Team Tuesday with Stephanie - Stencil Masking

Today I'm sharing some cards using my Memory MISTI and products from Gina K. Designs.

But first ... drum roll ... the winner of the $50 My Sweet Petunia Gift Certificate from the My Sweet Petunia and Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps Blog Hop is ... Tanya Terrones with this comment

Great masculine feel for the card. I like the texture stamps.

Posted by: Tanya Terrones | August 16, 2019 at 11:52 PM

Tanya - e-mail your information to hello@mysweetpetunia.com

Here is the first one featuring a masked stencil technique

I started by cutting one of the Ovals from Gina K. Designs Oval Dies using Gina K. Designs Masking Magic, which has the perfect thickness and adhesive to make this technique flawless.  I find my Memory MISTI to be perfect for techniques like this one.

Next I adhered the mask to my my stone cardstock and then attached the Gina K. Designs Water Droplets Stencil using Pixie Spray (seriously this stuff is magic for stencils).

Next, I pulled out my Life Changing Blender Brush and three shades of Gina K. Designs Dye Ink - Blue Denim, Tranquil Teal & Turquoise Sea

I randomly applied the colors (I just used the same brush for all three) until I got the depth I wanted, then I removed the stencil and then removed the mask.

One more little trick with my MISTI ... I like to use the lines on the mouse pad to help me line-up embellishments like these gorgeous Love from Lizi Peel Off stickers that I added to finish the card.  I lined the largest one on the left line of the black ... the smallest on the right side of the block ... and then positioned the middle side between the two.

The sentiment is from the Gina K. Designs Have Faith Stamp Set stamped in Blue Denim Ink.

I re-used the same Masking Magic Oval for my second card.  It features the same technique, but this time I used Glitter Glitz Gel instead of ink.

Here was the look after removing both the stencil and the mask (I just used the blade of my craft knife to pry it up).  I combined Turquoise Sea and Grass Green Glitz Glitter gels, overlapping them on the corners using the Gina K. Designs Lovely Lace Stencil.

Seriously ... doesn't that gorgeous sparkle make you happy?  Stamped another sentiment from the Gina K. Designs Have Faith Stamp Set in the masked area.

I hope today's tutorial gave you some masking ideas ... I can't wait to see what you create.

Stephanie Severin

Ingenious Inkling

Team Tuesday with Stephanie: #lettersforhenry

I recently returned from three solid days of making art at Junkiefest, and I was reminded that my MISTI is not just the best tool for stamping ... it is also the perfect tool for inking.

In my class with Elizabeth (aka Love from Lizi) I made this fun card using my MISTI, Hero Arts Stamps, and Love from Lizi Peel-Off Stickers and that card is what inspired my cards today.

The MISTI makes it so easy to perfectly line-up your masking tape.  And the MISTI Mouse Pad is perfect for inking because it wipes clean so easily.

I used my Memory MISTI Mouse Pad to position my paper and apply the masking tape using the squares on the Mouse Pad to align it perfectly straight.  I positioned my stamp, so I knew how much room to leave between the tape for inking.

I'm using the new stamp set from Unity Stamp Company called #lettersforhenry honoring the life of Henry Groenveld.

I stamped the Mail Truck (aka LLV) in Black ink on a Gina K. White Card Stock card base and clear embossed before I inked and blended four colors of Distress Oxide Ink (Dusty Concord, Salty Ocean, Shaded Lilac and Tumbled Glass) in my masked area.

After removing the tape I stamped one of the hashtag sentiments from the set and then outlined it with strips of cardstock and the thinnest of the Silver Peel Off Stickers from Love from Lizi.

For my second card, I positioned a piece of Gina K. Designs Ivory Card Stock (love her cardstock) in the center of my Memory MISTI and used the squares on the Mouse Pad to position my masking tape vertically.  I stamped the Mail Box in Black Ink and clear embossed again.

I stuck with the same four inks, but this time I left the colors a bit more separated and grounded my mailbox with the Dusty Concord.

I trimmed down this panel and attached it to an Ivory Card Base framing it with the second widest of the Love from Lizi Silver Peel-Off Stickers.

I used another sentiment from the Unity Stamp Company #lettersforhenry stamp set ... it is so true ... always choose to be kind.

I hope these cards have made you think about other options for using your MISTI and your MISTI Mouse Pad in your craft room (and also made you want to put some of those cards you've made in the mail with encouraging messages).

Stephanie Severin

Ingenious Inkling

Team Tuesday with Stephanie: Doing the Turnabout Jig

When I saw the new Turnabout Jig at Concord & 9th, I had to pull out my MISTI and give it a try.   I also purchased the Turnabout Alignment Aid Pack, which makes lining-up your stamps a piece-of-cake.

Today's card is made with the Oh Hello Turnabout Stamp.

You start by placing your turnabout image face down onto the alignment aid.

Your next step is placing the Turnabout Jig in the base of your MISTI with the number *1* at the top right corner.  Then you align the *X* on the alignment aid on top of the *X* on the jig.  

