Day 5: Bokeh Technique

Happy Friday everyone!! Today's the last day of techniques week! Thank you for reading and joining along. I really appreciated having you as my audience!

I saved the best and the most elaborate technique for last!

This technique is called the Bokeh technique. It looks like little water bubbled in the background. It is the perfect background for those simple sentiment cards!

Instructions:

1. Use ink refills and pour out two different colors. I used flirty flamingo refill and peekaboo peach refill.

2. Use a paintbrush and water color paper and fill in the entire paper with both the colors! Mix it up and let it blend.

3. Finish coloring in the entire paper.

4. I cut out different circles using a circle thinlit. Use it as a template. Use whisper white refill.

5. Color in the different circles using sponge dauber and whisper white. Use different pressure to have the colors come out differently.

** TRUST ME- WHEN YOU FIRST MAKE THIS, IT WILL LOOK ODD, BUT LET IT DRY**

The finished product looks like the background in this card. Use a simple black color and stamp the sentiment.

Don't Forget:

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The last day to redeem this offer is TODAY. Don't wait. Go on over to my stampin up website and ORDER right now. You can try out all of these techniques now that you know how. You've already invested the time learning it. Share your creations with me now!

And be sure to post a comment after you try this out.

Stick around the blog though! The next series blog in a couple months will be a Folds Week, where I teach you how to do different folds for cards. If you haven't subscribed to the blog yet, subscribe so you don't miss out!

Product List

Whisper White Craft Stampin' Ink Refill

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Peekaboo Peach Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

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Sponge Daubers

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Watercolor Paper

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Layering Circle Framelits Dies

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Big Shot

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