A Grand Kid Bokeh technique

BOKEH! What is this technique? Wikipedia states,"In photography, bokeh is the aesthetic quality of the blur produced in the out-of-focus parts of an image produced by a lens. Bokeh has been defined as "the way the lens renders out-of-focus points of light" This "blur" is achieved with layers of sponging.

This card was sponged with Daffodil Delight, Bermuda Bay and Melon Mambo. For the next sponge layer a mask is placed over the sponging. The mask is made up of different sized circles. This is then sponged over with Whisper White. The last layer is another masking layer but the circles are even smaller. Sponge over these with Whisper White.  This has then been adhered to Coastal Cabana base. The sentiment is from A Grand Kid stamp set. I love this new stamp set, so many great sentiments for grandchildren.

This card was created using Daffodil Delight, Highland Heather and Blushing Bride. A mush softer "blur" It was then layered on to Daffodil Delight card.

One Year old card

This card was put together very quickly and used some retired stamp sets that I still love. My cousin asked for a last minute card for a 1year old. She described him as very musical and loved animals. I must have had my mojo working as ideas just came flooding in. I used Balmy blue card, embossed it with a retired embossing folder, stamped the keyboard and Happy Birthday sentiment using my Stamparatus. Then I masked the keyboard and stamped the giraffe from Animal Outing. The giraffe's were coloured with Daffodil Delight and Pumpkin Pie Blends. The other sentiment was fussy cut and then layered on to a piece of Balmy Blue, which was then fussy cut.

The sentiments were all from Music from the heart,  The yellow layer is Daffodil Delight  The number one was stamped in Balmy Blue ink and adhered to the Daffodil Delight circle. She was very happy with it. Isn’t it good when the right side of the brain takes over!!!

One Sheet Wonder using 6" x 6" Flowers for Every Season

There is a lot of chatter around at the moment about One Sheet Wonders. So I thought I would also get on the band wagon. A One Sheet Wonder is when you take one 12” x 12”  or 6" x 6" sheet of paper and cut it up to make multiple cards. I
I’ve decided to do a 6" x 6" One Sheet Wonder and I've managed to make 6 cards out of this one sheet. How Wonder ful is that!!

This is the template I created from the 6" x 6" sheet of our gorgeous Flowers for Every Season DSP

Every card was created using Whisper White card stock and they were all embossed using Hammered Metal 3D embossing folder.

Card 1 (You've been on my mind)
2" x3" DSP
21/4" x 31/4" Misty Moonlight
23/8" x 1/2" Whisper White strip for sentiment
25/8" x 3/4" Misty Moonlight strip for behind sentiment
Misty Moonlight Enamel Dots
Stamp Set used Butterfly Gala

Card 2 (The Good Things in Life are Better with You)
3" x4" DSP
23/4" x 33/4" Misty Moonlight
Whisper White layering circle die for sentiment
Misty Moonlight layering scallop circle for layer behind sentiment
Bumble Bee Enamel Dots
Stamp Set used Butterfly Gala

Card 3 (A Little Note)
2" x3" DSP
21/2" layering circle die Misty Moonlight
Whisper White Tailored Tag Punch piece for sentiment
Misty Moonlight Tailored Tag Punch piece for layer behind sentiment
Magenta Madness Enamel Dots
Stamp Set used Butterfly Gala

Card 4 (May the Memories of yesterday..)
1" x4" DSP
11/4" x 41/8" strip Misty Moonlight
Whisper White Stitched Nested labels for sentiment
Misty Moonlight Stitched Nested labels for layer behind sentiment
Just Jade Enamel Dots
Stamp Set used Timeless Tulips

Card 5 (So Proud of You)
2" x2" DSP cut this piece into a circle using the Layering Circle dies
2" and 21/4"  circles of Misty Moonlight using the Layering Circle dies
Whisper White strip for sentiment (fussy cut)
Bumble Bee and Magenta Madness Enamel Dots
Stamp Set used A Grand Kid

Card 6 (4"x 4" So Proud of You)
2" x2" DSP cut this piece into 4 1" squares
21/4" square of Misty Moonlight for first layer
21/2" square of Magenta Madness for second layer
3" square of Misty Moonlight for third layer
Whisper White strip for sentiment (fussy cut)
Misty Moonlight for layer behind sentiment (fussy cut)
Stamp Set used A Grand Kid

June Host Code

How crazy has this year been! I can't believe we are now into June. So this means a new Host Code.
If you would like to grab a very last minute product from the old catalogue which leaves us in 2 days, then head over to my online shop and grab it quick, using my host code.

BUT

it also means a new Catalogue on the 3rd of June. YAY!!!