This month the technique of the month at Club Scrap is Masking. In last month's kit we received some frisket, which was new to many people. From Wikipedia "A frisket is any material that protects areas of a work from unintended change". You can also use Post-It notes to make your mask. And there are liquid frisket products that you can brush on, rubbing off when your project is complete.
Masking and stamping is something I learned a long time ago as a new stamper, especially great when stamping scenes! For the card above I used the frisket to create two masks. First I stamped the image in waterproof India ink on watercolor paper. Then I placed the frisket over the stamped image and carefully cut out around the butterfly with a craft knife. If you press just enough to cut the frisket it doesn't harm your paper underneath. Then I took off the butterfly portion of the frisket, leaving a mortise mask. (think of this as a reverse mask) I painted the butterfly with Twinkling H2O watercolors and let dry. Then I removed the mortise mask and placed the butterfly mask over the butterfly and spritz with some homemade shimmer spray.
You can double click on the photo to see it larger, but the shimmer effect of the Twinkling H2Os and the shimmer spray are much better in real life!
Supplies:
Paper: Strathmore Watercolor, Club Scrap
Stamp: Club Scrap
Other: India Ink, Twinkling H2Os watercolors, homemade shimmer spray (Silk ink + water)
butterfly bead and waxed linen thread
Comments
My favorite masking technique is one Karen did at Retreat one year. She stamped on paper. Cut it add. Added adhesive to the back. Then said, "It needs to be temporary adhesive, so this is what I do. . ." (then she stuck the paper to her shirt, ripped it off and repeated a dozen times, so it was the perfect amount of sticky!)
Rinda
did you see how i ripped off your scavenger hunt idea?