To Grandma's House

Hi Friends

Long time no see?  Well, we're getting a face lift for our house, trim, patio overhang, new gutters ... all that happy stuff... and it's kept me pretty busy.  I'll have pictures once it's all done.  

But, meanwhile, I did get the chance to work on this little card which is going to be entered in three challenges this week.

Merry Monday "Have a package on your card"














Mojo Monday The Sketch

And  the Friday Mashup
"Have an animal on your project"


Here is my card

The cute little boy image is from a Penny Johnson design and he originally had a baseball hat on (backwards) but since I was making him into Christmas, I drew this little Santa hat on scrap paper, colored it, and stuck it on his head.  The paper is from Eskimo Kisses (Basic Grey), I colored with copics, and I also used three little candy dots (brights collection - SU) and that's about it.

Have a great day and thank you for taking the time to stop by.

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Bokeh Technique

Hi Friends

Here is my card for the Friday Mashup.  This week the challenge was to create a card using the Bokeh Technique... huh? I had not heard of it... but, when I saw the video I realized I have seen lots of cards using this background... I just didn't know the name.  Here is the technique video from Dawn Woleslagel.  I decided to give it a try. Here is my finished card...

Check out the other samples from the Mashup website Here.  I took pictures along the way to show you how it is done....it's a fun background technique.  Ok, let's get started... oops, my assistant has other ideas.  As soon as I finished taping the watercolor paper to the cardboard, "someone" decided that he wanted to nap right there!

I went downstairs for another cup of coffee and he followed me down to the kitchen.  Aha, now I can get started.  Um, he also followed me back up to the craft room - well, he is my assistant after all.  Can you see that the first panel is wet??  Oh Bailey... you're so cute.

He finally snuggled up against the windows and I was able to get going.   These are the acrylics that I used ...  I'm thinking watercolors would be better but I don't have any ... just put a dab on a styrofoam plate since you want it very 'watery'.

After your work is thoroughly dry, prepare a stencil using your punches.  I used circles, but any shape would be interesting.  SU's whisper white craft ink works very well.

After you've dabbed all the white spots, you can finish your card.  I chose SU's Pleasant Poppies and then colored them with my markers, letting the background colors show through.  Then I added a few pearls and sequins to provide a little sparkle. 

I'm pretty happy with the way these turned out but I think I like the blue one best, so that is the one I am entering into the challenge.  I hope you've enjoyed this tutorial.

Come back soon,

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