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Masking Techniques Part Two Weekly Wed. #89

Happy Birthday, Thinking of You, Weekly Wednesday Videos / March 18, 2026 / masking, series, Technique

Happy Wednesday all. You are half way to the weekend and the weather is looking fantastic. Of course any weather day is a good day for stamping, but sunny and warm is always nice. Today I am sharing with you a few more techniques as we continue with our masking fun.

I do hope these techniques will help you think outside the box when creating your hand-stamped cards. If you don’t have making paper, you can always use printer paper. The key is to use a thin paper so you will not have dramatic lines around your masked images. Stampin’ Up! masking paper just makes everything easier because it is adhesive backed. I love using this, especially when I am using the Blending Brushes…..so much easier!

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#89 Weekly Wed-Masking Techinques Part two Project Sheet

Here is a closer look at today’s cards!

I hope you enjoyed these techniques and that you are inspired to create something beautiful today! Happy Stamping!

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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Masking Techniques Part One ~Make It Monday #248

Happy Birthday, Make it Monday Videos, Stamping Techniques, Thank You / March 16, 2026 / masking, series, Technique

Hello my stamping friends. Due to the storms in St. Louis, this post may be posted a bit later that usual, but Praise the Lord we have power and this post will go out today. I pray that wherever you are the storms missed you as well. On Friday, I hosted a Masking Technique class and while I will not be sharing with you all of the techniques we learned. I am sharing a few masking techniques that I hope you will try. I will share a few more with you on Wednesday in the second part of this 2-part series.

One of the most important things you will need to know about masking, especially if you are creating a scene or staggering images, whatever you stamp first on your cardstock will be the image that is in front. Placing a mask on that image will allow you to stamp over the mask, thus putting the newly stamped image behind the first image you stamped.

Let’s take a closer look!

In this card I stamped the Cajun Craze pot and the leaves in it first (see video) and then the subsequent pots and leaves. I used colored pencils to create a table look and used a blender pen to smooth the lines. If you have not used the blender pens with your colored pencils, you are going to love them. Click here to check out our blender pens.

The second important thing about masking, is to use high quality masking paper and to trim as close to the design as possible. Click here to check out our Masking Paper. This will minimize the gaps between your stamped images. If you do get a small gap, again the blender pen with a little ink will help hide those gap lines.

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Masking techniques part one-make it monday #248

I hope you enjoyed today’s cards. Stop back on Wednesday for Masking Techniques-Part Two.

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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Painters Tape Techniques ~ Weekly Wed. #86

Make it Monday Videos, Stamping Techniques / February 25, 2026 / painters tape, Technique

Hey all I am back with two more cards using the Trusty Tools stamp set and dies. This time I have two techniques to share with you using plain old painters tape. Now if you are an avid crafter then you probably already have a roll of painters tape in your craft room. It can be used in so many great ways and now here are two more techniques. Check out the video below.

On Monday I shared two other cards using the Trusty Tools stamp set. CLICK HERE if you missed that video!

And now a closer look:

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#86 Painters Tape Techniques Weekly Wed. #86

I hope you enjoyed these techniques and will give them a try. I think they make super cool backgrounds. Thanks for joining me, stop back on Monday for another Make It Monday tutorial. Until then……Happy Stamping!

Thanks for stopping by!
Until next time, be blessed, Renae

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Weekly Wed #85 Fun with Dies

Weekly Wednesday Videos / February 18, 2026 / dies, Technique

Happy Wednesday everyone. Today I am having fun with creating some unique backgrounds using a few of our dies. I know you have plenty of dies in your stash, but if you want the ones I am using today, just click the Shop With Me Button at the end of this post! Enjoy free shipping today, tomorrow , and Friday! And if you haven’t picked up your product of the month for $5 now is a great time for that! Gottal love free shipping! Thanks so much!

In my first card I used Pool Party, Summer Splash, and Coastal Cabana. The other cards were created with Cherry Cobbler and two of our In-Colors, Timid Tiger and Darling Duckling. I hope you enjoy this fun technique.

A Closer Look at our fun backgrounds!

All you need are a few blending brushes and your favorite Stampin’ Up! ink pads! For my cards I used three colors, but of course you can experiment with more colors. If you need help with coordination, check out the color coach wheel that will help you with all the Stampin’ Up! colors.