Today, I’m so happy to be taking part in the Papercrafters unite against racism YouTube hop. The goal of this hop is to come together to stand behind our crafty sisters and brothers of colour not just in the art industry, but also to show our support in the never-ending fight for equality all over the world. Hopefully, you will be introduced to new crafters in the industry highlighting them within our industry. I am looking forward to finding new crafters too and widen my exposure to new crafters as well.
Creating the masked stamping
Start off by die-cutting a rectangle using Waffle flower A2 layering dies out of Inkadinkadoo masking paper. Now position this onto a white card panel using your T-ruler to line this up straight.
For this card, we’re going to use the Altenew ruffled flowers stamp set which is a layering stamp. Now, to work out the position, take the outline layer and position that over the panel until you’re happy with the position. Next, place the first layer of the florals down over the outline layer, close your MISTI door and remove the outline layer. For this first layer on this floral, stamp this in Catherine Pooler Sugared Lavender ink. The second cluster of florals was stamped in Catherine Pooler Pink Champagne ink.
Building up the layers
Repeat this for the remaining florals around the masked area and then move onto the second layer of the stamps. For these, you don’t need the outline layer to align the second layer as you can easily align these up over the stamped layer. So for the purple flowers, use Catherine Pooler A Queen For A Day ink and for the pink florals use Catherine Pooler Sangria ink.
To add a little more interest to the florals, stamp the outline layers in WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink. Next, cover this with WOW! Metallic Gold Rich Pale embossing powder.
I would advise you removing the masking paper before you heat set, as the heat gun may affect the adhesive on the masking paper. So after the first outline is heat-set, reposition the masking paper back onto the card, and repeating inking and covering with embossing powder before heat setting.
Finishing the card off
When you’ve finished you have a lovely decorative floral frame around a white rectangle space. For the sentiment, heat emboss ‘You can go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending’ from the Altenew Reason to Smile stamp set. This sentiment seemed quite appropriate, as a lot of us may feel we have to start where we are as we can’t change what has already happened, but we can educate ourselves and change the outcome.
So, this was stamped onto black card and heat set with WOW! Opaque Bright white embossing powder. Next, trim this down and foam mount onto the front of the card. The whole panel was added to a white card base and finish off Plum Sequin mix from Lucy’s cards.
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Supplies
masked stamped layering
Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you at these shops: Altenew (ALT), Scrapbook.com (SB), Hero Arts (HA), Picket Fence Studios (PF), My Favourite Things (MFT), and Craft Stash UK/US (CS UK/US).
All other shops are not affiliated links: Bumbleberry Papercrafts (BP) and WOW! UK/US (WOW UK/US).
 Ruffled Flowers – Altenew Shop at: ALT | SB | BP |  Reason To Smile – Altenew Shop at: ALT | CS (UK) | BP |  A2 Layers Die – Waffle Flower Shop at: SB | BP | WF |
 Pink Champagne – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: SB | CPD |  Pink Champagne Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: SB | CPD |  Sangria Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: SB | CPD |
 Sangria Reinker – Catherine pooler Designs Shop at: SB | CPD |  Sangria Ink Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |  Queen for a Day Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: SB | CPD |
 Queen for a Day Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: SB | CPD |  Queen for a Day Ink Bundle – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: CPD |  Sugared Lavendar Ink – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: SB | CPD |
 Sugared Lavendar Reinker – Catherine Pooler Designs Shop at: SB | CPD |  WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink refill Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
 WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad & refill Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) |  Opaque Bright White -WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |  Metallic Gold Rich Pale – WOW! Embossing Powder Shop at: CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
 Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb Cardstock Shop at: SB | BP | Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb Cardstock Shop at: BP |  Original MISTI – My Sweet Petunia Shop at: ALT | SB | HA | BP |
 Gina K Designs – Connect Glue Shop at: BP |  Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam squares 1/4″ white Shop at: SB | BP |  Inkadinkdoo Stamping Mask Paper Shop at: SB | BP |
 WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (UK version) Shop at: CS (UK) | WOW (UK) | WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (US version) Shop at: WOW (US) |  Teflon Bone Folder – Lawn Fawn Shop at: BP |
 Tim Holtz 8.5 Inches Comfort Trimmer – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |  Trim and Score Board – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |  QuickStik – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
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Ways to help the fight against racism
Instagram Accounts of Black Crafters (Thanks Kristina Werner!)
List of Ways to Help (Thanks Jennifer McGuire!)
If you’re looking for a way to help, please consider donating to one of the following charities:
• Black Table Arts – organizes and brings in black artists into communities and provides creative spaces for leadership
• The Loveland Project – helps provide therapy for black women and girls
• Fair Fight – a movement to ensure free and fair elections
• Black Girls Code – a movement to increase women of colour in STEM fields and exposes girls to computer science and technology
• The Bail Project – mission to combat mass incarceration and reshape the pretrial system in the United States and helps reunite families.
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DISCLOSURE
This post was produced as part of any design team work. I create projects with creative control and produce projects I am proud of and with products that I love. The information provided is based on my own personal experience – I am not an expert.
6 thoughts on “Masked stamp layering – Papercrafters unite against racism”
Absolutely beautiful card! Your stamping and embossing are so layered and luxurious. I love the sentiment too – we can’t change the past, but we can change the future!
Aww thanks Haley!
Beautiful card! Hopping along!
Thanks Riika 🙂
Love the colors in this card! The gold embossing makes it so stunning!
Great and true sentiment on your beautiful, stylish card !
Thank you for sharing your project in this great and important blog hop.