Monday 23 February 2015

Muse, masking, monochrome and blending

Here's another card I managed to create this weekend. When I saw last week's Muse inspiration, I immediately thought of the frame of the Masterpiece Make It Market kit by Paper Trey Ink that I purchased last month.



I decided to combine the frame with the city stamp that was also included in the kit. I stamped both images in Navy Blue Mid-Tone ink (Hero Arts) onto Soft stone cardstock (PTI). I then stamped the city image again on a piece of Post-it to create a mask. I also masked off the sides and top of my sky and sponged in the sky with three shades of blue (Surf Blue by SSS, Pool by HA and Navy Blue by HA). I love how it turned out. Also love that the card can be used for different occasions, so I did not add a sentiment. I can always stamp a fitting sentiment on the inside when I want to send the card.

Below is the card by Marion Vagg that inspired my card.


Challenges:
Muse - 105 Inspired by this week's muse Marion Vagg
Addicted to CAS - 57 Mask
 CASology - 134 Monochrome
One-layer Simplicity - OLS13 You Blend!
ATSM - 132 Make you mark


15 comments:

  1. Stunningly CAS, I love all the white space, and the focal image just is so eye catching. Thanks for joining us at TASM.

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  2. Your card looks amazing Marianne:) Thank you so much for joining us this week at ATSM xx

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  3. Love how this turned out too Marianne! Just beautifully done. That frame really adds dimension to the card without layers! Thanks so much for sharing this lovely creation with us at CASology this week.

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  4. This is gorgeous, Marianne! A real CAS beauty!

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  5. A lovely CAS card! I love the focal image, brilliant :-)

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  6. Great take on the MUSE challenge - the sponged sky is fantastic!

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  7. Wow! I love your framed city. It is so beautiful and CAS.

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  8. I love your cityscape in that wonderful frame. Wonderful water coloring of the sky...

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  9. Wow, this is really eye-catching, great card, Liz x

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  10. Fabulous masked cityscape card here! Thanks for joining us at ATCAS!

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  11. Fabulous masking...love the shades of blue! So happy you could join us at ATSM!

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  12. This is an amazing take on the Muse! I love the way the frame draws you into the night scene! So glad you joined us at Muse and CASology this week!

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  13. You are on a roll - what an amazing card!

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  14. Wonderful card! I love the inking and how the frame really draws you into the scene.

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  15. Eeeep! This is so pretty!!! LOVE the shading you got for the sky, and these stamps are perfectly marvelous. Thanks so much for playing with us at the One-Layer Simplicity Challenge!

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