Rubber Stamping Technique: Masking

Time to Go by Nancy Thaut

Begin with taping the outside border of a 4-1/4" by 5-1/2" cardstock with painter’s masking tape. I added angle tapings with labeling and cover-up tape, as both of these tapes seem to be able to be peeled off, when the paint is dry, without tearing the card. Next I painted the card with Lumiere metallic acrylic paint with a facial sponge using colors: olive green, turquoise, bronze and gold. Once, dry I peeled off the tape.

Stamp the lady (Stampland) twice, once on the card stock, once on scrap paper. Cut the scrap paper out, being careful to get close to the edge of the design. Put the scrap piece on top of the card, covering your stamped image. Stamp the two clocks over the scrap paper. The 2 clock stamps are by Yvonne Albritton Designs.

The right hand corner is a clock by Sugarloaf products. A bow is attached to a clock button and glued into the left upper hand corner.

Mystique Gaze by Heather Taylor

Based on the "Mystique Technique" by Sija Teijgeler, featured on the Stone House Stamps website.

Stamp woman (Stone House Stamps) once on matte covered cardstock and once on your mask paper with VersaCraft Black ink. I covered the mask with a quick spray of fixative so the ink wouldn't come off during sponging. Then stamp leaves (Rubber Stampede) also in black. Dry with heat gun, then cover main image with mask. Sponge inks in order of intensity; I used Ancient Page dye inks in Neptune, Jade, Cobalt, Indigo, and Black. Stamp background stamp (Stone House Stamps) in Jade, then remove mask. Gently sponge woman with a light covering of Jade, then add shadows with Lavender. Squirt a little blob of Brilliance White on an acrylic block or spare piece of paper, then using a finger, dab lightly around the bottom of the image and the face, blending carefully to give the "mystique" glow.

Mount on complementary cardstock.

Music to My Heart by Daylene Strickland

On a piece of natural cardstock with gold flecks in it, stamp and emboss the image (Stamps Happen) using black detail embossing powder. Stamp the image again on a scrap piece of typing paper or masking product if desired. (This will be a reverse mask.) Loosely trim a large area around the main image. Using a craft knife, trim out the center of the heart (top and bottom sections keeping music score attached) leaving only a very thin edge of the border showing to prevent halos. Color Box Petal Point Orchid was applied to the center areas of the heart and Red Ruby the outer portion. A soft tissue was used to blend the colors. After removing the mask, if there are any areas lacking color, a small applicator may be used to blend or add more color.

The music score was accented with a glitter gold gel pen. Edges of this piece are highlighted with a metallic gold pen and a music note added (by Embellish It!). Red and black cardstock trimmed to make one layer and gold ribbon (Stampin’ Up) down the center; then layered on gold Star Dream paper and a last layer of speckled natural cardstock.

Study by Lis Whiting

Create your base card by folding a piece of 5-1/2 x 8-1/2 dark blue confetti cardstock in half. Cut a piece of cream yellow cardstock to 5 x 3-3/4. Using the masking technique, first stamp the book and globe stamp [Stamper’s Anonymous] and then the Sheet Music [Stampington] over top. Cut out 3/4 inch circles of yellow cream and stamp the letters STUDY on them using alphabet stamps [Creative Imaginations]. Cut out 7/8 inch circles of dark blue confetti. Mount the letters/circles on the dark blue and mount that onto your card using glue dots or glue.

Wake Up Call by Karen Bourke

Take a piece of A5 cardstock and fold in half to make an A6 landscape card. Cut a piece of green cardstock 3 ¾ “ by 2 ½ “ and stamp the large chicken in black StazOn ink. Create a mask for the large chicken and place it over the image and stamp a smaller chicken halfway over the mask to the right hand side. Stamp another smaller image to the left of the large chicken. Remove the mask and the smaller images will appear behind the larger one. Create another mask for the smaller chicken on the right and stamp another image to the right of that. (Stamps used are by Marberry House Designs at marberryhouse@tiscali.co.uk).

Colour in the chickens using brush tip pens and let dry. Brush over Mod Podge to seal and let this dry thoroughly. Using a Krylon gold pen highlight the tail feathers of the chickens. Mount this onto a piece of gold card and then onto a piece of dark green cardstock. Place this onto your main card leaving room for your message.

On Letraset Safmat print out the message Wake up!! It’s a beautiful day, cut to size and mount onto green cardstock the same width as your main image. Mount this onto gold and then dark green card and place, using double sided tape, onto the main card.

Using black StazOn, stamp your large chicken onto shrink plastic. Cut around the image and shrink using a heat gun. Highlight areas of the chicken with gold and glue onto the card.

Finally decorate the corners of the card with peel-offs and edge the card with gold ink.

Poppies by Wendy Kerr

Mask and stamp poppy stamp (hero arts) onto white cardstock to create your background. Stamp and cut out 3 poppies, layer over masked piece and use pop-dots at adhere. Layer as shown.