Don't ask me why

[littlekiwi]

I bought these ages ago way before they were marketed as a CU product....any suggestions on how to use them in my own scrapping? They've been reminding me they are in my stash for way way too long not being used

 

[keepscrappin]

I bought these ages ago way before they were marketed as a CU product....any suggestions on how to use them in my own scrapping? They've been reminding me they are in my stash for way way too long not being used

you could use them with blending modes to grunge up papers. You could also use them to blend big photos into layouts. Resize them for smaller photos. Recolor them to use as paints. Or clip papers to them… The possibilities are endless

 

[keepscrappin]

https://the-lilypad.com/store/CU-12x12-Painted-Paper-Masks.html

Allison has some examples in the store on how to use them. That might help you. @littlekiwi

Thanks for the enable! I’ve added these to my wish list

 

[littlekiwi]

@keepscrappin I did see the examples but I was still a bit lost without seeing actual layouts

 

[keepscrappin]

Here’s a blog post I did with some of Rachel’s masks for my big photo.
https://the-lilypad.com/mask-magic/
These masks from Allison would give a similar look. Just resize them down a bit and play with blend modes. HTH

 

[keepscrappin]

@littlekiwi ooops forgot to tag you

 

[Angela Toucan]

I use them to mask papers as part of layering to make the background look painted. I don't know how to search my gallery (or my finished pages on my harddrive) to find the individual layouts that use this product to share with you unfortunately.

 

[littlekiwi]

I use them to mask papers as part of layering to make the background look painted. I don't know how to search my gallery (or my finished pages on my harddrive) to find the individual layouts that use this product to share with you unfortunately.

no problem @Angela Toucan even you mentioning it gives me some ideas.

 

[Pachimac]

I love these!!!! I think I might buy them. I'm bad at making my own paint strokes.

 

[Tree City]

You can play with the opacity of the mask layer and, like Kayla @keepscrappin mentioned, you can change the mask layer's blend mode. (eta: those two things can really change the feel of the mask IMO. I do that often on Art Journaling pages.) And you can even layer the masks and clip different papers or photos OR clip a solid color/gradient layer to the paint mask layer(s) and then play with blending/opacity/etc. Shrink the layers to fit a photo, or to fit journaling on your page. Maybe just playing around with these options will lead to something you like, or just give you ideas for future pages.

 

[keepscrappin]

@littlekiwi - I had a chance to play with these painted masks.

I started with the kraft paper. Added the mask above it and turned the mask 90 degrees right and clipped the striped paper to it to make a more grungy background. HTH

 

[Dalis]

Yeah, I would click some to papes specially use some black, white or kraft color papers for a cool distress look.

 

[littlekiwi]

I finally found a use for them - I cut up two of them plus one was rotated and duplicated then used them to mask the tan paper on this layout

 

[wvsandy]

@littlekiwi Love how you used them on your LO! I've added this to my Wish List!

 

[dotcomkari]

@littlekiwi oh gosh that looks so freaking amazing...

 

[littlekiwi]

@littlekiwi oh gosh that looks so freaking amazing...

Thank you....heritage style layouts are so not my thing normally