November Stamp Your Art Out

I thought I had posted these, my mind must occupied with all things.... CHRISTMAS!!  My house is all decorated, clean & sparkly and the presents have all be purchased and wrapped just waiting for family to come in a couple weeks:)

The last card is a fun technique that I was glad to share with my friends.

In photography, bokeh is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens. Bokeh has been defined as "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light.”

It is pronounced “bow” as in bow and arrow, and the sound of “ke” when saying kettle.

Project Details
Stamps	Sheltering Tree, Happiest Birthday Wishes (retired)
Card Stock & Papers	Cajun Craze: card base- cut 5 ½ x 8 ½ score at 4 ¼ Whisper White: 4 x 5 ¼  stamped layer                           4 x 5 ¼   inside
Ink	Crushed Curry, Tangerine Tango, Cajun Craze, Chocolate Chip, Pear Pizzazz
Accessories
Tools	Leaflets Framelits, Sponge Daubers

Project Details
Stamps	Embellished Ornaments
Card Stock & Papers	Cherry Cobbler: card base- cut 5 ½ x 8 ½ score at 4 ¼ Whisper White:  4 x 5 ¼  stamped layer                            4 x 5 ¼   inside Silver Foil: ornament hanger die cut
Ink	Cherry Cobbler, Mossy Meadow
Accessories	Stampin’ Dimensionals
Tools	Ornaments Thinlits

Project Details
Stamps	Butterfly Basics
Card Stock & Papers	Mossy Meadow: card base- cut 5 ½ x 8 ½ score at 4 ¼ Whisper White: 4 x 5 ¼ stamped layer Bokeh technique                            4 x 5 ¼   inside
Ink	Hello Honey, Pistachio Pudding, Wild Wasabi, Mossy Meadow, Craft White
Accessories	Stampin’ Sponges, Mossy Meadow Ribbon
Tools	Window Plastic stencils

1. Using a circular pattern when sponging so that the colors don’t look “scratchy,” sponge Hello Honey ink on about 1/3 of the card then add Pistachio Pudding, followed by Wild Wasabi ink and ending with Mossy Meadow
2. Stamp fern images with Mossy Meadow stamp some without reinking to add depth
3. Use circle stencils to apply white craft ink with sponge – vary sizes and amount of ink on circles
4. For a few last circles, use just the dauber to add more white bokeh dots using a twisting motion as to applied the color in a smaller size.
5. Finally stamp a couple more fern images over top of the bokeh circles. This brings some ferns more into the foreground.