Bokeh Background

by Lydia Fiedler

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Create a very simple, dreamy background inspired by a photography technique.

Supplies

• Large stamp or die cut
  
• Dye ink pad (Stampin' Up! Tempting Turquoise used here)
  
• Metallic Gelato™ to match ink or other shimmery water-based medium (Metallic Blueberry Gelato used here)
  
• Coloring medium to match ink(PITT artist pen big brush used here)
  
• Pencil with new, flat white eraser

Step-by-Step

1. Step 1

   Apply metallic Gelato directly to your stamp image.
   

2. Step 2

   Using a water brush, wet the Gelato directly on the stamp.
   

3. Step 3

   Stamp image, and then using water brush, fill in the edges with more Gelato to create a shadow image for the card base.
   

4. Step 4

   Using the eraser like a stamp, add ink, and then gelato and stamp around your focal image - beginning close to the image and stamping farther away as the ink fades on the eraser.
   

5. Step 5

   Continue stamping circles, some intense and some pale until you have the background you want.
   

6. Step 6 (Optional)

   Add a finished image, popped up over the shadow you created, to finish your card.
   

Video!

Variations

1. Highlight a die cut:
   Use a die cut or punched shape instead of a stamped image for the focal point.
   

From Splitcoast Stampers.

 

Read more: http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/resources/tutorials