Clearly iStamp: A Masked Kiss Part 1 of 2

August 21, 2009

A Masked Kiss Part 1 of 2

Hi, its Katie here again to bring you some more stamping fun. What do you think of my title?? Just having some fun :) Today I wanted to feature a new stamp that debuted on the same day of the new online store front. If you didn't know, Lori introduced quite a few new Dollar Stamps (scroll down just a tad). Just a note here for clarification - Dollar Stamps usually range from $1.00 - $3.00. The stamp I'm featuring today is called Rubber Boots and is just plain cute and very versatile.

I'm going to use the outline stamp of the boot to show you a technique called masking, which is the creation of a "mask" to cover your stamped image so that you can stamp over your original image. Take a look below.

First, you will want to stamp your image on a post it note. Make sure to stamp part of the image on the sticky part of the note. In the case of the boot, I placed the boot which is the most solid part of the image on the sticky part.

Cut out your image. This is a great image to cut out, not a lot of tiny spots! I didn't cut out the little details on the rubber handles for the boots and I think the image turned out great.

*Cutting tip - move your paper, not your scissors.

Next, stamp your image onto your cardstock (or wait - always do a first run) then lay your "mask" over your stamped image.

Then stamp you image next to and over the masked image. You'll see why my picture is labeled "wrong".

See what happened? That's why I always practice :)

Now for the correct way.

And you can just keep on going and going and going.

Hey, this is what it looks like with my twins!

So that's it for masking, but before I get to the naughty stuff, I wanted to share how the other boot looks in the set. On the top half, I stamped the individual pieces and on the bottom I stamped what the image will look like all put together.

Ok, now for the kiss... this kind of kissing is the most innocent type there is. Its a matching of a background type of stamp married to another image stamp to get a very sweet result.

I grabbed an old favorite... Too Sweet (special discount applies until the end of the month) to help me out.

Stamp your image and make sure that your other stamp is ready to go on its block.

Stamp you inked image right onto your background stamp. Press and lift.

Then stamp onto your cardstock and add the other images to finish it off.

Now... I did say that this is post one of 2 posts so I'll show you the card front that is an integral part of Tuesday's post. I have very specific dimensions to the card and I'll share that with you on Tuesday too along with rest... but in the meantime, isn't this rubber boot just precious?

Sentiment is from this cute set called Charliene April Showers. I won't be using an additional stamps for the follow up post so feel free to add this little guy to your shopping cart *wink*.

Oh, and one final note. If you haven't been over to the Clear Dollar Stamps new store front, you better head on over. You are definitely missing some sweet eye candy and some yummy specials.

And, the GRAND PRIZE for the Grand Re-Opening is still open until August 31st. CLICK HERE to read all the details. Thanks as always for coming to visit us here at Clearly iStamp and I hope you have a fabulous weekend ahead!

Katie signing off for Clearly iStamp.

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