{"id":14684,"date":"2015-07-29T09:19:45","date_gmt":"2015-07-29T14:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/?p=14684"},"modified":"2015-07-15T05:21:37","modified_gmt":"2015-07-15T10:21:37","slug":"create-selfie-bokeh-bokeh-layout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/2015\/07\/29\/create-selfie-bokeh-bokeh-layout\/","title":{"rendered":"Create a &#8220;Selfie&#8221; Bokeh-On-Bokeh Layout"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>The \u201cSelfie\u201d Mini Theme is on point for anything preteen or teen related\u2026even if it\u2019s not pertaining to a selfie!\u00a0 I have used the mini theme to showcase a photo strip taken of my son and his date at their Junior Prom.\u00a0 The on trend colors and design of \u201cSelfie\u201d captured the moment perfectly!<\/p>\n<p>I started with a 12&#215;12 base paper from \u201cSide B\u201d of the \u201cCameras\u201d paper.\u00a0 Next, I cut a black cardstock down to 8.5\u201d square and machine stitched it to the center of the base paper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.echoparkpaperblog.com\/.a\/6a01543696af0c970c01b8d130b011970c-popup\"><img class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a01543696af0c970c01b8d130b011970c img-responsive\" title=\"Shellye McDaniel-Selfie Bokeh Layout6\" src=\"http:\/\/www.echoparkpaperblog.com\/.a\/6a01543696af0c970c01b8d130b011970c-500wi\" alt=\"Shellye McDaniel-Selfie Bokeh Layout6\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the focal point paper (which was cut to 8\u201d square) I wanted to expound on the bokeh look of the \u201cWords\u201d paper (side B), so I used a \u00be\u201d and 1\u201d circle die to die-cut holes randomly throughout.\u00a0 Next, I used strips of thin foam adhesive tape to attach the bokeh paper to the top center of the black cardstock.\u00a0 This gave just the right amount of depth to the die-cut areas.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.echoparkpaperblog.com\/.a\/6a01543696af0c970c01bb084b55c2970d-popup\"><img class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a01543696af0c970c01bb084b55c2970d img-responsive\" title=\"Shellye McDaniel-Selfie Bokeh Layout3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.echoparkpaperblog.com\/.a\/6a01543696af0c970c01bb084b55c2970d-500wi\" alt=\"Shellye McDaniel-Selfie Bokeh Layout3\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Medium sized enamel dots were placed inside of the larger, 1\u201d circles.\u00a0 These take on their own shine and lend to the bokeh feel of the layout!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.echoparkpaperblog.com\/.a\/6a01543696af0c970c01b7c7a74584970b-popup\"><img class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a01543696af0c970c01b7c7a74584970b img-responsive\" title=\"Shellye McDaniel-Selfie Bokeh Layout4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.echoparkpaperblog.com\/.a\/6a01543696af0c970c01b7c7a74584970b-500wi\" alt=\"Shellye McDaniel-Selfie Bokeh Layout4\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I used one of the 4X4 journal cards found on the \u201cJournaling Cards\u201d paper and embellished it with various stickers before adding the photo strip to the side.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/www.echoparkpaperblog.com\/.a\/6a01543696af0c970c01b8d130b04f970c-popup\"><img class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a01543696af0c970c01b8d130b04f970c img-responsive\" title=\"Shellye McDaniel-Selfie Bokeh Layout5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.echoparkpaperblog.com\/.a\/6a01543696af0c970c01b8d130b04f970c-500wi\" alt=\"Shellye McDaniel-Selfie Bokeh Layout5\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Three blooms from the back of the \u201cJournaling Cards\u201d paper were trimmed out and colored with Prisma Colored Pencils. For a smoother finish, I used Gamsol (odorless mineral spirits) and a blending stump to create beautiful watercolor-like flowers.<\/p>\n<p>Use this bokeh-on-bokeh trick on your cards or other crafting projects too!<\/p>\n<p>Products:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.echoparkpaper.com\/collections\/mini-themes\/selfie.html\" target=\"_blank\">Selfie Mini Theme- SW6201 Selfie Sticker<br \/>\nSW6202 Journaling Cards<br \/>\nSW6203 Cameras<br \/>\nSW6204 Words<br \/>\n<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.echoparkpaper.com\/collections\/bundle-joy-new-addition-boy\/\" target=\"_blank\">Bundle of Joy- BJBT78028 Enamel Dots<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: Echo Park<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cSelfie\u201d Mini Theme is on point for anything preteen or teen related\u2026even if it\u2019s not pertaining to a selfie!\u00a0 I have used the mini theme to showcase a photo strip taken of my son and his date at their&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":15109,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14684"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14684"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14684\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15110,"href":"https:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14684\/revisions\/15110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/scrappinstuff.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}