Tag: Masking technique
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Cute Critters Christmas Challenge
Every once in awhile, it is fun to switch things up and do something I hadn’t planned. This post is all about that serendipitous path to making a cute critters Christmas challenge card. The August challenge at Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge is to use a cute critter. Lawn Fawn always comes to mind for cute images, so…
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Art Journaling – Hands
Art journaling is a very personal pursuit. I only show a small number of journal entries to other people. This set of pages uses my traced hand as the focal image. Even though the content of the text is not very personal, using an actual body part is! I used Altenew’s masking paper to trace…
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Elements of Floral Composition
One of the Altenew Academy classes that I recently completed has to do with the elements of design. The class is taught by Jaycee Gaspar. He is an Altenew Design Team Member, as well as an Altenew educator. Jaycee makes beautiful cards using watercolor with stamped floral images. His work is gorgeous! I took this…
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Masking Unleashed on Card Making
Have you made masks for stamping images on your projects? It is a fun technique that allows for adding the illusion of depth while stamping on one layer. Today’s post shows two cards made from one stamped surface and then die-cut using all of the pieces. The inspiration comes from the Masking Unleashed class…
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AECP – Irresistible Inking Techniques
The latest class projects are inspired by Altenew Academy’s AECP – Irresistible Inking Techniques course taught by Sara Naumann. The two cards shown here have center panels that use the masking technique to ink a background. Masking Technique Taylored Expressions makes a Mini Slim Masking Stencil with an inside and outer part to isolate…
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8 One-Layer Cards with Altenew's Multi-Layering Stamps
A lot of pictures in this post! Have you used stamps that are designed to be layered on top of another? These sets create interest, depth, and color in a quick and easy manner. I bought a few Altenew stamp sets a couple of years ago that I was never able to use. That is…
Scrappinthread by Beverly Tiemann 