Is it August Already????

What is this you ask?????? No, I am not doing laundry, I'm getting ready to do some bleach stamping. I've known about this technique for years, but never tried it as it seemed to MESSY for me. One day I decided to give it a try and to my surprise, it wasn't really messy or even time-consuming for that matter.

This is the August Stamp of the Month, "Something Splendid". It is the perfect set of stamps to use with the bleach-stamping technique.

First you take a piece of cardstock and apply ink to it with a rubber brayer. Get the paper completely inked up and then either let it dry completely or dry it a bit with a heating tool. In this sample I used the Tulip ink pad.

Then use embossing ink to stamp your image on the inked piece of cardstock. I used the Chocolate Brown embossing powder. After you've applied the powder, heat with your heating tool.

Then put a small amount of bleach in a container and using a fine paint brush, simply apply the bleach where you want the "lighter" areas of the flower to appear. The bleach will bleach away the ink, but will not hurt the embossed image at all.

Continue painting until all areas are "bleached out".

Here is the finished card.

This is another sample, this time using "Honey" ink.

This is another card using the Stamp Set. I didn't bleach this one. It is just done with Sorbet ink using both of the flower stamps, the outline and the overlay.

This is also simple stamping, this time using Blush ink.

Enjoy the bleach technique, and also the month of August! If you are interested in the Stamp of the Month, please let me know by August 20th, and I will get them ordered.