AECP 2 Masking Unleashed

 

Masking Unleashed                                 #altenew, #atlenewacademy

Svitlana Shayevich from the Altenew Design Team created 6 lessons on various approaches to using masking.

Lesson 1   Basic Masking

This lesson involved creating paper stencils from the Pretty Pansies stamp set.  For this card the pansies were created in pink, purple and blue tones.  Pink Pearl, Coral Bliss, Heart Beat, Iceberg, Eastern Sky Aquerite, Sapphire, Soft Lilac, Lavender Fields, and Deep Iris.  The leaves were created using Fire Fly, Frayed Leaf and Moss.  The sentiment is from the Wishing set.  A piece of coordinating card stock was used for the back panel and the Wishing element.

Lesson 2   Creating Backgrounds with Masking Paper

Masking paper was used in this lesson to create the mask.  To do this technique several dies from the Charming Doodles set were cut from masking paper were used to create masks.  The masks were applied to the card stock and Blueberry & Eastern Sky crisp dye ink were blended over the images multiple times.  The final layer Hugs was created from the coordinating card stock and a piece of transparent paper.  With Pinkfresh Indescent dots.

Lesson 3   Positive & Negative Masking 

For this technique the available products used did not work as well as Svitlana's examples.  For the card below the fine Alphabet dies were sued to create "HAPPY" along with the balloon from the Birthday Greetings stamp set and a "birthday" from the Birthday Builders stamp set.  The inks used were Coral Berry, Velvet, Mid Yellow, Snapdragon, Be Grapeful, Lettuce Celebrate, Ride the Wave and Caribbean Sky along with coordinating markers.  

Lesson 4   Coloring with Negative Masking 

To complete this lesson the Bamboo Rose stamp set was used along with negative and positive masks created using masking paper.  Five different stamps were incorporated on the left half of the front panel.  To color these roses and leaves Pink Diamond, Coral Bliss, Rubellite, and Bamboo crisp dies inks were used.  Woodless pencils helped enhance these images as did a butterfly from the stamp set also colored with pencils.  The sentiment came from the Birthday Builder and was stamped with Ultramarine ink.  The front panel was trimmed so that just a sliver of coordinating card stock peaked out along the edges.

                                                                           

Lesson 5   Masking and Watercolor

Freezer paper was a key component of this lesson this is not something available in my craft space or kitchen so an attempt was made using the second technique shown.  Using water color paper and Altenew paints a back panel was created.  Once this dried Warm Sunshine and Ocean Waves Ink Sprays were added.  Using the Hennah Elements stamps and Black embossing powder flowers were added.  The final addition was hello from the Simple Botanicals stamp and die set.

Lesson 6   Masking Liquid

In her final lesson Svitlana shared the benefits of using masking liquid.  Without having anything that could be used as a liquid mask nothing was created for this lesson.