Hope everyone is having a great week so far! Before I introduce my card I wanted to share my new word for the day...bokeh. I'll be honest and tell you I had to look it up. It's the out of focus area that you may see sometimes in photo backgrounds. I didn't even know there was a word for it...lol! I've always loved the look in pictures and wanted to incorporate it into my background like in the photo of the next
Pinspired Challenge.
I tried a few different techniques with distress inks and my water pen, but they weren't coming out quite like I wanted them to. I decided to do clear embossing with a background stamp and used a bunch of distress inks to create the color like in the photo.
My layout is from the next
Freshly Made Sketches challenge...
And because I finally broke out my
Fresh Squeezed Stamps I will also be entering in their Squeeze-a-Palooza challenge with the theme of Spring! I'll share a tidbit I learned from
Chari Moss about using the back of your clear stamps to create some shading as seen on the edges of the bottle. Super fun to do...go try it!
If you like my card head over to
Squeeza-A-Palooza Challenge and vote for me! Much Mahalo!
Is that pidgeon way of saying bouquet.... LOL!
ReplyDeleteNever seen it spelled that way bokeh! I like it though....Anyhow love your take on the sketch,this is really neat... love the colors....
Great card my friend....
Great job incorporating bokeh into your card! Thanks for joining us at Pinspired Challenges.
ReplyDeleteGreat job with the bokeh Niki! Thanks for joining us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!
ReplyDeletesuch a fun card..loving all the green..thanks for joining us at Pinspired Challenges..
ReplyDeletePretty! I ike how you created the background. Boken huh!?! I never knew it had a name either :)
ReplyDeleteSuper fun...love all the panels! Thanks for playing with us at Fresh Squeezed Stamps:)
ReplyDeletefabulous dimension! love how bright this is too!
ReplyDeleteI like doing the bokeh backgrounds, too! I love the soda bottle vase. I have one in my kitchen window to hold all the flowers my daughter picks outside! Cool take on the inspiration photo and thanks for playing Pinspired Challenges!
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