A Good Year

Continuing with the masks - This layout has only a tiny detail done with a mask – the number “7.” I used a brown ink and a dense background stamp on the apricot paper. Then I placed the 7 mask on it and used a fantastix brush from Tsukineko to make a dark outline using the same brown. Then I cut out the 7, leaving a thin border of brown around the stamped design.

This same effect can be created with a stencil, but with the mask, the stamped part of the image is done first and you can get a crisper image because the stamp is applied directly to paper without a stencil in the middle. The result is much better with a mask than with a stencil.

Cardstock by Club Scrap from the Poetic Kit.

'Year' chipboard alpahbet by Heidi Swapp

'7' done with Tim Holtz mask

Jornaling block traced from a stencil I created

Hinge is Tim Holtz grungeboard painted white acrylic, silver & gold

Silver & Gold paint from Golden acrylics

Round sentiment coaster from Imagination Project

Font: 2Peas Magic Forest