Masking and Faux Masking, One Card Four Ways

Hey everyone! Miriam here sharing a set of cards using masking and faux masking techniques.

I set out to make a really simple card using my new Welcome Home set, and ended up with four cards featuring the same basic design.

I started by stamping the sign image on masking paper and then fussy cutting it to place over the stamped image on my actual panel. I also added masking tape (I'll link to it below) around the edges of the panel. Then I did some simple blending. Once that was done, I added the sentiments, adhered it to the base and done.

Then, I thought I would try a different method of masking that I haven't done in a while, using Frisket masking fluid. The image was stamped on watercolor paper using Versafine, then I added the Frisket and waited for it to dry. Once dry, I added some simple watercoloring. After that was fully dry, I carefully rubbed the Frisket off and popped the panel up on the card base with foam tape.

Not everyone has Frisket, and there's a lot of waiting around for things to dry with the prior technique, so I thought I would try to fake it with watercolors. In this next card, I simply watercolored around the image. Before I started, I wet all the background areas with water and then worked quickly to add the watercolor making sure that the edges stayed wet as I went. You do need to work quickly with this method which is why I stuck with just one color.

Once it was dry, I felt like it needed a pop, so I carefully traced around the image with a Copic marker to set it off from the background, and then I popped the entire panel up on the card base.

Finally, I wanted to try and recreate the crisp cleanness of the initial masked image with Copics, but I thought that it would be too tough to do the blending in the middle of the panel, so I opted for a simpler look, blending to a lighter color on the edges of the panel.