Two-step Masking Fun with Stampin' Up!

All month I am using my favorite retiring products. Yesterday I used the two-step flowers from the Loveliest Layers Decorative Masks. What fun these masks are.

All the retiring product I used for this card are highlighted in pink.

Today, I;m using the hash mark mask from the Loveliest Layers Decorative Masks - it is also two step although you may not have realized it.

It was fun to create the background for  this card! You may not have realized that the mask can be turned 90 degree to get lines going two different directions. Here's how I created the background.

• Cut the cardstock for the background a bit oversized so you can use masking tape or washi tap to tape it to your grid paper. 
• Place the mask over the cardstock with the hash marks going up and down and tape it down also. 
• Use a sponge dauber to sponge Versamark Ink over the openings. 
• Remove the mask and heat emboss the cardstock with Black Embossing powder.
• Place the mask over the cardstock again but turn the hashmarks so they are going sideways -lining them up between the black hash marks.
• Use the sponge dauber to sponge versamark over the openings in the mask.
• Remove the mask and heat emboss with White Embossing Powder.
• Use a blending brush to brush Coastal Cabana Ink over the cardstock.
• Cut the cardstock to the size you want for the card. The piece i used for this card is 4 1/4" x 2 3/4". 

The card base is created wtih Bermuda Bay Cardstock, The background is covered with a grid die cut in Costal Cabana Cardstock with Organic Beauty Dies. The word and the Daisies are from the Sending Smiles Bundle. So many of these products are retiring! 

Note: Although the Sending Smiles stamp set and die are not retiring, the bundle price will be gone at the end of April.

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WIN A PACK OF PAPER

Leave me a comment this month and I'll enter your name in a drawing for a free pack of the New Core Colors 8 ½ x 11 cardstock (an $11 value). This pack of papers includes 2 each of the following 11 colors:

Azure Afternoon, Berry Burst, Blueberry Bushel, Bubble Bath, Fresh Freesia, Lemon Lime Twist, Lemon Lolly, Lost Lagoon, Pecan Pie, Lost Lagoon, Misty Moonlight and Pretty Peacock

You can get one entry for every comment you make. Tell me what things you would like to see posted on my blog or tell me what products you are sad to see retiring.

Product List

Loveliest Layers Decorative Masks [160517] $10.50 $7.35	Sending Smiles Bundle (English) [158707] $49.50	Organic Beauty Dies [158983] $42.00 $16.80
Bermuda Bay 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131197] $9.25	Coastal Cabana 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [131297] $9.25	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [159229] $8.75
Coastal Cabana Classic Stampin' Pad [147097] $8.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $6.00	Daffodil Delight Classic Stampin' Pad [147094] $8.00
Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $18.00