Hello! This is Maria Sabina here and I’m super excited to be a guest designer for the Tonic blog today. 

I absolutely love stamping, coloring and mixing images from different stamp sets.  Sometimes I like to play with images and I try to give them a different feeling.

For example, I turned a banner into a list that the little mouse is reading. 

 I used images Warm Cocoa Wishes and Celebrate Sentiments stamp sets and I applied a  masking technique to create this super simple scene.

How I made this card

• First I stamped the banner stamp from Garden Party Stamps – Celebrate Sentiments on white cardstock.
• Next, I stamped the banner again on a post-it note and trimmed that with fine scissors.
• I placed the mask over the main stamped banner.
• Because I wanted to give the illusion of the mouse reading a long list, I stamped the big mouse behind the banner stamp.
• To add a little cute detail, I also stamped the little mouse at the bottom of the banner, as if he is hiding behind the long banner.
• Once I was done with stamping, I removed the post-it note and the result looked so nice!  Like a brand new design.
• To apply colours I used Nuvo Hybrid inks (listed below and Nuvo Alcohol markers.

Tips:

• What you stamp first and mask, it will be the full stamped and focal point image.
• Once you mask the first stamped image, anything you stamp over it will be partially stamped.
• Do the stamping and masking first and once you remove the masking, then you can start colouring.
• By doing the masking technique you are able to create new designs and dimensions.

That’s all for today,

Thanks for stopping by

Maria Sabina.

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