Celebrate Sunflowers Masking Technique

 

Hi everyone! 

Recently Sara Douglass, Stampin' Up! CEO held a fund raiser for Lifting Hands International to benefit refugees of Ukraine on her Facebook page.  You can watch the replay here: 

People from the Stampin' Up! home office made cards in the colors of the Ukrainian flag. It was a nice thing to participate in and it inspired me to make my own card inspired by the colors of the flag of Ukraine. 

Here are the cards that were made during the fundraiser. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can see a supply list and close ups of the projects here: https://su-media.s3.amazonaws.com/media/customer_site/Ukraine%20Fundraiser%20Cards/Ukraine%20Fundraiser%20Cards.pdf?fbclid=IwAR3bxFCxyypycm2Ib61SHafcSWJq7O-XkDhYt6xc8x6FsV1rRbpZTScr6wE

The sunflower is the national flower of Ukraine and  I thought it would be nice to sort of mimic the flag's blue and yellow with a see of sunflowers under a blue sky. Initially I used the idea for the background of my art journal, thinking I can journal in the sky area.  Once I was finished I thought it would also make for a pretty card, so I did that as well. 

 

 

 

 

 

 Masking is a simple technique. You can use a post it note or masking paper.  Stamp the image on the post-it note 'mask' several times and cut them out. 

Place them over the stamped image that you don't want to cover.
 

Move the masks around as you need.

I hope you will give masking a try.

Below are some other examples of masking.

Here are some how to videos on the cards I've made. 

Shop with me! I would love to be your demonstrator.  I always send a hand stamped thank you card and sometimes more with a larger order, and I share my Stampin' Rewards with you through my Frequent Buyer Rewards! Earn FREE STAMPS! Click on the Frequent buyer tab to download the tracking sheet.

 

Masking technique

Hi Everyone!  Today I want to share some cards I made last night. I was looking at the Loyal Leaves stamp set and my mind kept changing it to 'Layered' leaves and then I thought, might as well use it that way! 

I love the Loyal Leaves set for the Ginkgo leaf and the great sentiments.  I think this set will be great for many uses but especially masculine cards. I was also drawn to this set because I love water coloring, and I thought this set would be good for water coloring techniques.

 I stamped some of the leaves onto Post-it notes and cut them out to make masks.  For this technique you need several, so cut three or four masks from your image.












I first stamped the leaves in Sadle Brown Stazon ink.  Stazon is waterproof so it is a great choice for water color techniques.  This version uses Crushed Curry, Pumpkin Pie, Cinnamon Cider, Cajun Craze and Cherry Cobbler. The card base is Early Espresso.
Don't you love that little buckle looking embellishment? It is a new ribbon slide from the Antiqued Corner and Slides embellishment pack.
The Ribbon is Faux Suede trim.



The Ginkgo leaves are painted with Soft Sea Foam, Pear Pizzazz, Garden Green, and Shaded Spruce. This time I did not use a waterproof ink, the stamped images just were let to bleed into the leaf as I colored them in.
The card base is Shaded Spruce.  The Ribbon is from the Forever Greenery Ribbon pack.








This last leaf card uses Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Rich Razzleberry and Blackberry Bliss. I noticed that when painting with the Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape did not paint as smoothly as some of the other colors. I don't know why this is, it could be the a difference in the pigments.  It is still pretty though. 
The card base is Blackberry Bliss.
Ribbon is Purple Posy scallop linen trim.



Here is a how to for these cards that I made for my YouTube channel.

I had so much fun that I made some more!  I looked through my stamps and thought a bunch of apples would be nice, and a plate of cookies.  I bet that you have some stamps that would be great for this technique.  If not, pick up the Loyal Leaves stamp set!

Shop with me! I would love to be your demonstrator.  I always send a hand stamped thank you card and sometimes more with a larger order, and I share my Stampin' Rewards with you through my Frequent Buyer Rewards! Earn FREE STAMPS! Click on the Frequent buyer tab to download the tracking sheet.