... another tutorial!!
Thought I'd share a little technique I accidentally came up with (although I'm sure someone else actually intended to and did a better job than me!!) but it kept me amused for a hour or so and most importantly its easy peasy!!
So here goes:
Using some whisper white card stock and a large scallop circle die, I ran it through my big shot.
Using a circle cutter, I cut a circle to form the 'mask' from some copier paper.
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I adjusted mine to just under 9cm but you can measure it against the scallop circle to get a size that fits in nicely. (Which means you can do loads of sizes!)
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Then I put it on top of the scallop circle an held it up to the light so I could position the 'mask' in the centre of the scallop. I then used some low tack tape to temporarily hold it in place.
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I found some designer paper that I wanted to use on my final card and collected some inks that co-ordinated with it.
I used Stampin' Up!'s Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Cameo Coral and Bashful Blue.
(I apologise for the colours looking drained in the pictures, for some reason I couldn't get the camera to pick them up, hmm?)
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I then chose a large image that would roughly fit into the scallop circle and inked with Old Olive.
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With the 'mask' held in place with tape, I stamped directly on top of it trying to aim it so the majority of the image would be inside the circle.
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I then carefully removed the 'mask' to reveal the stamped image.
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Using the Cameo Coral on a sponge dauber, I positioned the circle which was cut away from the centre of the 'mask' and placed this over the stamped image.
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It's pretty easy to position with the image already in the centre, you just need to cover this up.
I then colour tinted the scallop edges.
Using my acrylic block as a palette, I picked up the ink with my water brush and applied to the image.
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To finish off my scallop circle, I tinted the edge of it with Old Olive.
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When I had covered my base card with the designer card stock and some co-ordinating plain card I then positioned my scallop circle to one side of the card, cutting off two sections that would over hang.
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I applied (quite a few - lol) dimensionals to the back of the scallop circle.
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I then adhered it to my card base and added some ribbon.
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I stamped a sentiment and punched out, then tinted the card with Cameo Coral and edges with Old Olive.
(The sentiment used is from a Stampin' Up! set called Fun and Fast Notes. I used some tape to cover the bottom of the image and inked up the wording, then peeled off the tape and stamped onto whisper white leaving just the sentiment - and in the words of Aleksandr Orlov famed for his appearance in the Meerkat adverts - Simples!! Hehe I Love that advert!!)
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And finish off by adhering the sentiment!
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I love this technique so much already, here's another card I made using the same technique with a different colour scheme.
On this one I didn't use the negative from the mask and opted to sponge the colour freehand for a different look.
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On this card I used some jewels and added clear accents to the image.
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You can do this with some many different stamps and I think it adds a bit more interest to some stamps you may have used to death!!
I'll photograph a card I made with another image and upload during the week.
I'd love to see your creations if you decide to give it a go!! Leave a comment with a link to your blog and we can check it out :o)
Thanks for stopping by,
take care
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