Bleached again

I can't believe it was over a year ago that I shared my last bleaching class. Last month, I taught the class again, with different projects, and wanted to share them here.

I must apologize in advance for the condition of these pictures. I didn't realize how bad they were until I started uploading to blogger...and I'm too lazy to go back and retake the pics. Sorry.









Stamping with Bleach

Pocket Silhouettes stamp set; Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip and Bermuda Bay cardstock; bleach and Chocolate Chip ink; 1/4" Old Olive Grosgrain ribbon; Rounded Corner and Scalloped Edge punches; dimensionals













Bleached out

Fifth Avenue Floral and Jumbo Outline Alpha sets; Melon Mambo, Whisper White and Soft Suede cardstock; bleach, Melon Mambo and versamark ink pads; clear embossing powder; fine watercolor brush; 5/8" WW organza ribbon
















Bleached out plus

Forever Flowers stampin' around wheel; Orchid Opulence, Old Olive and Rich Razzleberry cardstock; bleach, versamark ink pad; Orchid Opulence, Old Olive, Rich Razzleberry and So Saffron stampin' write markers; white embossing powder; fine watercolor brush; Scallop Square Bigz Clear Die











And here's a close-up of the stamped panel. The flowers and leaves were bleached and then colored in with the markers.

Bleaching Sneak Peek

This is me making good on my promise to post "soon." Tuesday I'm teaching my monthly Technique Tuesday class, and it's all about bleach! So, here are sneak peeks of the cards we'll be making.

How was that for a "peek"?? If you'd like to see more, and take home some for yourself, join me Tuesday...Less then 24 hours to RSVP!! See you there.

A New Technique??

Haha...I think I created a new technique. At least, I can't find it anywhere online. I took an existing bleach technique and "tweaked" it. You can see the original bleach technique here.

Rather than simply highlighting the image, I completely bleached it and then added new color with my aquapainter. You must be very sure that the cardstock is completely dry after bleaching and before watercoloring. A heat tool is the quickest way to do this. Just be aware that the longer you heat an embossed image on colored cardstock, the more is soaks into the cardstock and the less raised the embossed image will be.

I embossed the flower from Touch of Nature in black and then used a small paint brush to apply the bleach. To keep the paper from pilling or being saturated, I applied a thin layer, dried with my heat tool and applied again until the area was white. Then I painted my flower as I would an image stamped on whisper white.

Here's my finished project:

Please note: Not all colors bleach to white...and black SU cardstock doesn't bleach at all.

Here's a pic of the back of my cardstock sampler showing (left to right) bleaching on really rust, cameo coral and ruby red. You can see that cameo coral and ruby red bleach to white, but really rust bleaches to yellow.

Stamps: Touch of Nature; Cardstock: Sage Shadow, Basic Black, Ruby Red; Ink: Versamark, Sage Shadow, So Saffron marker, Old Olive marker, Basic Black; Other: black embossing powder, black gingham ribbon, aquapainter, bleach, paint brush