Love you Dad

I was very excited and honored when Clare (Bearydo Paperie), asked me to be a guest designer at Simply Stamping Crafts!  The May 4th card challenge is "Masking".  It's not a technique I use often, but I've seen some fabulous cards made using it!  I decided to keep my card very simple for those who have never tried this technique.
 

 I used "You're the Man" stamp set from Practicing Creativity to create my card.  First I stamped the license plate image on a post it note and cut it out.  Then I stamped the license plate on my card.  I covered the stamped image with the post it note image, and then stamped the screws over top, staggering the placement.  This is "masking", where the post it note covered the license plate image on the card none of the ink from the screws showed up, and the screws appear to be placed behind the license plate (hope that explanation makes sense ;)  To finish my card, I stamped the sentiment inside the license plate.  As I said, this is a super simple example of masking, be sure to check out the DT creations over at Simply Stamping Crafts.  Better yet, try your hand at this technique and play along with the challenge!