MCT September Mini Release Blog Hop!

Hello! You should have arrived from Nancy's Blog...if not, head HERE to start at the beginning. Today I am showing a masking technique using the new Just Tags die set from MyCreativeTime. I started by cutting the tag out of the middle of a square piece of Post It craft paper {it's sticky}...love this stuff to use for making masks. This is going to end up being a sort of one layer card. :) 

I free cut some of the Post It craft paper to make masks for snowy hills and added them over the negative space left by the tag...

Swirl on tumbled glass distress ink...

Then I added broken china around the edges and a little to the "window" edges...

I removed the hill masks and stamped the snowman from the It's A Magical Season set. Don't worry that it looks kinda crazy right now, there's a method to my madness. :) I white heat embossed the snow from the It's A magical Season . Make sure that you dry the distress ink before embossing or it'll stick where you do not want embossing powder. {mine did a little at the top}...but I'll fix it later...

And here's what it looks like after removing the square mask...

Here I added the tag mask over the scene I've been making to do some more stamping. I also masked off the blue edges with strips of Post It craft paper...

Peeled off the outer masks after stamping the snow from the It's A Magical Season set. 

I added the black outlines while the mask was still on. Also I drew in the snowy hills...Still looking crazy, but it's coming right along....And here it is all finished....

I paper pieced the snowman from It's A Magical Season. I white heat embossed the sentiment which is also from the It's A Magical Season set. 

I used my sakura stardust pen to add sparkle to bits of the scene. To finish it off, I added a double twine bow and a sparkly snowflake over top. Got the twine here.  I really dig how this turned out! Looks like a few layers, but it isn't. :) And just for fun...here's my helper Miss Jinxy-Cedrika

Your next stop on the hop is the fabulous ROSY

***BLOG HOP GIVEWAY ALERT***

For our Blog hop giveaway, there will be 2 winners chosen from ALL the comments combined!  You will win a "SURPRISE GIFT BAG FULL OF GOODIES" All you have to do is leave a comment here along w/the rest of the design team's blogs AND also leave a way for us to contact you!  Emma will use random.org to pick the lucky winners!  All you have to do is leave a comment on all blogs in this hop for more chances to win! The deadline is Sunday, September 23rd at midnight! EASY PEASY!!! GOOD LUCK!:)

In case you get lost...

Emma~ http://www.creativetimeforme.com/ 

Amy ~ http://www.scrappingmommy.com/

Cassandra ~ http://www.ctimz3.blogspot.com/

Cathryn ~ http://inthepinkcathryn.blogspot.com/

Cheryl ~ http://dragonflydesigns58.blogspot.com/

Cindy B. ~ http://www.cindybcreations.blogspot.com/

Glora ~ http://glorascrafts.blogspot.com/

Jayne ~ http://www.jayne-designs.blogspot.com/

Jeanne ~ http://www.jeannespapercrafts.com/

Katie ~ http://www.craftingwithkatie.com/

Kim ~ http://www.scrapinmomofoneinspiringlittleboy.blogspot.com/

Leanne ~ http://createdbyleanne.blogspot.com/

Liz ~ http://www.lizspaperloft.com/

Micia ~ http://yellowbirdcreation.blogspot.com/

Nancy ~ http://scrappingoutofcontrol.blogspot.com/

Nikki ~ http://scrappinnavywife.blogspot.com/ <--- You are here :)
Rosy- http://sweetdelightspapernmore.blogspot.com/

Ruthie ~ http://septemberninth.blogspot.com/

Shar ~ http://scrapendipity.blogspot.com/

Tracy ~ http://tracyscricutcorner.blogspot.com/

Veronica ~ http://www.vkcreate.blogspot.com/