Welcome to the Tech 4 Stampers hop and hello whether you are joining from Gina’s blog or starting with me. This month’s theme is “pretty in pink” and I adore the many pinks within the Stampin’ Up ! colour collection. I will show you how to make your own masks from die cuts to use in your cardmaking. Shall we get started?

How to create your own masks

Firstly you need to decide what dies you are going to use and mine are the Poppy Moments dies. My choice is the rectangular shaped frame die in this set. Simply die cut the template out on some offcut cardstock. Taking a blending brush, an ink pad place the mask on your card base. and hold in place. Today I am using the same colour ink as my card base to achieve a more subtle look. Ink up your brush and tap the excess off on your grid paper or any scrap paper. Now in a circular motion begin to brush over the mask and you will see a hint of colour begin to appear. Keep repeating this step until you can see your image by carefully lifting up the mask to check.

Close up of pink card celebrating love with detailed floral images and a poppy centrepiece made from diecut images. Everything is pink except for the green leaves and black greeting saying "yay for love"

I moved the mask around the card base and changed how prominent the underlying images were by using more or less brushing. When you look at the finished card below you can see how some areas look quite faded and others a deeper finish.

Creating the poppy centrepiece

Using the poppy moments dies cut out 2 large poppy outlines, mine are Polished Pink and Blushing Bride. Next I put a layer of shimmery white embossing paste onto white cardstock and leave to dry. Once dry die cut the big poppy out from this shimmery card. This is the bottom of the poppy and you need to glue one of the outlines diecuts to the top of this. Layer up the leaves and remaining poppy outline and glue to the card base. Pop some dimensionals behind the centrepiece and then stick to the card.

Finishing touches

Create your greeting layer on some black card and emboss with white powder as this really pops out from the card.

The brushed brass butterflies come in 2 sizes and I used the smallest ones to just add a little something extra to the overall card. I normally say I like to add a little sparkle to all my projects but I think the brushed brass is very effective here.

Close up of brushed brass butterfly 3D embellishment on pink card base

Are you ready to see the finished card in full then keep scrolling down for the big reveal ! After the blog hop list I will share a full product list of everything I’ve used on the card.

All in pink card celebrating love with detailed floral images and a poppy centrepiece made from diecut images. Everything is pink except for the green leaves and black greeting saying "yay for love". Some gold butterflies adorn the card

Thank you so much for joining me today. Have I tempted you to have a go at creating your own masks in your papercrafting now? Please share in the comments below what you like or dislike about the card or the technique. Now do hop around the other ladies blogs to see how they have interpreted the theme.

Inky hugs,

Carrie

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