Lorelai Leaf with Bokeh

This card was done with a Watercolor Bokeh technique.

We made these backgrounds in a watercolor class I held recently.

We wet the watercolor paper then dropped re-inker onto the wet paper 

and blended it around until we were happy with it.

When it was dry, we used a die cut template of different size

circles to stencil the white dots.

The leaf is cut from the Lorelai Leaf die from Poppystamps.

I did some texturing on the leaves with a stylus but it doesn't show very well.  

IRL you can see the veins.

Poppystamps Challenge #11 

THE HEAT IS ON

I'm thinking cooling off  in the shade beside a spring fed mountain brook. 

The sun makes the water sparkle.

It's a wonderful respite from the hot, August sun.

LOL. That cooled me off.

How about you?

I don't have many Poppystamp dies but I recently won one just by commenting

on Marybeth's blog.

I would have commented anyway because I always love what she does.

But I'm excited about getting the die.

It's the snowflake ribbon and I know I'll have fun with it.

I hope you are staying cool.

Thanks for sitting by the brook with me.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps: Four You (retired)

Ink:  Island Indigo, Whisper White 

Paper:  Pool Party, Whisper White, Watercolor (Arches 140 lb. cold press)

Other:  Lorelai Leaf Die (Poppystamps), Aqua Painter, Re-inkers (Pool Party, Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight), Sponge Dauber, Painters tape (?), Template made from scraps of acetate and circle dies. 

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted