Poppy Stamps Masquerade Challenge

I've been following the Poppy Stamps blog and enjoying their monthly challenges recently, so I decided to play again. I have to give them a shout out on their awesome sale recently (plus FREE SHIPPING?!)... how often do you get both? I definitely placed an order and just received some fun new dies!

This month's challenge is, "Masquerade," with the goal of creating a project using masking (which is pretty wide open to interpretation). I've been coloring a lot recently, so I decided to create a scene with some Poppy Stamps adorable fairies - I've had my eye on all three of their sets (Simon Says had a super cute Stamptember set, and Poppy Stamps still has the Wintertime and Autumn sets). I snagged Wintertime fairies, because I knew my oldest daughter would love to color them with me for Christmas cards.

Here's my contribution to the challenge:

As luck would have it, day 5 of Online Card Class's Merry Making's theme is watercoloring... and masking, so I'll also submit this to the class gallery for that. I was concerned that the masking fluid wouldn't come off, because I'm not very patient... but, thankfully, it did!

Paper: Watercolor paper, red foil paper
Stamps/Inks: Poppy Stamps - Wintertime Fairies and You Keep Me in Stitches, Versafine - Onyx Black
Cutting/Embossing: Coordinating Wintertime Fairies dies
Misc.: Copic markers, Finetec and Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors, Molotow masking fluid, diamond stickles, dimensional adhesive, candycane stickles