Saturday, September 25, 2010

PaperTrey September Blog Hop Challenge




I owe all of the skills I have as a stamper to my friend Claudia.  I took a Domino Class from Claudia in 2004.  Since then I have been a member of her Stampin' Up Club and we have become good friends.  She is my one friend that is as avid (or maybe the word is rabid) about stamping as I am.  If I hadn't met her, I don't think I would have continued stamping.  That might not have been a bad thing since I only had a few hundred dollars invested in this hobby at that time and now it is thousands.  LOL  Claudia taught us techniques for a couple of years at stamp club.  One of the techniques that we learned was masking and that is what I used on my card.  I used a sketch from the Clean&Simple blog.



I used all four of the leaf dies to cut masks from post-it notes. I always make sure that the die cuts through some of the sticky on the post-it note. That way it will stick without added adhesive. I stamped the red leaf first and then covered it with its corresponding post-it. I then stamped the yellow leaf and covered it with its post-it. I did the same with the rust colored leaf.  My final two leaves were the pumpkin leaves. I didn't need the mask for those. You then remove the masks. I love the surprise of removing the masks and seeing what you have created. Thanks for looking and a big thanks to Claudia for all of my stamping skills.

Supplies used:
Stamps:
  Leaf Prints and sentiment from Falling Leaves
Paper:  PTI Soft Stone, SU Ruby Red, Summer Sun and Really Rust
Ink;  SU Basic Black, Ruby Red, Summer Sun, Really Rust, Pumpkin Pie and Chocolate Chip
Accessories:  PTI Leaf Dies used for Masking, SU Border Punch and SU Label Punch
Sketch:  From the Clean&Simple Blog, FTL105

24 comments:

  1. Totally loving the autumnal inspiration on this card! Great masking!
    Hugs,
    Aimes
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  2. Great job with the masking. Not something I always do to well.

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  3. so pretty!
    if you can believe it..I don't think I have EVER done masking..gosh, maybe I should have tried it this time! LOL!
    great project!

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  4. You are great at masking ....... I STINK!!! I will have to try and get better at this !!!! Fab card for sure~~

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  5. Beautiful use of masking- I love those leaves!

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  6. Very pretty! I love your take on that CAS sketch!

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  7. Awesome masking!!! And beautiful fall card!

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  8. Very pretty! A wonderful autumn card!

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  9. Oh excellent masking on that little leaf cluster! What a great layout to showcase them, and awesome colors, too!

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  10. Since fall is my favorite season I'm loving the leaves. Wonderful colors

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  11. Great job with your masking! This is such a nice looking card!

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  12. Very pretty, great job masking, a nice technique to showcase the leaves.

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  13. perfect job with the masking. I never do it because it takes so long, but with results like yours, I should give it a whirl. beautiful card

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  14. Such a beautiful card - and your masking is so precise - fantastic job!

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  15. Love the masking.Give the 3D effect and gorgeous autumn colors. Love it :)

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  16. Ahhh, I love masking! I think leaves are especially gorgeous when masked!

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  17. Very pretty card. Great job with the masking technique. I find that I use this technique mostly for fall cards. Crazy, huh?!

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  18. Masking is such a wonderful technique and I especially love how you masked the leaves!!! Beautiful card!!!!

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  19. What a great technique- I love how your card looks layered, and it's all stamped!

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  20. Very pretty, love the colours and the composition!

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  21. Great job! Masking is one of my favorite techniques to do too.

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