Good morning, Friday is here again so this week i decided to share one of the samples I made for last Saturday's shows on HobbyMaker TV. The shows featured lots of the gorgeous stamp designs by Melina Dahl for That's Crafty
I really loved creating this hoop with a background that has a favourite technique of mine - a faux bokeh effect made with paints. I used the circles stencil on paper having drawn round the hoop shape with a pencil first. I started with darker shades of multi surface paint, using apricot, bright blue, orange and teal.
Once the circle had pattern all over, I went over the top with white and light blue, using the larger circles in the stencil. This gives a slightly faded look as you get with photographs that have a bokeh light effect.
I stamped all my chosen elements - a butterfly, flowers and leaf sprays with black ink and heat embossed them with clear powder. I painted them all with satin inks in shades of blue, orange and yellow then added them to the hoop. Some elements were raised up on scraps of craftyboard to give a layered look.
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