Fairy Cards with Masking feat. Avery Elle

Hello folks! I am back today with a new post. I feel like it has been a while since I posted! But, alas, I am here again. December is always a busy time, so I needed to take a blogging break. Today, I am going to create two cards with masking to create scenes! I just LOVE these fairy stamps from Avery Elle. They are just so dang cute!

So, to start off, let's discuss the concept of masking.  Masking allows you to use your stamps to create scenes, and to 'alter' the stamps, too! Masking is stamping the image on a piece of paper or masking paper, then you cut it out to put it on top. Then you can stamp on top again. The key rule is that you need to stamp what you want on first then mask it off and stamp on top.

This is my pile of masks to make these cards! Haha!


So, I started off by stamping off my fairy, because i wanted it out first.


Then, I stamped the clouds out because I wanted the fairy to be "standing" on the clouds.




I then wanted a set of stars and hearts in the rightward direction. I thought this would help bring the card together!


I then decided that I wanted to go ahead and stamp the sentiment. To do this, I used Versamark Ink and then used a gold glitter embossing powder and heat set it with my heat tool. You must do this because otherwise the embossing powder will just flake off!



I then just did some simple watercoloring. I used some watercolors from Michaels, but I will link some similar pearlescent watercolors.























Because I couldn't stop myself, I attached some sequins onto the cards. I hope you enjoyed these simple, yet beautiful, cards. I hope you enjoy! I will link my products below, as well as some similar products if I can't link the exact product! Thanks for visiting!

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Holiday Card Series 2015: Day 4

Hey folks! Today I am hear showcasing the Mama Elephant Twinkle Towns stamp set as well as stamp masking to make a unique card!

This stamp set was inspired by the ornaments in the stamp set. I wanted to utilize them to make a kraft on kraft card, with a pop of color from the ornaments and the snowflakes. In this stamp set, there are two city scenes, but since I was going for a more rustic and homey feeling card, I decided to go with the mountain village. I thought this card turned out well. I colored the solid ornaments with some pearlescent watercolors and the mountain scene with the Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens, as I have been addicted to using them lately!

*All of the products will be linked below. As some of these products came from local stores, I will link what I can- I will try to link similar products, but please note that they will not be the same.* 

To start off this card, I started by cutting the piece of snowflake paper down to 4 x 5 1/4 inches- so just slightly smaller than a A2 sized card. Next, I began the stamping. I used watercolor paper, as that works best with the Zig Clean Color pens. I forgot to mark down the individual marker colors, so I will just link the pack I have. I got mine from Amazon.

I knew I was going to need to mask to create the tri ornament hang scene. The rule of thumb with masking is that whatever you want to be up front, you need to stamp first. I stamped the lower ornament first, and then the others around it. To mask, I just use typing paper and then I temporarily adhere it with tape runner.

Next, I stamped the strings with the ornaments. The string stamp comes in the stamp set. To avoid having to double stamp the string, you could always just draw the string in with a waterproof pen. :) 

Like I said, I chose the mountain scene for the front ornament. So, I stamped it in the front ornament, the lower one. 

To color in the mountain scene, I decided to use the Zig Clean Color Pens. To get a softer watercolored look, I decided to dip the pens into water first before I brought it to the paper. I start at the bottom of the image I am coloring so I can get an ombre look. This is an amazing way to use the clean color pens for a unique look. Sandy Allnock introduced me to this techinque- I used her blog post, which you can find here. 

To finish the other ornaments off, I just used some pearlescent watercolors. :) I put a more intense wash at the bottom of the ornament, and then I just get my brush damp and bring it up to the top. 

I fussy cut this out and then pop dotted it onto the kraft card base with the burlap snowflake paper. 

I hope you all enjoyed this card tutorial! I thought it turned out great. Thanks for viewing and if you have some questions, post them below, I will see you for Day 5 next week! I hope you're having a great day wherever you're at! 

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