Reverse Masking!~~

 Hi there!  I have been playing with French Foliage this week as the fall temps have been showing themselves.  It seemed appropriate!


This technique warrants the blog post!


This is reverse masking!  I cut a 2.75 x 2.75 inch square from the center of a 4.25 x 5.5 piece of CS by first cutting a 2.75 inch square of CS.  Then I used an Exacto knife to cut around the square which I had adhered to a 4.25 x 5.5 piece of CS.( I did it that way to be sure that when I centered the square onto the card front I was stamping on, that it would be truly centered.)   I then placed a small amount of adhesive onto the mask to hold it in place, and laid it onto the Vanilla CS I would be stamping on.  Then I sponged, with Pumpkin Pie ink, into the square.  Then I added the leaves and dots and whatnot while the mask was still in place. When I removed the mask, I got the nice square full of images you see!  (clear as mud?)


There is Pumpkin Pie CS behind the main image, but it's the Pumpkin ink I don't care for.  It came out to orangy.  Maybe if I had used More Mustard.....anyway, the technique is cool!  Check out www.Splitcoaststampers.com for a tutorial!


More French Foliage cards to come!  Stamp a little today k?

~~Blessings~~

Shelli