Today’s hop is Masking Technique. There are many ways to create and use a mask for creating.
Masks have two main purposes.
The 2 purposes of a mask:
1. To apply an art medium TO a specific area.
2. To prevent an art medium FROM being applied to a specific area.
What is an art medium? It is the kind of material you are using or playing with. Examples of art mediums are:
- ink
- paint
- spray or mist
- modeling paste
- glue (to add mica flakes, pearl beads, microbeads, confetti, glitter, etc!)
- gesso
The 2 Kinds of masks:
- Masks you buy. You can purchase pre-made masks or templates. A great thing about a mask you purchase is that it is easy to wash it up and use it over and over again.
- Masks you make or find. Use a die-cut machine or punch to cut shapes out of paper or plastic. You can also use a ‘found object’ like a bottle cap or jar lid as a mask.
I chose a die to create my mask. I used one of the Split Card Texture Dies.
- I cut my Basic White card base to 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ and scored it at 4 1/4.”
- I then laid my die on top of the card base and using the blending brush, I applied Night of Navy across the top.
- In the second layer, I used Basic Gray, applied, and blended it into the Night of Navy.
- In my final layer, I used Smoky Slate, applied, and blended it into the Basic Gray.
- I then stamped my hippo from Hippest Hippos (a sale-a-bration freebie with a $50.00 order) in Stazon Black in the bottom right corner. Using a Basic Black Marker I colored in his belly, eyes, and toenails.
- I punched out a tag from the Handmade Tag punch in Starry Sky cardstock. Stamped “AWWWW! you really are the best” in versamark and applied white embossing powder and heat set it.
- Added it to the top with dimensionals and a few blue adhesive-backed gems to finish off.
Now let’s hop on over to Mickey Moore’s blog and see what masking technique she used.
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