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Make It Monday #248: Ink Blending Through Die Cut Masks

May 9, 2016      Nichole Heady      28 Comments

This week, join Lizzie as she shows her tips for ink blending with your own die cut masks!

 

MIM 248 You Make Me Happy Card

MIM 248 You Make Me Happy Close Up

If you are joining along this week, here are the details concerning the Make It Monday Challenge.

–A new Make It Monday Challenge will go up every Monday morning at 9am EST.

–Create a project utilizing your take on the challenge. Your project must use at least one Papertrey product and ink blending with a die cut mask.

–Please enter new projects only.

–Post your project on your blog, in your gallery or on any other photo-hosting site (such as photobucket or flickr).

–-Add your project to our InLinkz list below.  ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON PLEASE.  

–You will have until 6am, Monday, May 16, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win. 

–One randomly selected winner will be chosen from ALL the entries on Monday,  May 16, after 6am. The winner will be posted here on this blog post, on Twitter and Facebook. The randomly selected winner will get a $25 PTI gift certificate to spend however they like!

Good luck to everyone and we look forward to seeing your projects!

EDITED TO ADD RANDOMLY SELECTED WINNER:

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Congrats to Gracie G! Please send a note to Customer Service and provide them with your full name and the email address you would like your gift certificate sent to! Thanks to everyone for playing along and sharing your talents with us!

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  1. Greta H says

    May 9, 2016 at 9:35 AM

    Love your card, Lizzie! I’ve only tried a vellum mask once, but you’ve inspired me to give it another go. Probably I needed the heavy weight as you didn’t have any trouble with the point at the top of the heart. Thank you for a great video!

    Reply
  2. Donna Phelan says

    May 9, 2016 at 10:37 AM

    Love your card and this technique! Pretty!

    Reply
  3. Marybeth says

    May 9, 2016 at 10:51 AM

    Love your card and video! Can’t wait to play!

    Reply
  4. Vicki A says

    May 9, 2016 at 11:33 AM

    I love your card Lizzie. Do you know if there is a tutorial on how to cut striped paper diagonally? I did try and used up a whole sheet, which seems wasteful. Thank you.

    Reply
  5. Anna Kossakovskaya says

    May 9, 2016 at 11:33 AM

    One of my favorite techniques! Will play for sure!

    Reply
  6. Joan VanCourt says

    May 9, 2016 at 11:35 AM

    Love this. I love the make it Mondays !

    Reply
  7. maria f. says

    May 9, 2016 at 11:47 AM

    Love your card design, Lizzie!

    Reply
  8. Janet L. Castle says

    May 9, 2016 at 11:52 AM

    Lovely card Lizzie….thanks for sharing!
    Paper Hugs,
    Jan

    Reply
  9. Holly Saveur says

    May 9, 2016 at 12:19 PM

    Gorgeous card and great idea!

    Reply
  10. Roberta says

    May 9, 2016 at 12:21 PM

    I have no clue why you sponge the ink all over the vellum outside of the cutout image. The resulting card is pretty, but can’t you just work within the cutout part as well as a tiny bit outside of it to ensure smooth edges? Why sponge such a large area? ?

    Reply
  11. Helen Gullett says

    May 9, 2016 at 1:18 PM

    Great technique!

    Reply
  12. Dawn@Petals.Paper.SimpleThymes says

    May 9, 2016 at 1:36 PM

    So pretty, Lizzie! What a great idea to die cut your masks on vellum. I’m sure that will really be helpful for smooth ink blending. Can’t wait to try it! I have vellum cardstock, so I think the masks will be strong enough to reuse again and again. Thank you so much for sharing this wonderful technique, Lizzie! ♡

    Reply
  13. Michele W says

    May 9, 2016 at 2:24 PM

    Sweet card. Thanks for the great video and for sharing this technique. I never thought of using vellum to create masks but will definitely be giving it a try.

    Reply
  14. Lizzie Jones says

    May 9, 2016 at 3:16 PM

    It’s a personal preference, I suppose. I’ve tried blending a few different ways with varying sizes of scrap paper and this is just the way that has worked best for me. You’re free to use however much scrap space you need to get the results that you’re happy with though. I hope you’ll play along!

    Reply
  15. Lizzie Jones says

    May 9, 2016 at 3:20 PM

    Vicki, I don’t think there’s a video specifically regarding cutting the striped paper on a diagonal. I tend to just eyeball the angle, trim off one corner, and do the other three edges from there. If I’m careful I can typically get two card fronts from one sheet of paper. You do use up more paper, but I love how it looks so much that I’m willing to deal with the waste. I also keep the excess bits and use them for die cuts and small accents, so less is wasted that way.

    Reply
  16. Florence Pangelinan says

    May 9, 2016 at 4:33 PM

    Lovely card, and great technique. TY for sharing.

    Reply
  17. Trina P. says

    May 9, 2016 at 5:02 PM

    Beautiful card. Love the soft muted colors.

    Reply
  18. Sharon H. says

    May 9, 2016 at 5:24 PM

    Great idea using vellum as a masking element. Very sweet card! Thanks for the great video.

    Reply
  19. ShirleyD says

    May 10, 2016 at 4:29 AM

    Love your colorful card. Great technique using vellum as a mask…thank you for the inspiration.

    Reply
  20. Pam D. says

    May 10, 2016 at 7:40 AM

    Beautiful card… I’ll have to try this lovely technique.

    Reply
  21. Renee Lewis says

    May 10, 2016 at 8:01 AM

    I think using the colored card stock for the card base is very pretty. I have always used the neutrals but I like this better. Thanks again for all the information on how each card is made.

    Reply
  22. Andrea says

    May 10, 2016 at 10:41 AM

    Thanks for some great ideas. And remember, you can buy great vellum from me at ParchmentCraftUSA.com

    Reply
  23. LauraJane:) says

    May 12, 2016 at 12:21 PM

    Such a great idea to use vellum..I have never thought of that very helpful detail! Thanks Lizzie:)

    Reply
  24. Madonna Roberts says

    May 12, 2016 at 4:49 PM

    Love all the new items. Waiting for release.

    Reply
  25. Manuela says

    May 13, 2016 at 6:22 AM

    super technique and beautiful card

    Reply
  26. Marlena M says

    May 13, 2016 at 9:31 AM

    Such a great card! Thank you for improving my stenciling skills with your tutorial~

    Reply
  27. Maye M.L. says

    May 15, 2016 at 8:10 PM

    Very creative technique and enjoyable video. Thanks for the inspiration. Cheers!

    Reply
  28. Martha says

    May 16, 2016 at 2:11 AM

    Thanks, Lizzie, for the fun MIM and the lovely inspiration.

    Reply

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