Jillibean Soup - Stamped Succulents + Masking Tips

Hi there, just stopping in today to share a set of cards featuring an adorable stamp set by Jillibean Soup: YOU MAKE MISO HAPPY.  This set is part of the bigger You Make Miso Happy collection. For all three of today's cards, I've used masking to achieve different results. Masking is a great way to add visual depth without adding bulky layers to your card. For this first card, I've used masking to create this row of overlapping succulents. Here’s a quick video I did last week for Jillibean Soup's YouTube channel. Be sure to subscribe to the Jillibean Soup channel for some fantastic tips on everything from cards to scrapbooking to DIY home decor.

 

For this first card, I started by stamping the images I wanted to appear in the front, then masked those off before stamping the background plants. Also, by stamping the images in lots of different shades of green, it looks like I’ve used a lot more than just three unique plant images.

For all three cards, I used Distress Oxide inks. The pigment quality of these inks gave me great ink coverage, solid impressions, plus a whole assortment of greens. I've only used my Distress Oxide inks for backgrounds before, so it was fun to use them for stamping.

 

To add interest and get more mileage from this set, I stamped a row of the XOXO sentiment in light gray ink, trimmed it down, and placed it behind the succulent border, leaving just the bottoms of the letters showing. Instead of being a readable sentiment, it becomes a background pattern. The sentiment is a diecut from the YOU MAKE MISO HAPPY PEAPOD PARTS, and the butterfly and heart images are from the same YOU MAKE MISO HAPPY stamp set. 

Supplies: 

Jillibean Soup:

Stamps: You Make Miso Happy 

PeaPod Parts: You Make Miso Happy 

 Other: Ink: Lucky Clover, Mowed Lawn, Shabby Shutters, Bundled Sage, Twisted Citron, Evergreen Bough, Pumice Stone, and Scattered Straw Distress Oxide inks; Jet Black Archival Ink

 

I’ve used masking on these next two cards as well. For this card, I stamped a trio of pots and plants in the same color scheme as above.

Next, I cut three pots out of masking paper and placed them over the stamped pots. I added a horizontal strip of masking tape and then did some ink-blending to create a horizon line.

Last, I chose a sticker from the YOU MAKE MISO HAPPY COORDINATING STICKERS to add a pop of bright yellow. 

Supplies: 

Jillibean Soup:

Stamps: You Make Miso Happy 

Coordinating Stickers: You Make Miso Happy 

 Other: Evergreen Bough, Bundled Sage, Pumice Stone, Lucky Clover, Peacock Feathers, Mowed Lawn Distress Inks; Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangle die set

 

My last card features the same images and colors, but this time as a background. A rare (for me) one-layer card, too!

I mixed and matched pots, plants and colors for lots of variety. Once all the plants were stamped, I masked off the pots and added ink-blending to ground each plant.

My final steps were to add the crisp black stamped sentiment and some gray ink splatter.

Do you have a favorite of the three? I think mine is this last one!

Supplies: 

Jillibean Soup: 

Stamp Set: You Make Miso Happy 

 Other: Ink: Lucky Clover, Mowed Lawn, Shabby Shutters, Bundled Sage, Evergreen Bough, Pumice Stone, and Scattered Straw Distress Oxide inks; Onyx Black Versafine Ink 

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