Hello! Well, I am still camping out while work continues on my house, but it left me plenty of time to finish my next Altenew class called Masking Unleashed. I did have to run home to get my inks and blending brushes. Svitlana Shayevich taught us loads of useful tips and techniques.
For this card, I chose to work on negative masking. In the past, I’ve done positive masking where you cover the image you are working on. With negative masking, you cover the area surrounding an image. In lesson 4, Svitlana also taught us how to ink blend with Negative Masking.
My Process:
- I trimmed a piece of masking paper to 4 1/4” x 5 1/2”, taped the die in the center and then ran it through my die cutting machine. I then carefully adhered it to a Bristol Cardstock panel.
- Next, I lightly blended four shades of Distress Ink from the bottom to the top.
- I taped the stencil at an angle over the “T” and blended 5 shades over the stencil using a much heavier hand. I carefully peeled back the masking paper, trimmed the panel down, attached some craft foam to the back and added it to a top folding A2 panel.
- I die cut a sentiment from navy Cardstock and glued it to the panel. I also added three enamel dots in coordinating colors.
Pro Tip: Make sure the masking paper is firmly in place before you start ink blending so you have sharp clean lines. I used a bone folder.
Featured Supplies:
Altenew Mega Alphabet “T” die
Altenew Watercolor Stripes stencil
Altenew Thanks die
Altenew New Day Enamel Dots
Just Add Ink “T” Challenge. My card is T for thanks.
I am so pleased that you stopped by!
Karen
I love this, Karen. The negative masking looks fabulous. Thanks so much for joining us at Just Add Ink this week. x
ReplyDeleteWOW. This is SO beautiful! Like really beautiful!! Love it, Karen!
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This is fantastic Karen! Fabulous colours and the big T in the background makes such a statement. Thanks for playing along this week at Just Add Ink. Rochelle xo
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