Remembering your Birthday (2)

Hello!

I couldn't help but share my second Bokeh attempt too! This one was also inspired by the lovely Gold Soiree DSP (1336970) - this time The Crisp Cantaloupe, Calypso Coral and Pistachio Green! I used the same stencil that I created for my previous post. And again I used my Sponge Dauber (133773) for my smallest and darkest circles. My lightest colour was Pink Pirouette (126956), then Crisp Canteloupe (131176) and for my darkest and smallest circle I used Calypso Coral (126983). To add a touch of sparkle I also used Versamark ink (102283) to heat emboss Iridescent Ice (101930) circles over my coloured circles. I think it came out pretty well!

My complete product list:

124392 Calypso Coral A4 Cardstock (Base)

131303 Crisp Cantaloupe A4 Cardstock (Layering)

106549 Whisper White A4 Cardstock (Stamping)

131350 Remembering your Birthday Clear Stamp set

132058 Papillon Potpourri Wood stamp set

134036 I Love Lace Clear Background Stamp

131177 Pistachio Pudding Classic Stampin' Pad

132141 Metallic Gold Encore Ink

109129 Gold Embossing Powder

127526 Elegant Butterfly Punch

127003 Apothecary Accents Framelits

Hope you like it!

Mel xx

Remembering your Birthday

Hello again!

My projects for this week was inspired by the beautiful Gold Soiree DSP (133697) - Garden Green and Calypso Coral were the colours I used from this amazingly beautiful paper! The effect I was aiming for.... Bokeh which refers to the quality of the blurring of out-of-focus images in a photograph. I watched a few videos on You Tube and was inspired by this easy technique from Wplus9 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghp6-Ga4wIA and this is my take on it!  I made a stencil from a Window Sheet (114323) using various circles - 3 different sizes - from the Circles Framelits Collection (130911). I also used a Sponge Dauber (133773) for my smallest circle!

Let's start at the beginning:

I sponged Calypso Coral (126983) and Garden Green (126973) randomly on some watercolour   paper  and then, using my Stampin' Spritzer (126185),  I activated the ink by spraying it with water. You can wait for it to dry, but I'm not patient enough, so I heat set it. 

Now you can start sponging with Craft Stampin' ink (101731) over your stencil with a sponge dauber (or sponge). The best way to go about it is to sponge your biggest circle with a very light hand and going darker with your Craft ink as your circles get smaller. My smallest circle was create with my sponge dauber.  Overlap your circles - I find that working in a triangles of circles works nicely. Concentrate your smallest and brightest circles around your image.

A list of the products I used on my finished project:

108605 Garden Green A4 Cardstock (Base)

131299 Oistachio Pudding A4 Cardstock (Layering)

106549 Whisper White A4 Cardstock (Stamping)

131177 Pistachio Pudding Classic Stampin'pad

132141 Metallic Encore Gold ink pad

102283 Versamark ink

109129 Gold Embossing powder

131350 Remembering your Birthday Clear stamp set 

132058 Papillon Potpourri Wood stamp set

134036 I Love Lace Clear Background stamp

127003 Apothecary Accents Framelits

127526  Elegant Butterfly

This was truly a fun project and as you can see you don''t need much more to complete your card!

Mel xx

Remembering your Birthday

Hello there!

This project features a technique called 'Old Linen'. I found it in a card making magazine a while back but unfortunately cannot remember the card maker's name. I apologise for this and if I'm ever that lucky that she should stumble upon my card online - thank you for teaching me this! And let me know so I can give well deserved credit!

The technique works best with white card stock with a shiny layer(film) on top. I used the sturdy cardstock that comes with Stampin'Up!'s Designer series paper 12 x 12 packs. These work perfectly and  is just one more reason for it not to go to waste!

Technique:
Use a finer grade sanding block to remove some of the film on top of the cardstock.Your cardstock must be on a flat surface.  Sand up and down and left to right, dust and repeat. The perfect Óld Linen"colour from Stampin'Up! would be Sahara Sand 126976. Drag the ink pad from top to bottom and from left to right over your cardstock. Sand, dust and ink again until you are satisfied with the results. Finally dust one last time before stamping your images over this. I used the I Love Lace background stamp C (134036) in the Blushing Bride Classic Stampin' Pad.

All The flowers were heat embossed with Stampin'Up!'s Clear Embossing powder (109130) - first inked with Versamark (102283) and then inked with the ink colour of your flower and then filled with a  Sponge Dauber (133773) using the same ink colour.

My Stampin'Up! product list:

131350 Remembering your Birthday Clear stamp set
130942 Flower Shop Clear Stamp Set
130698 Pansy Punch
133152 Petite Petals Wood stamp set
133322 Petite Petals punch
134180 Something to Say Clear stamp set (for the Bitty flower)
133787 Itty Bitty Accents Punch Pack
131300 Strawberry Slush A4 cardstock (card base)
121695 Sahara Sand A4 cardstock
106549 Whisper White A4 cardstock (scrap pieces for flowers)
131178 Strawberry Slush Classic Stampin' pad
126982 Pool Party Classic Stampin' pad
133645 Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' pad (leaves)
126963 Perfect Plum (the perfect Purple!!)
109131 Silver Stampin' Embossing powder
134568 Pool Party 1/4" Cotton Ribbon
117191 Bird Builder Punch (leaves)

I loved making this card!

Mel xx