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A Long Farewell to the Summer Mini Catalog
Summer, along with the Summer Mini Catalog, is coming to an end. Sail Away and The Open Sea stamp sets became favorites this summer; sadly, they will not be available after tomorrow. I thought I would share a few of my favorite samples:
Ah, summer – I do wish it would linger a little longer. The kids go back to school on Thursday; therefore, I should have more time to concentrate on my blog entries!
Subscribe to the comments for this postColoring with Bleach
Welcome to the first 2011 VC Rocks Bloghop…you've most likely arrived here from Veronica Miller's blog . If you want to start at the beginning of the blog hop, you can start here – www.vcrocks.blogspot.com .
The theme of this blog hop is COLORING. If you know me very well, you know I love quick and easy results in cardmaking. I also love to use bleach in my stamping as it makes the house smell clean and fools the husband and kiddies that mom cleaned all day instead of stamped all day.
One of my favorite stamp sets in the new Summer Mini Catalog is Sail Away. This is a perfect stamp set for coloring with bleach!
First off, here are the supplies you'll need for the technique:
I am heat embossing the image first (you could also use StazOn instead). I've got my handy dandy heat embossing reflector (a piece of cardboard covered in aluminum foil), my SU heat gun, black embossing powder, embossing buddy, VersaMark, stamp, bleach (bleach should be "fresh"), nonpourous bowl, and bleach applicator (cheap paintbrush).
Whenever you are working with bleach, be careful for your health and safety. Work in a ventilated area and protect your eyes, clothing, and stamping station. If you are pregnant, I highly suggest you take bleach stamping off your to-do list until after your baby blessing has arrived!
Coloring with Bleach Tutorial – Sail Away Card
1. Heat emboss the sailboat image.
I used Not Quite Navy card stock which was already run through my Big Shot and the Scallop Circle #2 die. I ran my embossing buddy over it first and then heat set the black embossing powder.
2. Take cap off bleach and pour a small amount of bleach in the cap from the bleach bottle.
3. Apply bleach using paintbrush or other applicator tool to the portion of the embossed image you want "colored":
You should immediately see some color change. If you don't, your bleach may be too old or not "fresh" enough.
Coloring with bleach actually is taking AWAY color from the card stock. Different card stock, even different card stock lots, will produce varying results. I suggest trying to bleach on a small piece of scrap card stock before finalizing your selection or coordinating colors for the card design.
4. Finish the bleaching and set aside to dry.
5. Once dry, attach image to your card.
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Sail Away Moonlighting Technique
Items from the new mini-catalog are now available!!! One of my favorite stamps from this mini is Sail Away. As soon as I saw this set, I knew I wanted to use the moonlighting technique. I also used my brayer for the faux tearing technique too!
I love the blue colors – Baja Breeze and Not Quite Navy. I also used the white baker's twine on this card.
