Bokeh Revisited

I wrote a tutorial on how to do the Bokeh technique a while back and you can find it here. Some people do a wash with watercolors and some with Stampin' Up! inks. As mentioned in the tutorial, you can use watercolor paper or Shimmery White cardstock.  In these samples I used SU inks, Aqua Painter. The differences are mainly how the stamped image was done. The first one is silver embossed, which in real life looks gorgeous. I can't get it to scan well to show you the true effect. The second one is just stamped with Memento Tuxedo Back. The last one is again done with silver embos powder, with one other difference. I didn't do a wash.  I wanted to see how the Bokeh technique would look with the background simply sponged with daubers. It's not bad, and definitely worth it if you are in a hurry. It doesn't have that ethereal effect though, which is what makes Bokeh so lovely. The stamped image is Dandelion Wishes.

Dandelion Wishes

Who doesn't love dandelions? I know they are a technically a weed, but those little yellow blossoms are just so happy looking. Then there's the seed head, with its tuft of white feathery stuff peeking out. It's just so ethereal swaying and blowing in the wind.  This stamp set is so fun and versatile!

masked off center, then applied colors with sponge daubers in Poppy Parade and Mango Melody. Stamped in black and added some glitter dots for a bit of pizzaz

Background down with Brushos: wet Shimmery White cardstock, then drop on colors. When dry, stamp and heat emboss with white. Glitter dots again and the greeting is done on a framelit. Granny Apple Green and Night of Navy

Apply ink from pad to block, stamp on watercolor paper and spritz with water. image heat embossed with Copper. Glitter dots, Balmy Blue and Blueberry Bushel.