Kitty Ice Cream Card with Bokeh Background by January Guest Designer Tina Wilstrup

Hello everyone! I'm back for my 3rd post as guest designer and I'm really excited about this one because this is my first bokeh background.

But first I colored up these 2 adorable ice cream eating kitties from the Newton's Summer Treats Stamp Set. I'm getting in a summer mood because I'm going on vacation soon. And a sunny vacation and ice cream just goes together, right?!

I wanted to match the background with the kitties so I inked up a panel with matching distress inks. I wasn't careful with the blending at all. Once it had dried I grabbed a stencil with different sizes of circles in it. The Bokeh Stencil Set from Newton's Nook would work perfectly for this technique. I used a white pigment ink starting with the larger circles and ending with the smaller ones, making sure they overlapped. It was one of those "just one more" moments and I just had to stop myself in the end. 

I kept it really simple so not to hide the bokeh background. I cut the panel with a rectangle die, popped up the kitties and added a sentiment to a strip of white cardstock. This sentiment is so true! Especially with my daughter, ice cream really does solve everything!

Hope you enjoyed! Happy crafting, people!
-Tina