Totally Techniques Stampin' Up! Demo Blog Hop

Welcome to our monthly Totally Techniques Blog Hop whether you are starting here with me Zoe Tant in the UK or have arrived from Nadine's we hope you enjoy the tour.  This month we are focusing on the Bokeh technique.  This is so effective and yet very easy for you to achieve. 

All you need to do is take a sponge and blend different colours of ink on to your your card stock. I've used whisper white card stock and added Melon Mambo, Pink Pirouette, Rose Red and Rich Razzleberry inks.  The next step is to create a stencil using either card stock or window sheet and punch different sized circles into it.  You can then use the sheet as a stencil to add different amounts of Whisper White Craft ink onto your colour blended area.  By using different sizes and overlapping them you can create the Bokeh effect just like those pictues with sunshine bubbles!  Allow the intensity of the white ink to be different on the circles also.  

 

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the hop Zx

1. Patrice Halliday-Larsen (New Zealand) 
2. Amy Koenders (USA)
3. Shelagh Freemantle (Canada)
4. Marine Wiplier (France)
5. Shannean Moncrieff (Australia)
6. Nadine Weiner (Germany)
7. Zoë Tant (UK)  That's me!
8. Barbara Meyer (Austria)
9. Mathilde Kortekaas (Netherlands) 

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Moving Along with the Times - Into the Woods

Stampin' Up! Swirly Scribbles just right for adding detail to Serene Scenery Designer Series Papers for the our Team A challenge at Moving Along with the Times (MAWTT).  Our theme is 'Into the Woods'.

I absolutely adore these designer papers that are not only designs but also some sheets are actual images and the pack of 48 sheets comes in 6" x 6" and is not to be missed.  It is very stroke-able but as you get 4 sheets of each double sided design you can use at least one of each side and still have one to stroke.  I know dear readers you are just like me and want to keep it just to look at and with this pack you can.

You can stamp a sentiment on the 'bokeh' printed part of the design and mine is from Stampin' Up! Butterfly Basics and the golden butterflies are die cut from gold foil card with the Sunshine Wishes dies.  You can make mini flowers with part of the Tree Builder punch and gently push on the middle of each flower on a piercing mat with a stylus to create some texture and then just add a pearl or similar in the middle of each.  My flowers are whisper white and daffodil delight and the final extra is my choice of bling with gold thread and gold enamel shapes.

Join at MAWTT for our challenge and check out the other DT for more inspiration.

P.S.   Sale-a-bration at Stampin' Up! 2017  finishes tomorrow. Shop now for those last minute free gifts with purchase.