I made a mask frame out of a post it note by cutting a square from the center using the largest square from the Layering Squares framelit dies.
Next I cut some masks for the clouds. You could just use scissors and cut some scallops into the tops of a post-it, but I used a die from the 'Happy Dies' collection. This die set is fun with some balloons, so it would be a good one to use with the clouds as well. I cut two masks, one biased to the right and one to the left, just that I could have some variation in my clouds.
add the square mask on top of a piece of 4 by 5 1/4 basic white cardstock. Then add a cloud mask and sponge your color. I used my new Blending Brushes, but sponges work great too and I show both ways in my video.
work your way down the square alternating your cloud masks a bit for variety.
When finished with the clouds, I added a thin line with my Light Gray Granite Stampin' Blend Marker. I added the line to the left side and bottom only, for a shadow effect. I did this a few other ways too, with a blender pen and gray ink, or with a water color pencil, all worked well. I show both ways in my video. It's hard to see on the photo but it really looks as though the cloud layer is a separate piece of paper layered on top of the Basic White layer.
I did a version in Calypso Coral. I thought this sky looked like very early morning.
This version uses Seaside Spray.
Watch the video for some tips and to see the whole project step by step, using both Blending Brushes and Sponges.
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