MrOspital's beautiful mask

I participated in an amazing tracker about masks. Every card in the bunch was amazing.  I immediately asked MrOspital if I could show his card.  He agree and immediately went beyond my expectations and wrote out a description of how he created it.  Every time I look at this I see the many steps that it takes to create such a piece.

A piece like this is quite remarkable.  The mask itself is the focal point, but the cut, speckles, glitter, texture and the embossing all accents the entire card drawing the eye in.   I can see the silver lining in the corners and where the eye cut outs are with the spacing and colors and layout all draw your eye to the center of the card.  

Here is the steps he used to create this beauty:

First I made the foreground paper using 4 sheets of 110 weight cardstock.  I laid the card stock out of the floor and spritzed them with both London blue and Campso teal Dylusions ink spray. 

I quickly spritzed the cardstock with water to spread the ink and create the effect before the ink dried. It dried overnight between two sheets of paper and under several heavy books.

I carved my stamp on OZ and then stamped it using Versafine “Imperial Purple” onto the colored cardstock. Next I embossed it using Recollections clear "detail embossing powder" and a heat tool. Then I used an X-Acto knife to cut the eyeholes out.
Next I used a toothpick to spread a small amount of Elmer’s glue to create the base for the eye-shadow. For the eye-shadow itself I used Martha Stewart Crafts fine glitter, azurite.
Then I used a Fiskars corner punch to do the opposite corners. Finally I added a piece of reflective cardstock for the background.

This amazing card is hung on my wall.  I love the inspiration he brought to this card.  It is difficult to do an art card with a full focus.  

I am honored to share this - thank you MrOspital for sharing your talent, view, and your process.