Bokeh Butterfly

This last week has been more than a little challenging with a neck problem that has caused a fall and a lot of pain and pins and needles down both arms….not very conducive to card making unfortunately! However, the worst seems to be over and I could hardly wait to see if I could make a card and try out this very IN technique at the moment called "Bokeh" Originally, bokeh is a photography technique -  to do with light causing a blurring effect. In the stamping world I have seen a variety of techniques to get this effect and I chose this one by Dawn Olshefski to create a background for my card for this week's sketch for The Paper Craft Crew. Yes, it is that time again already! This week really has seem to have flown by and I do hope that you can take a moment to check out all the great cards the Team has for you this week.

Here is the sketch:

And before I show you my card, here is the background Bokeh sample I created…it gives a hint towards the card subject :-)

So can you guess the card subject?

Yes, a butterfly :-)

To create the background, I used colours as in the DSP  - Calypso Coral, Coastal Cabana and some Crushed Curry - all sponged onto the card and allowed to dry before adding the white circles and creating the butterfly with the Butterfly Framelits. The greeting uses two of the stamps ( I masked them both) from the Crazy About You set and the co-ordinating Hello You word Thinlits for the "you".

Card stock: Calypso Coral, Whisper White

Designer Series Paper: Best Year Ever ( Saleabration)

Inks: Calypso Coral, Coastal Cabana, Crushed Curry, Craft White

Stamps: Crazy About You

Accessories: Big Shot, Best Year Ever Accessory Pack (ribbon), Butterfly Thinlit Dies, Hello You Thinlits, Large Polka Dot EF, Basic Pearls, Dimensionals

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you have a moment to hop over to The Paper Craft Crew and see all the great cards the Team have made to inspire you this week. And I look forward to seeing what you create with this sketch :-)

Happy stamping until next time - hopefully tomorrow :-)

Jan