Let’s Blend Challenge – Painted Photo Masks

Hi everyone, Joanne here with this month’s Let’s Blend Challenge. I just love the newest set of Painted Photo masks that came out a while ago and have been meaning to create a challenge around them. In addition to clipping a photo to the mask, you can use them as a background by recoloring or clipping a paper to it. Katie has generously offered us two of them as a freebie, so it you don’t have them in your stash, you can play around with them now.

My fellow Creative Team members have created some lovely examples of how to use the mask below:

First off is Lynn @lynns54 – She clipped her photo to the mask and then added an element cluster to highlight it. Here are the products she used on her page: Garden Chronicles Ephemera, Garden Chronicles Ephemera Plus Pack, Garden Chronicles Paper 01, Garden Chronicles Transfers 01, Garden Chronicles Transfers 02, Layer Works 2630, (Bits and pieces) Painted Photo Masks No 26,

Merrilee @digigrandma combined two templates and then added her photo, clipped to the mask to them. The whole idea is very creative. Here are the products she used on her page: Painted Photo Masks No. 26, Postcard Stores LT 03, Field Guide Stories LT 01

Valerie @nana_vg created a photo cluster of family photos and clipped the largest one to the mask. It really made it stand out. Here are the products she used on her page:  Dreamy Paper Pack (under freebie paper whose opacity I reduced), Messy Mixed Masks 02, Thin Classic Photo Frames Curled and Flat 01 ,Title Lines Brushes and Stamps 20, Vintage Blendables 16, Watery Photo Masks 30

I also started with a template, and clipped my photo to the postage envelope, using the mask. Here are the products I used:  Garden Chronicles paper pack, Watery Typecast Sentiments Brushes and Stamps No. 1, Walden Element pack, Artoption mini mix 2, Basic Tags 2, Torn and Framed Layered Template Vol. 2 Layered template 1, Been There Ephemera Plus Pack

Thank you to Lynn, Merilee and Valerie for helping me out with the challenge this month.  I think they have given you some great inspiration to start off your pages.  Katie has once again provided a generous freebie for us to use as inspiration. As always, please don’t forget to post your layouts in the Let’s Blend Challenge Gallery, as well as the September 2026 Challenge Participation Thread to earn store rewards.

I look forward to seeing your pages in the Gallery. Happy Blending!

Joanne