Hi everyone, MEL PILLING here with a masking technique. Today’s project is a bookmark. I love doing bookmarks. It is a quick but welcome gift for the avid readers in your life. I am using the lovely PINK INK DESIGNS guinea wig set.
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I began by stamping the lower guinea pig in VERSAFINE CLAIR INK in NOCTURNE . I then made a mask for him, placed it over the top and stamped the upper left piggy. I then made a mask for the second piggy. I installed both masks, then stamped the upper right piggy. I then made a mask for that third piggy. For this job I used MASKING SHEETS .
Once all three guinea pigs were masked, I used a STENCIL BRUSH and a hill mask made with torn paper using ELEMENTS INK in LIME PUNCH, PINE and OLIVE. I brushed in the hills, then used the hill mask to block the hills so that I could do the sky. I did the sun using elements ink in SUNDANCE . I used light circular motions with a stencil brush for the sun, then I used DELLA BLUE and BLUE LAGOON to lightly stencil in the sky. Choppy movements here create a cloud effect.
I removed all the masks and coloured in the guinea pigs with watercolour markers. I covered the project with acetate to preserve the watercolour ink when the bookmark is being used. I then added assorted ribbons to decorate and a small brad at the bottom to keep the acetate in place. I moved this acetate so I could get a clear picture to show you, but the brad holds it in place at the end.
STAMPS USED
I hope you enjoyed today’s tutorial on masking. Thanks for checking out the Topflight Stamps blog. I’ll see you guys soon.
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