You close your MISTI lid to pick-up the stamp, and then peel the alignment aid off ... and TA DA ... your turnabout stamp is perfectly placed.

The Turnabout Jig has registration marks, so you know exactly where to place your card base ... you just use some temporary adhesive on the back of the cardstock to stick it down to the JIG for rotating.

The printed numbers on the Jig help you make sure you always have your cardstock positioned correctly.

And as always, with the fourth stamping in your MISTI, you have a gorgeous 4-color background.  The extra ink cleans off very easily from the Jig once you lift up your cardstock.

I finished my card using the layout from Try Stampin' or Not on Tuesday.

The bonus theme is water-color, so I punched a butterfly from a scrap of water-colored paper to embellish my card ,,, I love that tiny bit of purple with all of those gorgeous blues.

Stephanie Severin

Ingenious Inkling

Team Tuesday with Stephanie

For today's cards, I had fun using both my MISTI and my Cut-Align with some Technique Junkies Coffee Stamps.

I started by stamping my Technique Junkies Bunch of Beans Coffee Background using three different colors of Brown Versafine Clair Inks onb Ivory Cardstock.  I used the lightest brown in the center and worked my way out to the darkest.  I love how my MISTI makes blending the ink for Ombre Stamping so very easy.

Next I used my Cut-Align to cut my Beans into five strips ... it makes it so easy to get things lined up to cut the same width with all of the various horizontal and vertical lines.  

To keep my strips in order, I numbered them in pencil on the back.  Next I used my Cut-Align and the ruler on my cutting mat to line of up strips 1, 3 & 5 using a repositionable adhesive.  I love the flexibility the longer Cut-Align ruler gives me to position and cut pieces for larger cards.

Next I used my Cut-Align to make sure everything was lined-up top-to-bottom, so everything is perfectly centered on my card base before trimming off the excess kraft cardstock.

Next I used my MISTI to stamp my focal image ... Technique Junkies First Coffee ... in the lightest brown Versafine Clair Ink on Ivory Cardstock.

I used my Cut-Align to cut a perfect mat of brown card stock.

I assembled my finished card with a wrap of Coffee Twine.

I'm linking-up at the Just Us Girls Challenge to use a Background Stamp.

For my second card I versed my inking using the darker brown at the center of the Bunch of Beans Stamp.

Next I performed a little stamp surgery to remove the sentiment from my First Coffee image, so I could pair the cute cat with another Coffee Sentiment.  If you cut carefully, it is easy to reassemble the image and sentiment using your MISTI for future stamping.

Back to my Cut-Align for more sentiment trimming.

And with an orange image mat for this one, a second Coffee Bean card was born.

Can't wait to see what backgrounds and sentiments you cut-up with your Cut-Align.

Stephanie Severin

Ingenious Inkling

Team Tuesday with Stephanie

The MISTI is fantastic for mass producing cards ... today I used it to combine multiple stamps for background stamping.  My snowflakes and sentiments are from Technique Junkies Snowflakes Set (you can use my code TJ10Stephanie for 10% off anything in the Technique Junkies Store).

I positioned the snowflakes to cover my watercolor panel, and then inked-them with Gina K. Designs White Pigment Ink.  I used my Creative Corners, Bar Magnet and Round Magnet to hold my paper in place and allow the snowflakes to overlap the edges of the paper.

After I inked, I clear embossed the background. My next step was to spray the backgrounds with Shimmering Bliss Spray for a resist technique.  I've used the same long cardboard box for spraying for years.  The one on the left is Ocean Depth and the right is Lapis Lazuli.

After the Shimmering Bliss Spray dried, I began assembling my cards.  I love the gorgeous shimmer with my snowflakes.  This one used Dolphin Cove Spray on the background and my punched snowflake.

 

I added a large felt snowflake and sticker sentiment.

I'm linking this card up at Just Us Girls Emboss Resist Challenge.

The MISTI also allows me to stamp the group of sentiments from the Technique Junkies Snowflake Set all at the same time, emboss at the same time, and then trim ... speeding-up the process.

For my next card, I used this week's  Fusion Card Challenge Inspiration Photo & Sketch for my card.

Since one of the sentiments said "A Snowflake is Winter's Butterfly", I thought it would be perfect.  I pulled in the vibrant colors from the photograph to create my card.

I embossed my pink panel with more snowflakes and added a snowflake punched from watercolor paper for my accent.

Next I used this week's TGIF Challenges Sketch for my design.

I combined the Dolphin Cove Colored Background with three shades of brown ink inspired by the cozy inspiration photo from the January Elemental Challenge at Daring Cardmakers.

I wrapped my card with a variegated brown twine and then added some gems to the centers of my punched snowflakes. 

Another way to do a MISTI background is use a single stamp and move the paper around in the MISTI.  I did that with the Large Snowflake.

For this one I sprayed it with Mardi Gras Purple Shimmering Bliss ... how pretty is that purple.  I combined it with some lighter purple cardstock to let the background shine.

I hope I've given you some ideas about how to create backgrounds with your MISTI ... go forth and STAMP.

Stephanie Severin

Ingenious Inkling