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I used the pen tool to make a basic graphic in foreground. Then created a background using the blend tool with three different colors.

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Then with both objects I made a clipping masks and it looks like this.

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Instead of the clipping mask occurring on the line it is somehow being created in between the lines. This problem seems basic but for some reason I can't figure out the problem.

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  • It looks like an open path and the "strikeout" is an auto-attempt to close the path for the mask. Try converting the text to an outline (rather than a stroked path) before making the clipping mask?
    – horatio
    May 27, 2014 at 21:30
  • It worked! Thanks! Just went to object>path>outline stroke
    – user24295
    May 27, 2014 at 21:45

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Upgraded from a comment:

It looks like an open path and the "strikeout" is an auto-attempt to close the path for the mask. Try converting the text to an outline (rather than a stroked path) before making the clipping mask?

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