Positive and Negative Masking

Hello there. Thanks for stopping by. You may have seen THIS post last week where I shared a few teacher cards. Like I mentioned, I love to spoil teachers and I wanted to make a few more cards to have on hand…

These cards were created by masking with the positive and negative portion of the die-cut. I started by cutting THIS burst frame die from Avery Elle out of several sheets of white cardstock. I also cut it from a sheet of THIS masking paper. I used a circle die from THIS die set and die-cut the center of the masking paper. I used the frame (the negative portion) to mask of each panel so I could stamp THIS background stamp inside the circle area.

Then I used the positive portion of the die-cutting (the circle) and placed it over what I just stamped. It covered the letters so I could apply three distress ink colors (Picked Raspberry, Abandoned Coral, and Spiced Marmalade) to the edges of the burst.

I stamped the apples from THIS Reverse Confetti stamp set using the same three colors of Distress Ink. Sometimes it’s difficult to get Distress Ink to stamp smoothly. I was able to get good coverage by repeat stamping with my MISTI.

I finished off the cards by adding a die-cut arrow using THIS die. I hope this inspires you to create a card using positive and negative masking.

Thanks for stopping by. Have a great day!

LINKS TO SUPPLIES USED:

Reverse Confetti ALL APPLES Clear Stamp Set	Hero Arts Cling Stamp ALPHABET SOUP BOLD PRINTS CG687	Simon Says Stamp SCRIBBLE HEART AND ARROW Wafer Dies sssd111539 You Have My Heart	Simon Says Stamp NESTED CIRCLES Wafer Dies sssd111466 Falling For You
Inkadinkado STAMPING MASK PAPER Dimensional Crafting 62-01022	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad PICKED RASPBERRY	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad ABANDONED CORAL TIM43188	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SPICED MARMALADE
Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS IBT40965	Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET 15 X 18 Reusable NSC20677	MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool Whole Kit and Kaboodle	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And White 660425
03441 Fiskars PREMIUM CUT LINE Paper Trimmer 12 Inches	Xyron STICKER MAKER XRN150	Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE FOLDER Tool	Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100# BLACK
Neenah Classic Crest 80 LB REAM Smooth Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets	Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad BLACK Ink008	3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE Permanent	WHITE FUN FOAM 12 Pack 9 x 12