Avery Elle I Heart You Challenge #21: Masking

After I broke out the masking paper for my Lawnscaping cards I decided to go ahead and work on a card for the AEIHeartUChallenge. I realized that I’ve used the More Stories or Storybook stamps in every card I’ve previously entered in their challenges so I wanted to try something else! I’ve owned the Look Up set for several months but have never got around to using it until now…

Here’s my card:

What an amazing sentiment! I wanted to keep the masking fairly simple so I started off by stamping the sentiment from Look Up onto a piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock with Silver Shimmer Delicata ink and heat embossed it with Hero Arts clear embossing powder. Then I stamped the sentiment onto the masking paper, trimmed it, and placed it over the sentiment to protect it from the background stamp.

I stamped the Hero Arts Constellation wood block stamp with versamark ink before heat embossing it with the same clear embossing powder. I removed the masking paper and then blending Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, Dusty Concord, and Black Soot distress inks onto the card getting darker as I moved up the paper.

To finish the card I cut stars from the Simon Says Stamp Lots of Stars die set with DCWV glitter paper and adhered them to the card front. I like the way masking allows the sentiment to stand out from the starry background!

Thanks for visiting!

Supplies:

*Hero Arts DESIGNBLOCK CONSTELLATION BACKGROUND Rubber Stamp S5922	Avery Elle Look Up	*Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB SUPER SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets	*EK Success POWDER TOOL Applicator EKT001
Inkadinkado Stamping Mask Paper	*Tsukineko SILVERY SHIMMER Delicata Pigment Ink Pad	*Versamark WATERMARK Rubber Stamp Emboss Chalk Resist INK PAD	*Hero Arts EMBOSS ULTRA FINE CLEAR EMBOSSING POWDER PW111
*PRE-ORDER Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS IBT40965	*Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET Reusable 15 X 18 Stamp Paint Ink	*Tim Holtz Distress Ink PAD TUMBLED GLASS Blue Ranger	*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD PEACOCK FEATHERS Ranger SPRING
*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD SALTY OCEAN Ranger SUMMER	*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD DUSTY CONCORD Purple Ranger	*Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK PAD BLACK SOOT Ranger