Masking Paper Archives - HIPPOFROG Designs

At a previous Card & Cuppa session I was asked about masks and masking, so last week’s class combined both techniques.

First it was using one of the Foursquare Decorative Masks and a Blending Brush to create the background in Fresh Freesia. The masks are like a stencil and you can apply colour in lots of different ways.

Next, using Masking Paper and the Quiet Meadow Stamp Set, we created a bunch of flowers.

The image was stamped onto Masking Paper twice and they were both cut out.

Then, the image is stamped onto cardstock once and then covered with one of the Masking Paper cut out shapes. Another image is then stamped next to the first, overlapping where needed. Once this has been stamped, the second mask is then used to cover the second image.

Finally, the third flower was stamped. When the masks are removed, you are left with a bunch of flowers. All of the flowers were stamped in Highland Heather to coordinate with the purple theme.

These were then coloured in using Watercolor Pencils, with the centre given a light coat of Wink of Stella. Fussy cutting was needed to cut the floral display out.

The Petal Park Stamp Set provides the leaves that were stamped in Shaded Spruce and cut out using the coordinating Petal Park Builder Punch. They were also coloured using Watercolor Pencils before being stuck to the flowers.

The whole piece was then raised up using Dimensionals.

Finally, some gold Festive Pearls are dotted around for a touch of bling.

As the design has quite a lot of detail, I’ve deliberately left it sentiment free. This makes it a great card for any occasion.

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Karen Young HIPPOFROG Designs

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This week’s Finishing Up Friday uses the Quiet Meadow Stamp Set and Dies.

I’ve called this project a Card & (Your) Cuppa mash up as it uses the leftover items from this project from last year, but I’ve also take inspiration from a project from this year too.

It uses Rich Razzleberry, Crumb Cake and Very Vanilla.

Using some Masking Paper, new in the Annual Catalogue, I created a strip. This is stamped using ‘splats’ from the Quiet Meadow Stamp Set and then given some colour using a Blending Brush and ink.

While using the Blending Brushes, I also added colour to the leaves and flower, cut from the coordinating Meadow Dies, from my ‘use me’ pile.

Once the Masking Paper is gently peeled away, the leaves are stuck to the strip. Some Wink of Stella sparkle is given to the flower before it is raised up on Dimensionals to give some depth.

Another pre-cut shape from my stash, from the All That Dies has a sentiment from the Hello Beautiful Stamp Set stamped onto it. The edge of the shape is given some colour using a Blending Brush.

This has a loop of Crumb Cake Baker’s Twine from the Essentials Combo Pack behind it. The whole sentiment piece is then also stuck to the project using Dimensionals.

Finally, some Champagne Rhinestones create the centre of the flower, with some additional ones dotted across the project.