Listen in on this conversation with Alice Boll fromScrapbook Wonderland. We’ll step through the looking glass and find scrapbooking inspiration and creativity, and also hear about her Scrap Happy online scrapbooking community. It is always a pleasure to chat with these creative woman, no matter what type of create hobbies they pursue as everyday artists!
Alice Boll and Kristie Sloan at the 2016 ScrapHappy Reunion.
Please welcome my friend, Alice Boll! She is graciously doing a guest post for me, and you are going to enjoy the information on maskingwhich she is sharing with us today! You’ll see in coming episodes, that her information on masks will tie in so well as we learn about all the things you can do with Gelatos and many other things! So, here’s Alice!
Alice Boll from Scrapbook Wonderland
Hi! I’m Alice Boll from Scrapbook Wonderland. Thank you, Kristie for inviting me to share my passion for scrapbooking with you.
Scrapbooking is a wonderful hobby! I’m always surprised at the creative ways I can play with art supplies on my layouts. One technique I find myself using over and over again is the use of masks. I hope I’ll inspire you to use the wonder of masks for your next artful adventure!
Masks have two main purposes.
The 2 purposes of a mask:
1. To apply an art medium TO a specific area.
2. To prevent an art medium FROM being applied to a specific area.
What is an art medium? This sounds so technical! It’s simply the kind of material you are using or playing with. Examples of art mediums are:
*This is not an exhaustive list… get creative and use your imagination!
Art medium ideas to get you started using masks.
The 2 Kinds of masks:
Masks you buy. You can purchase pre-made masks or templates. Some of my favourites are from Julie Fei-Fan Balzer. A great thing about a mask you purchase is that it is easy to wash it up and use it over and over again.
Here I used spray ink with a Balzer Designs template as a mask.
Here I used modeling paste with a Donna Downey template as a mask.
Close up of the modeling paste texture.
2. Masks you make or find. Create your own mask. Use a die-cut machine or punch to cut shapes out of paper or plastic. You can also use a ‘found object’ like a bottle cap or jar lid as a mask.
Here I cut scraps of chipboard with a punch before misting a background.
If I cut a custom mask out of lightweight plastic I mark the size and save both parts… now I have 2 masks to play with!
Once you start experimenting with masks you will find many more creative ideas!
Fun Idea! Use a mask to create a shape when clustering embellishments.
The large scalloped circle in the background was made, and stamped, with a mask!
Want to see a creative use of masks? Watch Chris Sebo, a spray paint artist in Hawaii. I was amazed when I saw him perform his spray paint magic on Waikiki beach in Hawaii. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wcsogbWzd1c
I hope you have fun exploring the artistic wonders of masks! I welcome you to visit me at Scrapbook Wonderland for more great tips and tricks!
Joanna Grant from Joanna Banana Original Designs who has a blog about Mixed Media with Recycled Materials kindly gave me a Liebster Award. It is an award awarded by bloggers to other bloggers. It’s really about discovering new blogs which don’t have a huge following yet.
Thank you, Joanna for thinking of my blog and giving me this award. I feel so honored to accept this and pass it on to five other very deserving bloggers!
ABOUT THE AWARD
This award was designed to be a blog award in the pay it forward fashion. Once you’ve been nominated, you award it to five blogs that you like that have fewer than 200 followers, to encourage new visitors to visit these blogs.
RULES FOR ACCEPTANCE
Thank the person who gave you the award and link back to their blog. Post the award onto your blog. Give the award to five bloggers who you appreciate that have fewer than 200 followers. Leave a comment on their blog letting them know that you have given them this awesome award!
PAY IT FORWARD
It’s hard to choose only five bloggers who I find inspiring but here are my choices of art blogs that have less than 200 followers and that I know you will enjoy:
(I may have included a blog with over 200 followers as the number of followers was not always listed but I still felt that these individuals were very deserving as some of these are newer blogs!)
Recipients, you may copy and paste to your blog and change the introduction and the list of blog awards. I hope that you decide to participate and award some other very deserving artists. Make their day!!!
Cheers to YOUR Creativity!
Kristie
NOTE:There really doesn’t seem to be an official Liebster Award site, and if you do the techno-research, you can actually find several versions. I think it is a great idea, and even in it’s chain letter style, I still appreciate the thought and the idea of supporting other bloggers who are working to offer great content to others!
