Animal Farm

Animal Farm

Hallo Everyone!

Here's the last in our series

on Animal Farm so sit back

and relax, perhaps with a

cuppa?  Claire Jackson is

going to take you to the

farm......................

"One of my favourite techniques is 

to use masking to create images which 

appear to be layered and have depth, 

but which are actually flat. 

Admittedly it might sometimes be easier

 to decoupage the images...............

but where’s the fun in that?!

First I stamped the cat slightly off centre on a 5” square

 of card and again on a sticky note.

 Next I cut the sticky note to create a mask

 and layered a stencil on top. 

If you think you might move it use 

masking tape to keep it in place.

 I cut a circle from the centre of a piece 

of card and layered it over the image 

and the first stencil 

(keeping the circle from the middle.)

I sponged Distress Ink over the aperture

 and stencil. I then removed the stencil and

 drew around edge of the aperture with

 a fine pen and added stamping over the top.

When I removed the sticky note mask 

the aperture it looked like this.

Next I masked the cat again with the

 sticky note and used the circle to mask off

 the centre, before adding stamping to the 

outside part of the card and splatters 

of Distress Ink.

 Leaving this when I took the masks away.

I coloured the image with alcohol markers

 and added a shadow around the cat

 and the circle to create the illusion of depth.

 Next I added a sentiment and made two

 tiny holes through which I threaded 

a paper flower.     Oh all right, 

so it’s not completely flat!

To finish off I mounted it on a card blank...

before doing another one!"

Materials

Stamps
White stamping card
Card blank
Archival Ink
Distress Ink
Masks and stencils
Alcohol pens
Paper flowers

Thank you Claire - they're

great cards

Well, that's set me up for the

day ahead.  If I hit a sticky spot

I shall think of this tutorial and

smile..............I hope!

Have e a good day

'Till tomorrow

Mickie xx