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Welcome to the latest hop at Around the World on Wednesday!
On the second Wednesday of each month, the team put together a thematic hop to give you some inspiration for your own crafting. We love it when you try out something new or CAS(E) one of our projects. The team is truly international, with members from each time zone of the world that Stampin' Up! operates. You're with me, in New Zealand - the first place in the Stampin' Up! world to change the date. 😀
Our inspiration this month is Techniques. Our team leader, Angie, has given the challenge of trying out a technique: something we've seen but never done, or revisiting a technique we've not done in a long time, or perhaps something we've seen from the Artisan Team.
I'm revisiting an old technique that I've not done in years. In fact, I'd forgotten about it until I saw it used by Monica Formosa, one of my fabulous team-mates over at Colour INKspiration. This is her card and you can read all about it here.
With the new catalogue, it seems that Bokeh as a technique is getting new life. This technique though is a Reverse Bokeh: coloured circles on a white ground.
Although this looks a simple technique - and in many ways it is - you do have to put some thought into the sizes of the circles you're going to use. You also have to put some thought into getting a good balance of both the sizes and colours of the circles. I had a couple of play arounds until I found an arrangement that felt balanced.
Monica talked of organising her circles into a rhomboid shape. I went for more of a rectangular look, since the die cuts I wanted to use were quite long. I used punches to cut out four masks from scraps of Window Sheet then blended the inks using a blending brush. The colours I used were Granny Apple Green, Balmy Blue and Daffodil Delight.
The 'wishing' is cut from Balmy Blue and the shadow backing from Basic Black. I cut three layers of the backing to give the words some extra height.
I added in three adhesive backed Granny Apple Green sequins as the finishing touch.
I thought this would make a great masculine birthday card, so I chose the birthday option from several the set offers, and cut it using the die from the bundle. The bundle I used is Delightful Wishes and will it be available in the January-April Mini Catalogue.
Delightful Wishes and the accompanying suite are the featured products in the next Creativity Abounds Stamp Camp. You can find details about the camp here.
Keep on hopping to see what techniques the rest of the team have been experimenting with. Next up is Leonie Stuart from Australia.
If you live in New Zealand and don't have a Stampin' Up Demonstrator, I'd love to be yours. I can help you with ideas, get you catalogues and provide you with Stampin' Up products. You can leave a message in the comments or contact me using any of the methods listed in the Contact Me tab at the top of the page.
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Here's a blog roll if you get lost on the hop, or want to re-visit someone.
Jan Clothier - NZ - You are here
Stunning card Jan. I loved Monica's card as well, but I really love your colour way and the die cut sentiment over the top is perfect. xxxx
ReplyDeleteI love this card! I can’t wait to revisit the bokeh technique. It’s so effective!
ReplyDeleteLove it!!! That is such a fun technique & I plan to give it a try.
ReplyDeleteThis is one of those card designs that is super-useful; you change up the sentiment and it works with lots of other colour combos too. I love the fresh feel your citrus colours give this card Jan - just fabulous!
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