Bleaching Technique

This month's club class focused on a technique known as bleaching. Basically, instead of using a stamp pad to 'ink' your image, you use a paper towel folded, and soaked in regular household bleach. It's really fun to experiment with the different colors of cardstock to see how the bleach will change the color. The first example uses the stamp set Bugs and Kisses, which is kind of a kid-like cartoony set. When you use the bleach technique, the image is a little blurred, and more close to the kind of dragonfly you would actually find in nature! Then I dipped the sides of the cardstock on to the bleached paper towel to rough the edges a little.

Stamp Set: Bugs and Kisses
Cardstock: Green Galore, Bahama Breeze, and Whisper White

Stamp Sets: Upsy Daisy and Teeny Tiny Wishes
Cardstock: Soft Suede, Very Vanilla, and Crushed Curry

For this card, I used my blender pen, dipped in the bleach to color in the frosting on the cupcakes. It's hard to tell from the picture, but I also used the VersaMark pen to bring out a little bit of the Melon Mambo color. The cupcakes were stamped in Black Craft ink, and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. You could also use Staz-on ink in this example.

Stamp set: The More the Merrier
Cardstock: Whisper White, Basic Black, and Melon Mambo