Bokeh

Bokeh

Hallo Everyone!

Hope you are all well and

seasonal bug free................

everywhere I go it seems

that everyone is coughing and

sneezing.................might have

to consider living in quarantine

for the time being ............

Today's Bokeh project is from

Craftyfield, who has a different

take on the technique:

" I started by applying Distress inks to my Kraft tag. 

Some of the lighter colours do not show much at this stage 

but will be revealed in the next stage...

To create the Bokeh effect I have designed my own stencil, 

of course you can use one of the many circles designs available 

but I'm a control freak... and wanted to create the circles one at a time. 

To cut your own, use either circle dies or a circle cutter as I did.

The traditional way to create the Bokeh effect 

is to use white pigment ink but I fancied trying it

 with a Distress Crayon first.

 I stencilled 2 circles with a white Distress crayon to see the results. 

I continued with the pigment ink as I found it easier to 

control the different levels of opacity of the circles.

For the stamping I used the Paper Artsy flowers with Versafine black 

and embossed them in clear powder. T

he sentiment by Kaisercraft is also stamped with Versafine but not embossed.

You can see my embossing powder container (ex take away dish) in which I decant my pot. 

Not much left at the moment!

I pulled out my Gelatos and coloured a circle around the flower heads 

using a stencil, to echo the Bokeh circles.

Quite simple to make, although it did take me a long time 

to stencil all those circles one by one! 

The most difficult part is to know when to stop 

and I hope I haven't gone overboard!"

Supplies:

Ranger Kraft Tag No10:

Distress Inks: 

Circle cutter:

Distress Crayons set 3:

Kaisercraft Love This 

E3 Kay Carley 02:

Versafine Black:

Clear Embossing powder:

Mix & Match Designing with Gelatos Set:

No, Craftyfield you haven't gone overboard - 

it is a super tag.  I love the technique you

used too, not to mention cutting your own

stencil!

I quite often cut my own stencil's too and I use  

a purpose made product called Punch it And Die

"Till tomorrow

Mickie xx