My friend Theresa's having a workshop tonight and she requested that we learn bleach stamping. I always try to accommodate my hostesses, so I came up with this card this morning with the great new set Just Believe. Hope she likes it!
I had to buy some new bleach for this, because our previous bottle of bleach had been banging around the place for about ten years and was no longer active. I was used to stamping with that, so here's a photo of what happened when I used the stronger new stuff!
It really bleached! The Soft Suede and Old Olive ones bleached out to a bright Crushed Curry color. Pretty, but not what I was going for. I backed down on the bleach a little and tried it on Wild Wasabi, and that's what I ended up going with for the card.
Here's a gorgeous card by Kimberly Rebarchik that uses bleaching in just a masterful way. The Medallion stamp is bleached, then wheeled over with the Very Vintage jumbo wheel. Isn't it awesome?
Gotta run–tornado warnings and thunderstorms and computer should not mix! I'll post the other projects from this weekend's shows (I have five events in six days!) tomorrow.
I always love seeing which colors the bleach will bring out 🙂 I made a card last fall with handsome hunter and it bleached to a perfect soft suede!
That’s good to know about old bleach. I just thought it would be different on different colors.
I love the cards.
Stay safe. My hubby was on his computer and got a shock when lightening hit somewhere. Definately stay off the computer.
I’ve wanted to learn more about bleaching too – I haven’t been brave enough to try it on my own yet. LOVE the vintage card!
She does love the card! Thanks for being so accomodating! I had a great time at my workshop and am picking out freebies right now! Thanks for everything, Lyssa!
Hi~ I have enjoyed looking at your projects…thanks for sharing. I was wondering if you could post how to bleach. This is the first I’ve heard of it. I would love to give it a try.
Thanks~
Diane