Totally Techniques – Reverse Masking

Welcome to the April Totally Techniques Blog Hop!  I’m Lynsay Mahon, from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Each month our team showcases their creative talents, using a featured technique!  Today’s technique was chosen by the talented Shannean and we were all challenged to try Reverse Masking.

This is such a fun way to use masks.  I know this is a weird time of year to make a Christmas Card, but the mask I chose just made me think of winter!

First, I used the Layering Ovals Dies and cut out an oval from a 4″x5.25″ piece of cardstock.  I lined it up over another piece of Whisper White of the same size and used a sponge dauber to layer the Pool Party background.

Next I layered the tree mask from the Basic Patterns Decorative Masks set over my first 2 layers, being careful not to shift the oval mask.

Basic Pattern Decorative Masks [150697] $8.25

I used a Sponge Dauber to add Soft Suede ink over the tree:

Next I inked the Birch Background stamp with Early Espresso Ink and stamped it over my layers of masks (again being careful to keep everything in line).  This created a fun birch look on my trees.

Finally I used the Shimmery White Embossing Paste to add a touch of texture to the branches to make it look like snow.

Here’s the completed look with all of the layers:

Since the magic of this card is in the masking, I kept the final embellishments very simple by adding a greeting and the card base layers:

I hope you’ve enjoyed this interpretation of the Shaker Card technique!  The see the rest of our team’s projects, please click on the blue button below.

Thanks for hopping with us!

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Here are the supplies I used to make these cards. Click on the links below to be transferred to my online store:

Basic Pattern Decorative Masks [150697] $8.25	Pool Party Classic Stampin’ Pad [147107] $10.25	Soft Suede Classic Stampin’ Pad [147115] $10.25
Early Espresso Classic Stampin’ Pad [147114] $10.25	Shimmery White Embossing Paste [145645] $12.25	Palette Knives [142808] $6.75
Birch Cling Stamp [149256] $22.00	Lots Of Cheer Cling Stamp Set [149503] $27.00	Layering Ovals Dies [141706] $48.00
Whisper White 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [100730] $13.25	Pool Party 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [122924] $12.00