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!

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