We Love Bokeh
Hi readers! Thanks for checking out our blog today! We’re so happy to have the wonderful and talented Wanda Guess back as a guest on the blog today using some exclusive products to showcase our new Bokeh stencils. Enjoy!
I have been wanting to use these cool Bokeh Lights Stencils since they came out! What a great idea! They come in a set of three, so you can make cool light effects on your backgrounds. I’ve prepared a fun card with a tutorial to show you my way of using the stencils to prepare a background for a clean and simple card. The possibilities are endless – so many color combinations you could try!
First I started with a sheet of watercolor paper. I got the entire paper wet with my paintbrush and clean water. Then I prepared a ‘palette’ of Distress Inks on a stamping block for my color. This is a good trick – use your Distress Inks as watercolors. I picked up the color with a wet paintbrush and put it on my already damp watercolor paper. Just let the colors run together.
After my color was all done, I dried my piece with my heat tool and then cut it out with a nice crisp Stitched Rectangle Die. Now the fun part – the Bokeh! I used a white pigment ink and a small sponge dauber. I ended up using all three of the Bokeh stencils. When you do this, make sure to have some of your circles more solid than other ones.
You can see that in my close up photo. Really, just have fun with this. No two will ever come out alike! I stamped my sentiment with black Staz-on Ink onto a strip of vellum. I put my sentiment on vellum because I wanted the color to shine through. At the end, I finished with a pretty purple card base and some sequins and bling. I hope you’ll try this fun technique!
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This is so gorgeous! I love the blurry look you got from this. Hugs, Robin
Fantastic! I need some of these stencils.
I love any card with a water coloring looks and today’s card is just awesome.
love this technique. . . lovely card
I love this technique, the stencils make it easy.
I love the bokeh stencil! This card came out fabulous with it!
I love this technique! Wanda’s card is gorgeous.
So beautiful. Thanks for sharing your process, I’m going to try this. Michelle t
This may make it easier for me to do a watercolor background. Thank you for your great idea and very pretty card!
Beautiful card, love it! Can’t wait to try the technique!
Super pretty! Love the soft colors!
This is just so beautiful! I need to remember this technique!
Gorgeous!! Love all the soft colors. I need those stencils!!!
I love bokeh too! Beautiful card! =)
Love the combination of the bokeh and watercoloring. So pretty! :)
Absolutely beautiful!
I love the water colored bokeh! TFS
What a stunning look you achieved! Very nice indeed.
I love this look!!!! What a fabulous card!!!!
Such a lovely card and great technique!
Beautiful card, and I like how you chose vellum for the sentiment so as not to hide all that gorgeous color.
Beautiful background! Need to give this technique a try!
Great card. Fantastic technique. I’ll have to try it.
The card is stunning!
Oh wow! This card is so darn cute. Love the bokeh effect!
xo Julia
Love this effect and the colour is super cute!
Oohhhh, the watercolor background was pretty, but then the dots! Love.
Beautiful card!!! Love this technique!
Love this card as well as the colors! So pretty!
Lovely effect :)
This is faboulos! Love the colors :)
Beautiful colors, great tech thanks for the tip. Love the card
Beautiful bokeh card and love your DI watercolour background!
Gorgeous card and very handy stencils.
OMG! This card is so pretty!!! :-D
Awesome, I love the color combo and the technique – bokeh looks amazing.
It’s amazing how such a beautiful background can be obtained so simply. Gorgeous card!
Beautiful card! I love the colors and what you did with the stencil! :-)
Great combination of colors!!!
I have not used this technique in so long! Thanks for reminding me about it :) Lovely art, btw!
Great technique, thanks so much for sharing it with us!
Looks like a real fun background
Oh my, I thought I was done shopping! Great technique.
Wonderful, love the Bokeh technique and the colors. TFS.
The colors are just incredible! Wonderful projects!
Such a lovely card, love the added bling.
Such a beautiful background and a cool technique!
Cool ideas and great card!
What a great effect, I will be trying this one. Thanks for the inspiration.
This technique is on my To Do list…which, unfortunately, is VERY, very long. So much to do, so little time. Great card!