Hello friends!  My next card for the AECP program is a submission for the Seasonal Scene Building course.  We were challenged to create a one layer card with multiple stamps using masking.

My card features lots of separate floral elements from the Blooming Bouquet stamp set, but not the actual bouquet!  To create the design, I stamped all the pieces first on scratch paper, not caring where they overlapped and not bothering to mask… this would just serve as a positioning guide for when I started my actual project.  Once I got the arrangement just right, then I could identify which images were in the forefront so I could stamp them first.

I used my MISTI to stamp each layer, first lining it up on my guide sheet, then picking up the stamp with the MISTI door, then stamping onto my actual project.  After each image I would add a mask before stamping the images that would lay behind it.  Here you can see the process partially complete.

I used a ton of images and a LOT of tiny hand-cut masks for this card, so it did end up taking me a while.  But the good news is, I can save all those masks for a future project – I just stick them on the inside of the stamp packing.  I used Gina K Masking Magic to create all my masks, which I really love because it is super thin and easy to cut and doesn’t leave a halo around masked images.

After a LOT of stamping and masking, I finally arrived at my completed scene:  two vases with a whole cluster of flowers and leaves coming out.

I made a few mistakes but I don’t think they stood out too bad, so I just went with it.  Also, if you have any gaps in your stamping like I do, you can just touch things up with a black pen (make sure to use one that will be safe with your coloring medium!)

Then I got to work on my coloring.  I used alcohol markers for this: a combination of my copics, Spectrum Noir and some of my new Artist Markers that I picked up from Altenew.

After coloring everything in, I drew in some stems (not sure if I would do that again, but it was too late to worry about it!) and added some black paint splatters and a little shadow under the vases to ground them.

For the sentiment I stamped “Hello” from the same stamp set in Versafine Onyx Black ink and heat embossed it to give it dimension and shine and make it pop from the scene behind it. Finally, I adhered the whole panel to a black A2 card base leaving a border all around.

Here is another look at the final project – I had fun challenging myself for this one layer wonder!

Thanks for stopping by today – have a great holiday weekend!

xo,

Tricia 🙂