A: Masking paper comes in rolls or sheets - it is like a lightweight paper tape, and is completely backed with a low-tack adhesive. It's great for protecting large areas from paint or ink, or for covering stamped foreground images while adding a stamped or inked background. (For a tutorial on basic masking, click HERE!)

A: I have been using removable contact paper for masking on brayered or blended skies - it is easy to die cut (a circle, in this case) and holds well as you apply the ink, then removes easily. For the sun, I blend a little yellow ink in the area I'm going to mask, then apply the contact paper and continue blending. Another trick is to completely ink your sky, then use a circle die to cut the sun or moon out and layer white or colored cardstock behind the opening.

A: I've only done this when I need to keep projects company-specific for design team obligations. Other than that, it makes more sense to my brain and cataloging system to organize by category.

A: I am a terrible one to ask - I have dust on my shelves too! I opened a thread in the forum HERE where our members and subscribers can share how they keep their supplies clean - come leave a tip! My best suggestion is to use them so the dust can't settle!

A: There are different methods you can use, depending on your stamps and dies. I covered several techniques in a tutorial called Stamped Die Cuts, including cutting a stamped image with solid or outline dies, and stamping multiple die cuts.