Hey-hey!! Back again for one more day of Masking Stencils fun with Taylored Expressions!
Thought I'd start things off though, with a pretty picture of the whole pile of cards from this week with these new stencils because let's face it, they're even prettier when you see them all together, right??? :)
So for today, I wanted to show you a couple other things I did with the stencil.....in this case, I used the large oval. I started out by stamping over the stencil instead of ink blending! I put it where I wanted it on the card stock, and then used the pine branches from the Simply Stamped-Pinecones set, to stamp the branches right over the stencil. Be sure to let your images overlap the edge of the stencil, so you get the benefit of that curved edge. I did them at opposite points kind of diagonally from each other, and I was careful to stamp a bit more on the bottom and a bit less on the top. I didn't want it to be matchy-matchy. This actually provides a bit more visual balance.
THEN, to really drive home the point that there's an oval edge there, I used my blender brush, to blend a bit of green ink over the top of the stamping. I did this very lightly though, and didn't complete the whole oval. I let it softly fade out and just give the impression of a full oval! I love that look! So soft and subtle! I'm usually more of an in-your-face-with-the-color kinda gal....lol! Subtle isn't exactly one of my strengths! Heehee. But anywho.....
To further add to the impression of the oval shape, I positioned my flower and pinecones and such around the oval, continuing to loosely follow that curve. I turned the images so that they add to that same feeling of roundness.
PRO TIP: When adding stamped and die cut (or in this case, fussy cut) images on top of matching images stamped directly on the card front, change it up slightly by stamping the fussy cut ones on colored card stock. This keeps everything cohesive, in that you're using the same images and colors, but allows the die cuts to stand out a bit more because of their colored card stock on the white card base. The colored card stock branches also tie in really well with the colored card stock flower.
ANOTHER PRO TIP: Don't forget that you can sometimes stack up your die cuts to create a different look! Check out my flower here! It's the same TWO flowers I've been using on my cards this week, however today, I stacked the smaller one on top of the larger one just to change things up and create an even more dynamic flower! Fun!
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All right, friends, that's it for me today, but there's lots more at the TE Blog!
Have you decided you're gonna need a set (or all!) of these new Masking Stencils?? Which ones are your favorites?
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