Bleached Leaves - A bleaching tutorial

The bleaching technique may be an oldie but goodie and you may have done it a million times before. But for my friends who are newer to stamping, I decided to provide an abridged tutorial just in case this technique is new to you. It's easy to create vibrant cards using regular household bleach and a little embossing powder.



I wanted to create a simple masculine card so I grabbed Asela Hopkins new stamp set, "Botanical Dreams," and some of the Archaic patterned paper by Basic Grey.



The supplies I used were fine detail black embossing powder, VersaMark ink, an embossing buddy by Stampin' Up, More Mustard Card stock and some regular household bleach.

First, rub the embossing budding all over your card stock to remove static. Then, stamp your image using VersaMark ink. Sprinkle fine detail black embossing powder all over your card and tap away the excess. Heat with your heat tool until the embossing powder turns shiny.



Pour a little bit of bleach into a small cup. Using a paint brush, or empty waterbrush, dip the tip into the bleach and paint the inside of the image being careful not to go outside of the lines.

You can see how quickly the bleach begins to work. If you want to speed up the process even more, after you paint your areas with bleach, use your heat tool to warm it a bit and the bleach will work faster.

Add the piece to your project. Try different colors of cardstock for different looks. It's always a surprise to see what color the cardstock will bleach up to!



Card details-

Stamps- Botanical Dreams
Ink- Black Stazon for the greeting, VersaMark for the leaves
Paper- Stampin' Up More Mustard, Chocolate Chip
Patterned paper- Basic Grey Archaic 6 X 6 paper pad
Other- Fine detail embossing powder in black, bleach, Janome Sew-mini sewing machine (see tutorials up at top left for how to sew on your cards)
Embellishments- Archaic Glazed Brads, (see below)



I wanted to show you an up close view of this brad. Since I was making a masculine card, I wanted a masculine embellishment. I really thought that this brad looked like a cuff-link.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and you'll give bleaching a try!

Hugs,
Gina K.


Posted by Gina K at 7/7/2008 9:32 PM
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