Totally Tilda DT card and masking Tutorial

This is quite a long post so grab a brew and put you feet up lol.

over at Totally Tilda  our challenge as you may have guessed is masking,

now I used to dread the thought of masking, but now I love it and do it quite often,

I will show you my card first then the tutorial,

As you can see I have masked my images two times, a first for me as I usually only do it once lol,

still it was great fun! and do hope you will try it too,

The images are coloured with copics, then I have used a petite ovals large Nestie for the shape, I have machine stitched around this and also around my main paper edge,

the inner paper has again been roughly torn and then distress ink has been added to the edge,

my snow is liquid applique,

Masking Tutorial

here goes lol,

Basically you need your chosen stamps, some thing to do your masks with, I use post it notes as they are perfect but any thing that will stick and then can be easily removed is ok too,

I also use a woodware stamp positioner but there are others out there too, and of course your chosen ink pad, I use memento because I'm colouring with copics,

Here you can see I have stamped onto my post it note then carefully cut these out, you will notice I did not need to do the trees, ignore all the lines on Tilda this is perfectly normal when you  re- use it as a mask and I have put it on to show you, your newly made one will of course only have the image you have stamped,

You always start with your main image first then work backwards, seems a little strange at first but hey it works really well lol, so here Tilda has been stamped leaving enough room around her on my card stock for the other images,

Put your ready made mask on top off your stamped image, line it up carefully, remember yours will be just the stamped image, not all messy like mine  he he,

Take your stamp positioner and make sure  the angled piece buts firmly at the top edge and side of your large acylic piece, take your stamped image  and line up your block with your stamp into the corner so that it's in the right place for later 

next place this stamped image that is on your stamp positioner where you want it to be, you can move this around till you find the best place, here it shows Tildas hands will be resting on the bench and her bottom will be sat on it too, very carefully take away the large acylic positioner you have stamped your image on holding on to the angled one making sure this doesn't move, I find relaxing at this stage helps as I tend to get worked up and it sometimes moves lol, 

if this does happen however just do it again, placing the positioner with your image back into place, lining it all up, then carefully remove it,

remember to re ink your stamp too!
here I have already done the above and have then placed the mask of the bench on top of the mask of Tilda, my stamped images are underneath these masks and so are protected from any further stamping, my masks again look messy ignore that, there would just be Tilda and the bench on yours lol,

Do the same thing again with your tree stamp and your stamp positioner, lining it up at the corner and taking your stamped image on your block  into the corner,

Here my positioner is again placed over my masked images to get the correct placement then carefully removed again, leaving my angled piece in the correct place,

Here is the finished project with all the masking taken off and your ready to colour,

 Here I am going to show you know what it will look like if you don't line it up properly

Can you see the mistakes!
Tilda's hands look like they are in the middle of the bench as does her bum! lol

the trees are also  lower than the bench so Tilda looks like she is sat on a floating bench, this can be remedied  as I will just cut Tilda out and use her, but it means a lot of work wasted,
still it hopefully does show you
 "not to do as I did but what I say lol,"

 And here again is the finished project all coloured up,

challenges

Bunny Zoe's ~ Anything Christmas with pearls

Glitter fairies ~ Non Traditional  Christmas

Hanna and Friends ~ Sketch

Moving along with the times ~ let it snow

Mad for markers ~ Anything goes

The craft garden ~ Christmas with a twist

Just Magnolia ~ Ribbon

Edited to add
I won on Just Magnolia with this card

I hope you have enjoyed my Tutorial and will have a go,

thanks for looking,
have fun!
catch you later