More bleaching....

I am so happy to have found this Summer By the Sea set on Craigslist recently, it is perfect for so many things. This is the same image I watercolored a few posts ago, but this time I used the bleaching technique. Super quick and easy!

Watercoloring

For this card I used the set "Summer By the Sea" (SU retired). I embossed the image and then watercolored using my crayons, pencils, and blender pen (all SU). I added the white organza with a button tied with some linen thread to finish it off.

Bleaching

I wanted to try "coloring" using bleach, but don't have many watercolor sets. This is a retired set called On Angels Wings. I stamped her in black craft ink and embossed her. Then using my aqua painter (empty) I just dipped in in some bleach and colored the areas I wanted white. Super easy technique but very effective. I also used the sanded stamp in the background

Medallion

I love this stamp, it is quite simple, but with all the shimmer I didn't want to take away from the main image. I stamped the main image in versamark twice and embossed it. Then I punched out the middle and popped it up with dimensional.

Stamps: Medallion background stamp, heard from the heart

Ink: melon mambo, versamark

Paper: melon mambo, whisper white

Accessories: filigree designer brad, modern label punch, 1 3/8 circle punch, iridescent ice

Roses

This is done with re-inkers...since I only have the new in color re-inkers I was a bit limited to colors. I stamped the rose from Fifth Ave. Floral on shimmery white c/s with craft white ink, then embossed with clear powder. I spritzed the images with water, then using an aqua painter and a drop from the reinkers you color in your image. Hard to explain, but if you want to watch a great tutorial, hop over to pattystamps.com

Hoppy Birthday

This is for a litle girls' birthday that my son is attending tomorrow (hence the pink background!)
I embossed the pink background with a sizzix texture plate, attatched it to a 6x6 piece of kraft cardstock, and cut our the frog images. I also embosses the chipboard H with Versamark and thick embossing powder (3 times to make it glossy). Looking at the picture now, I regret adding that ribbon, but I had no matching pink or green ribbon....maybe I will play with that later!

Cracked Glass

These next 2 cards are using the same colors. This card was actually supposed to face the other direction (scallop at the bottom), but when I stamped the thank-you sentiment I did it upside down....Duh!....so I had to modify! I also used the cracked glass technique over the flowers, but it is not showing up to well in the photo.

Eastern Blooms

I was attempting to mask these flowers but for some reason it wasn't working so well! I finally used some of my Hodge Podge hardware that I am hording! The baja breeze was embossed with one of the sizzix texture plates, using my Big Shot.

Faux Metal technique

Using silver paper, I stamped the image (Cute and Curly), embossed it with silver embossing powder then punched it out with the Curly Label punch!