TodayÂ’s Technique Challenge (TLC593) is reverse masking. Easy peasy & something I do a lot. On this little summer scene, I put the image into my Misti, stamped the sailboat, colored it w/ Copics, then masked it. I used a reverse mask for the horizon to cover the sky & sponge in the sea; put a round mask on the sun & flipped the horizon mask to cover the sea so I could sponge in the sky; then took off the sun mask & covered the sky w/ a reverse mask of the sun & sponged in the sun itself. Whew! That was easier to do than to explain. I even confused myself trying to write all that.
After all the sponging & masking was done, I added some white highlights w/ a gel pen, put it back into my Misti & over stamped w/ Versafine (all the coloring & sponging had dulled the original Memento lines quite a bit). I die cut it, added a narrow black layer then put a white die cut panel on top. The white panel has a square die cut to let the sailboat show thru & I rounded the corners. I was going for a kind of polaroid look for the frame.
Thanks so much for looking! Closeups & Copic colors are on my blog: The Write Stuff
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Mon, Jul 04, 2016 @ 5:30 PM
I love this colorful card and the sentiment made me stop and think just how true those words are. I just got back from a little weekend trip to the area where I had attended church camp way back as a teenager. Those summers past are still sweet in the the stories they tell.
------------------------------ LizThe joy of the LORD is my strength.Right Brain Madness --My blogProud member of the redDivasKSS certified multi-step stamperFan Club member since 2004
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Fri, Jul 08, 2016 @ 10:06 PM
What a gorgeous card, Julie. The colors are so bright and pretty. The white frame is perfect and looks so terrific. You did an awesome job with the reflection on the water.
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Registered: September 21, 2006 Location: In the beautiful Sequatchie Valley, Home of the Paper Clip Project - The National Cornbread Festival Posts: 26563