Tuesday, August 10, 2004

 

Red Hat Cards





Here are two cards with a Red Hat Society® theme.

Both of these cards use a technique called *masking*. It is a way that you can integrate different stamps into a design.

First, pick the image you want to be in the forefront, and stamp that onto the paper, cardstock, whatever. Then, use this same stamp and stamp the image again onto a Post-It® note, with part of the image on the part where the adhesive is. This is your *mask*, and the adhesive from the sticky note will keep the mask in place.

Now, choose the next image...in this case, that kitty. Position the mask exactly over the stamped image, and then stamp the kitty where you want it. A stamp positioner tool is invaluable for this, and it will pay for itself because of all the paper you don't have to throw out because you screwed up.

Remove the mask, and you see that the kitty is covered with the hat!

I keep a folder with pages with my masks stuck on them, so I don't have to make new ones every time I want to use the same stamp. Eventually, you do have to make new ones, but once made, a mask is good for quite a few uses.

The kitty stamps are from a set from Close To My Heart® called "Meow!". The alphabet stamps are also from Close To My Heart®, Comtempo Serif Lowercase (acrylic). The hat stamp is from Rubber Stampede®, and was purchased from Michaels.