Twisted Masking Tape

Happy Monday!  Today is a good day...it finally feels like Spring may just be springing!!  Warm sunshine, birdsong and melting snow...sure looks like spring to me!  Today I have a springtime project I designed for this week's challenge over at The Technique Twist.  We are all about the Masking Tape technique this time and I decided to  use it to create a soft background for an Easter card. 

Easter card featuring the Masking Tape technique and using the Papaya Collage, Petite Petals, Lacy and Lovely and Blessed Easter stamp sets.

Pretty, huh?  Here are some quick tips:

• I used Soft Sky, Pistachio Pudding and Pink Pirhouette ink for my masking tape background.  
• I die cut the oval after I had applied the ink so that I could get the best possible coverage.  I also stamped a doily from the Lacy and Lovely set in Sahara Sand ink to add a little bit of interest.  

 

• The foliage is from the Papaya Collage stamp set and is heat embossed in pewter.  
• The flowers are stamped in Crisp Cantaloupe and are punched with the Petite Petals punch. 
• The sentiment is from the Blessed Easter set in the Occasions catty and is punched with the Bracket Label punch.
• The background is embossed using the Beautifully Baroque TIEF.

I left the inside fairly simple, stamping the foliage in Sahara Sand and the flowers in Crisp Cantaloupe. 

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More Magical Masking Tape

Happy Friday!  Where did this week go??  Today I have another design that uses the Magical Masking Tape technique.

Any-occasion card featuring the Gorgeous Grunge (130517) and Hello,Lovely (130243) stamp sets and using the Magical Masking Tape technique

Sentiment from the Yippee Skippee stamp set (131344)

Yesterday I showed you a very CAS design, so today I want to show you one that has much more going on.  We did this at my monthly techniques group last night and my gals loved it!  Here are some quick tips:

• I used Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz and So Saffron ink for the Masking Tape technique
• I stamped using the Gorgeous Grunge set with Bermuda Bay, Strawberry Slush (stamped off), Basic Gray (both full strength and stamped off) inks.
• I used Washi Tape from the Epic Day This and That pack (131269) and the Season of Style pack (132155)
• The front panel is embossed using the Honeycomb TIEF (129378)
• The Calypso Coral label on the front is die cut using the Chalk Talk Framelits (129983)
• The sentiment is from the Hello, Lovely stamp set
• I used Lucky Limeade Baker's Twine (retired), but you could substitute with Island Indigo or Calypso Coral instead
• The sentiment on the inside of the card is from the Yippee Skippee stamp set

I hope this weekend holds some time to play with ink and paper for you!  Enjoy!!

Magical Masking Tape Meets Magnificent Maple

How's that for a mouthful of a header??  If perfectly describes today's project though...

CAS Thank you card featuring the Magnificent Maple (131868) stamp and using the Magical Masking Tape Technique with sentiment from Simply Sketched (Hostess 129672)

This month my techniques group is learning the Magical Masking Tape technique.  I thought it would work perfectly with this month's inspiration sketch.  Here is the sketch...

August Sketch Inspiration

I actually had a ton of fun with this sketch...I have LOADS of samples to show you...all in good time ;)
Here is a closer look at this one...

In case you aren't familiar with this technique, here's a quick how-to:

• Be sure to use painter's tape...not regular masking tape for this technique.  I like the blue stuff best.
• Choose various widths of tape for visual interest.  I wanted to use some narrower tape but my husband used it all up when he painted our son's bedroom a couple of weeks ago (sheesh!!).  I settled for uniform widths on this project but it would be SO much better with different ones!
• Use the old-style felt ink pads.  The new firm foam ones are WAY too juicy for this to work...you'll just end up with a mess...ask me how I know ;)
• Use light colours.  Dark ink doesn't look good...again...ask me how I know ;)  On this card I used So Saffron, Pool Party and Calypso Coral.
• To apply ink to the tape, tear a length of tape, lay it sticky-side-down on your ink pad and lightly burnish it (I used my bone folder so as not to get my fingers inky...the ink just wipes right off the bone folder!).  If your tape is longer than the ink pad you'll need to move it and burnish again to ink the entire piece.
• Lay the tape on your card stock and burnish gently again (I just used my fingers for this).  Don't rub too hard or you'll have trouble peeling the tape off again.
• Carefully peel the tape off...the ink will transfer to the card stock and you'll have a lovely, textured strip of colour.
• Repeat as many times as you'd like to create the background you want.  Then stamp over top with a darker colour.  Here I actually heat embossed the Magnificent Maple image in Early Espresso.  The sentiment is stamped in Early Espresso ink.

We'll be doing this one for my techniques class this evening...hope my gals like it!