Harvest Blessings

Have you ever heard of Mortise Masking?

Well...here's a card I made using this technique.


First - I made a mask by die cutting out a piece of cardstock using Spellbinders Labels 8 set. Next - I put the mask over the card base and stamped the Mesh Background. Then - leaving the mask in place, I used a Sponge Dauber and inked around the edges to darken it up a bit.

THAT my friends is Mortise (reverse) Masking.
PRETTY DARN COOL!

I LOVE the NEW A Muse Studio Holiday Catalog that was just released...but lets not forget the AWESOME holiday stamp sets available in the regular catalog. Like the sets I used on my card: Harvest Blessings, Happy Jacks and Mesh Background. BUT...I did use the NEW Wasabi ink on the Mesh Background and NEW French Roast Flocking on the pumpkin stems. MAN I love getting new stuff!!!

Julie Ebersol - Director of Education for A Muse Studio - did a fantastic video showing how to do this technique. Check it out!


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All supplies are available from my A Muse Studio website.

Recipe:
Stamps - Harvest Blessings, Mesh Background, Happy Jacks
Inks - Evergreen, Pumpkin, Nutmeg, Buttercup, Wasabi; Versafine Onyx Black
Papers - Kraft cardstock, Sugar cardstock (used to make mask)
Misc. - Spellbinders Labels 8, Big Shot Die Cut Machine, French Roast Twine, French Roast Flocking, Sponge Daubers, Quickie Glue Pen, 3D Foam Adhesive