Techniques with White Pigment Ink - Bokeh Technique

 There are several great techniques using White Pigment Ink.

At a recent event I demonstrated a few of them including:

    *Direct stamping with White onto coloured cardstock

    *Offset stamping

    *Bokeh technique

    *Painting with White Ink

    *Emboss Resist

It has taken me a while to share these samples, I'll post them over a few days. I hope you give some of these techniques a try.

The Bokeh Technique is used to create a soft out of focus background which is similar to a photography where the light is in small circles. With White ink you can create this look by using a mask and sponging the white ink in circles.

I use a piece of perspex and have cut 3 circles of different sizes.

First take a background piece of card - this could be white or coloured - and apply coloured ink in patches. I used a blending brush and applied 2 blues and basic beige to a piece of beige cardstock to cover the whole piece.

Then take your mask and apply the white ink in circles. Make sure these are dry before shifting the mask to a new location and applying more white circles. ( YOu can speed this up with a heat tool, the white ink does take a while to dry ). Keep going until you are happy with the overall effect. 

Then you can use this as your background piece. For this card I added a diecut leaf and a simple birthday sentiment. The 3D Changing Leaves is such a great set

I did also flick some additional white across the page for some added effect.

Here's another sample where the background card is coloured with Shy Shamrock, Azure Afternoon and Petunia Pop before adding the white circles. I think it will make quite a striking card but that's for another day!

This is the photographic effect.

I have another sample for tomorrow where I have created a Bay Window Card using this technique. 

I really hope you give this technique a go. Let me know what you think.

I hope you have a creative week and remember, 

"don't just post online,

 post something pretty!"

cheers, Liz