Background / Masking

Hi! Today It's my (Anna Maria) turn to do the week's Whatcha Tootin' About. Hope you all have enjoyed our week of prewievs, I sure did! But first, let's congratulate Leia/Veronica! You are the winner of last week's Double Side Step card challenge.

Here is Leias card! Please contact Jessica to claim your prize!

Today I want to share with you how I do my backgrounds with masking techniques.

I start by stamping the image I am using where I want it, and then stamping it again onto a post-it, without bothering to ink my stamp again. Pay attention when you stamp on the post-it. You need for the sticky stripe to get stamped.

Then, I cut out the motif I stamped on the post-it. For best result, cut inside the contours, not around them.

When that's done, I have made my mask which can be placed on top of the colored image.

After that, I can start stamping with my background stamps. For this example, I used a letter-stamp with cursive text.

With the mask still on top of my stamped image, I ink the edges around the motif and around the paper as a whole.

For this example, I wanted some white snow stars. i emboss these on top of the stamped image, while still leaving the mask in place.

When I feel happy with my result, I simply remove the mask/post-it paper. All that's left to do, is to start creating with my motif!

And here is the finished card with the sweet Beanie Anya! Hope you enjoyed!

Wanna try this technique and have the chance at winning a single stamp of choice from The Greeting Farm online store? All you need to do is create a card with this technique, upload it to Club Anya & Friends/Contest an d Challenges/WTW/Masking challenge. We will announce the winner next Wednesday! Have fun and I can't wait to see your work!

Thanks Zarah for the help with the translation of my text!