2 easy masking techniques for cardmakers + national ice cream day
Happy National Ice Cream Day! Today I'm celebrating with my ice cream friends Ben & Jerry, LOL! I'm also joining in little hop with some of my crafty friends and I've got two super easy masking techniques to share.
If you are hopping with us, you should be arriving from Ilina's wonderful blog (and if you would like to join us, you can start over on the EH blog).
Now when I say easy masking techniques, I mean so VERY easy! One is a quick way to make color blocked backgrounds like the Mint & Neapolitan ice cream inspired backgrounds I made. And the other is a little more like a masking cheat. Here's quick video...
I love how these ice cream inspired cards came out! It was so fun to pair the Essentials By Ellen Little Lady & Little Gentleman with the sweet treats from the Catherine Pooler I Scream You Scream set! Before you hop along to Jen's fantastic blog, we've got prizes! We are giving away $25 to the EH shop and $25 to the Catherine Pooler shop! To enter for a chance to win, make sure to leave comments at each stop along the hop! Two random & lucky commenters will win! Comment before Sunday, July 28th at 11:59pm PST. Winners will be notified by email.
Thanks so much for stopping by and hope you get to enjoy a little ice cream treat today! Carly
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Love your Mint and Van-Choc-Straw backgrounds!!! Thats what we called Neapolitan when I was a kid. So fun--and those Leading kiddos sure look happy!!! Fun and creative---TFS!
CAS style cards - yay! What's not to like? I really like the Little Lady & Little Gentleman stamp sets. Your cards are so representative of summertime.
Great fun cards, Carly! I love your creative ideas for backgrounds, especially the triple flavour look! Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring our crafting!
45 comments:
Too cute !I love how the girl card looks like Neapolitan ice cream! GENIUS!
Oh Carly, these are SUPER sweet!
Adorable!
Great example of adding a simple but effective background
So sweet and fun—thank you for sharing.
Love your cards! Clever to make the inked backgrounds ice cream inspired. Love them!
Love what you created! The background is so clever.
oh I love the background of "Neapolitan flavor" ice cream! And "Oh boy!" card. lol What a fun card you created!
So cute. I love that he has SO MUCH ice cream!!
Love your Mint and Van-Choc-Straw backgrounds!!! Thats what we called Neapolitan when I was a kid. So fun--and those Leading kiddos sure look happy!!! Fun and creative---TFS!
Very cute cards. Nice job.
Love the backgrounds, great idea!! Your coloring is awesome. Your designs are fabulous and the children are adorable!!
These little people are so cute! I love the way you masked the backgrounds! I'm a big fan of purple tape, too!
How wonderful Carly, I especially love how you have added a Neapolitan background to the girly card, it's such a fun element!
Really sweet cards. I love these stamps and the colors are wonderful.
CAS style cards - yay! What's not to like? I really like the Little Lady & Little Gentleman stamp sets. Your cards are so representative of summertime.
Lovely cards. I really like the wide stripes of color on them.
Marisela Delgado said: The combination of pink, brown, and white reminds me of neopolitan ice cream. mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com
Super cute cards! I soon as I saw them I thought mint and Neapolitan.
Absolutely adorable cards! Thanks for the techniques in how to line up the blending too!
Cute cards and
great inking on
them and darling
little pelple.
Carla from Utah
Your cards are so cute. Really liked the background.
Cute cards and great tips! I need to remember those.
I love your cards. Thanks for reminding us how easy it is to mask.
Super cute cards in awesome color combos! Love the way one card reminds me of Neopolitan ice cream! Great coloring of the images too!
Loved the backgrounds on both the cards ,perfectly complement the adorable images ! Both the cards are amazing !
Sweet! Your masking tip is so easy! These cards are so fun and CAS! Love them!
Cute cards and great coloring and tips! Thanks for sharing!
Fun cards.. the one with the girl, the background totally reminded me of an ice-cream sandwich!
Oh my goodness! I love how you made the backgrounds of your cards to remind us of ice cream flavors! So original. Thanks for the inspiration!
Thank you for the great tips! Love the colors and the "mask-hack" for fitting the cone into the hands. TFS.
My mouth is watering just looking at those fabulous backgrounds! Wonderful cards, Carly!!
Your cards are darling! I love the little kids and the sweet treats incorporated into the design.
Such a cool cards.. thanks for the video tutorial..
Great fun cards, Carly! I love your creative ideas for backgrounds, especially the triple flavour look! Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring our crafting!
Very cute cards! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for sharing your tips and the technique video, easy is always fab with masking.
Thanks for the masking tips.
Very cute cards love the images.
Super cute cards. I like the color blocking you did - it really makes the characters stand out.
Marisela Delgado said: Super cute cards. Cute colors, too. mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com
Your cards are delicious - my mouth is watering!
Neopolitan colours! I love it!
Awesome card designs. :)
Simply darling!
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