Hello Crafty Friends! Today I'm sharing a card created for the Altenew Academy Level 2 Course: Masking Unleashed. This course focuses on Masking tips, tricks and techniques for creating interest in your cardmaking.
For my card, I've used the Altenew "Indoor Garden" Stamp Set to create a Friendship Card. I like to have a nice variety of card themes in my stash and friendship cards are ones I send often.
- To start my design, I've created a background panel that looks like it's been stenciled but the leaf design has been created using masks. I die cut several leaf masks using a die from the Altenew "Poppy Arrangement" Die Set. I also die cut an Oval from the masking paper as well.
- I arranged the leaf masks in a random pattern and layered the oval mask over the leaves making certain all the masks were adhered very well.
- I ink blended over the masked panel using a light pink and used a darker shade along the edges.
- I set the panel aside to dry; I wanted the ink to dry completely before removing the masks.
- Once the panel was dry, the masks were removed to revealed the "faux" stenciled background. I stamped the succulent images and basket directly to the panel using varying shades of blue and green inks.
- The sentiment, from the Altenew Paint-A-Flower Himalayan Poppy Stamp Set, was stamped directly to the panel.
- Before adhering the inked panel to the black mat, I wrapped Altenew's Enchanted Gold Metallic Thread around the card to give the potted plant a "landing" spot so the image wouldn't appear to be floating in air.
- Lastly, all were adhered to a 110 lb. cardbase and black gems were added for additional interest.
This was an enjoyable class and the best bit was using die cut masks to create a faux stenciled look. Why didn't I think of this technique? Thanks to the course, I'll use masks more often.
This completes my class project and also completes all of the coursework in Level 2. I now await my Level 2 Final Assigment. I'll be back soon with the projects for that!
Until next time, Happy Crafting!
Donna
**Challenges Entered:
As You Like It - I like to add color by ink blending but my fav way is with alcohol markers