Masking in the Spotlight

It's time for another spotlight challenge at Crafty Cardmakers and this week the spotlight falls on Masking - this can be using a bought mask (or stencil), making your own, stamping your main image and masking over it before you do your background, using torn paper as a mask, but NOT a picture of a mask.

There is a great stamp as a prize for our winner this week so pop on over to the challenge blog and check it out!

I have used two images from Lavinia stamps, masking the fairy one while stamping the fairy houses  as a background. I also used a masking method I saw in Craft Stamper magazine to stamp a flowery border - using a rectangle of paper held down with blu-tack and stamping a variety of flowers in different colours to create a frame. I used a combination of distress inks and Promarkers to colour the image and stamped the flowers with the distress inks.

Entering this in the following challenges: 

Crafty Pad - particular style, easel/fold back/tri shutter/rocker, etc. 

Stamptacular Sunday - Must use a stamp - use 2 of the same thing

Secret Crafter - Here Comes Summer

Alphabet Challenge - I for Insect  (butterfly)

Crafty Catz -  Colors of Summer 

Little Miss Muffet Challenges - Red, orange, yellows

Some Odd Girl - Bright & blinding colours (no pastels) 
Gingerloft - Add beads
Happileigh Scrappin - Frame it

Bunny Zoe's Crafts - Fairies