MY! You are BRILLIANT! I never would have thought of using the scallop as a mask! Thank you so much for sharing this!

    You were the Runner Up for Tutorial of the Week at Card of the Week.com. You can check out the post at http://www.cardoftheweek.com/2008/06/tutorial-tues-3.html

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  4. Tracy Altemose says

    June 24, 2008 at 7:16 am

    You NEVER cease to amaze me!!! We've all done masking (well most of us) BUT seeing you do it!!!!!!!!!! Wow!!! Diana so very very cool! I love the scallop Cloud trick!!
    It's the little things in life that make our Stamping Hearts skip a beat!!
    Love Ya Tuuts!!
    Tracy

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  5. Amy E says

    June 24, 2008 at 9:30 am

    couple of things:
    1. Thanks for your honesty about the decor elements and textured walls. I wondered about that. Not impossible not more challenging…
    2. Duh! I have never thought of masking with velum! Genius! I always use a post it note and stamp on the sticky part. Do you put repositionable adhesive on the velum?

    Anyway, you're awesome. 🙂

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  6. Michelle Langefeld says

    June 24, 2008 at 12:16 pm

    What a great idea to use the vellum thanks so much for sharing your "tricks & Tips" and the card turned out darling!!

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  7. wanda says

    June 24, 2008 at 3:21 pm

    This card is great! I want to thank you for sharring your tips on using vellum and the scallop punch for clowds how cool is that

    Reply
  8. Tonniece says

    June 25, 2008 at 7:50 am

    Great tutorial, thanks for the tips (their great).
    Great blog too.

    Reply
  9. Russ says

    June 26, 2008 at 12:13 am

    Aaaaahhhhhh! So that's how you do that! Thanks for the tutorial…a much needed one, for me!!

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  10. Image Editor SBL says

    June 27, 2008 at 2:23 am

    Wowwww. Great work!

    Reply
  11. Connie Collins says

    June 27, 2008 at 6:10 am

    I just love the way you used the scallop punch to make a cloud template…how clever it that!

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  12. Connie Collins says

    June 27, 2008 at 6:10 am

    I just love the way you used the scallop punch to make a cloud template…how clever it that!

    Reply
  13. Connie Collins says

    June 27, 2008 at 6:11 am

    I just love the way you used the scallop punch to make a cloud template…how clever it that!

    Reply
  14. Rhonda Langley says

    June 30, 2008 at 1:46 pm

    Love the clouds! Such a great idea! Vellum for masking-I am thunking my head like in the V-8 commercials! Thanks for sharing!!

    Reply

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