I’ll admit I had only a brief hesitation before I sent this black feather to someone for his 60th birthday. Does this have some significance? A portent of something bad? We’ll see later if the birthday boy is worried about it!
Yes, this is an old card! At the beginning of the shutdown, so very many months ago, I went through and organized my card stash. That was fun! I discovered so many cards I loved — and thus couldn’t bear to send — and now I am enjoying finally passing them along, after making sure I’ve got a picture.
The technique on this card (which we made in camp February 2015!) is bokeh, the effect of a blurred, unfocused background in a photo. I think this is worth an upcoming technique video!
I didn’t want to cover up any of this beautiful background, so we heat embossed the sentiment on a strip of vellum and folded it behind the matted panel. As you’d expect, the stamp sets and coordinating dies I used are retired: Butterfly Basics and Four Feathers.
Watch for the video!
I was just hoping that you will say “lets do video on this background” because I do not remember correctly how to make it. Thank you for that, I will watch for sure! 👍
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