Spring Garden Card with Bleach Technique

I'm so excited to you bring you this pretty card today, featuring some of my new, favorite stamps, here at So Suzy Stamps.  Have you ever tried the bleach technique?  It's a lot of fun, but you must handle with care and have plenty of room to work with.  Today's featured stamps are the Rose Bloom Trio, Love and Happiness and Spire Sage.  

I have some instructions so you can re-create this card.  Shall we begin?  First, you will want to use your Misti stamping tool for this project.  Trust me on this.  I'll be doing some masking as well and having the ability to use a stamp positioner is key.

Here's what you need:

-small amount of bleach  (approx. 1 tbsp.) in a small bowl or measuring cup

-Rose Bloom Trio stamp

-Spire Sage Stamp

-Love and Happiness Stamp

- cotton balls

-small paintbrush

-paper towel

-4" x 6" black cardstock (Neenah) *bleach works best on black cardstock

-white cardstock

-additional designer card panel (Graphic 45)

-A2 Kraft card

-adhesive runner

-Misti Stamping Tool

1.  Stamp the Rose Bloom trio onto white cardstock and fussy cut as your masking piece.

*Very important - make sure that you have cleaned the inside stamping lid of your Misti.  You do not want your bleached stamp to drop and ruin your project.  I speak from experience!!   

2.   Position your Rose Bloom Trio stamp across the lower left and center of your black cardstock.  I stamped at a slight angle.  Grab the stamp with your Misti.  Take a cotton ball and soak up some bleach, squeezing some out if overly saturated.  Rub the bleach lightly across your Rose Bloom Trio stamp, taking care not to saturate your stamp, yet make sure that it is covered completely.  You may wish to cut several pieces of black cardstock to test with, until you find the right amount.  

3.  When you stamp your bleached stamp with your Misti, do it quickly and do not overly press your image, or you will over saturate your paper with bleach.  This may take a few tries, but you will get the hang of it.  

4.  Wipe off your stamps immediately with a paper towel and be sure to rinse/wash your stamps thoroughly when finished.

5.   Position your Spire Sage stamp with your Misti, swipe with bleach/wet cotton ball and stamp randomly across the top of your masked Rose Bloom Trio.

6.  Do the same process above for your sentiment.

7.  Dip a small paintbrush into your bleach and tap some splatters across the top of your black cardstock.  

8.  Layer your A2 Kraft card with a coordinating piece of designer paper.  I'm using Graphic 45's A Proper Gentleman.  Trim your bleached cardstock to size and adhere.  Embellish as desired. 

I hope you'll give this fun technique a try.  Be sure and join us over at the So Suzy Stamps Flaunt It Group on Facebook and share your So Suzy creations with us!

Also sharing at these challenges:
Word Art Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge #272-273








Purchase Rose Bloom Trio, here.

Purchase Spire Sage, here.

Purchase Love and Happiness, here.

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New Release at TPD Stamps - Day 2 + Sale

It's day 2 of the new release at Two Paper Divas and today, I'm featuring two of the new stamp sets, Afternoon Tea and One Cup at a Time.  They're on sale today as well so don't wait, if you're thinking about ordering.

I wanted to make a card that would be gender friendly, appropriate for a guy or girl, so I stuck with mostly neutral tones, for today's project.

I used the TPD background stamps on my books as well, stamping my background stamps on white cardstock, then stamping my Afternoon Tea image on top.  I stamped my tea image again separately, so I could fussy cut my cup and add it on top of my colored books.  I wanted my books to have that grainy look that old canvas covered books sometimes have.  I love how they turned out!

I actually used a mix of Tombow dual brush and Zig Clean Colors for all my coloring.  Notice that piece of canvas fabric ribbon under my books?  To get that "scrunched" look, run your fabric through a sticker maker (Xyron) and when placed on cardstock, pinch it in sections.  And there's your bonus tip for the day!

Purchase One Cup At A Time, here.

Purchase Afternoon Tea, here.

Visit the Two Paper Divas Blog for daily project inspiration and on Wednesdays for the Design Team Roundup.  Check out the newest release right here:

http://www.twopaperdivas.com/product-category/whats-new/

Shop Two Paper Divas for a wide selection of clear stamps, digital stamps and accessories.

Also linking to these challenges:

Word Art Wednesday #246-247 Anything Goes

Pinspirational #173 Photo Challenge (Coffee)

Additional supplies:

Tim Holtz water brush

Tim Holtz paint dabber, Brushed Corduroy

Graphic 45 A Proper Gentleman houndstooth cardstock

Xyron 2.5" sticker maker

white gel pen

foam mounting tape

American Crafts Sunflower pigment ink

sponge

Ranger Black archival ink

Neenah white cardstock

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Pick Up Truck and Two Paper Divas

I've got a cool card today, featuring stamps from Two Paper Divas.  It's the perfect masculine or encouragement card.  Hey, I'd even dig getting a card like this!  I'm using the "Pick Up Lines" stamps that coordinate with the "Truck" stamp.  The sentiment is quirky and I like that because it turns what would conceivably be a masculine card, into a fun and quirky encouragement card, appropriate for men and women alike!  Lots of girls drive trucks too, right?  Hey, I live in the South and you will see more trucks than cars on the road. 

The papers I'm using today are from the Graphic 45 A Proper Gentleman collection and I've embellished with lots of lovely ribbons from The Ribbon Resource.

My truck was stamped with black ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder.  I did some watercoloring and stenciling on the backdrop of my truck and on the truck itself.  

Hey, mark your calendars for Monday, April 11th.  That's when the monthly April challenge begins and you don't want to miss it.  There's always a great prize offered up and it's so much fun!  Be sure and bookmark twopaperdivas.com and look for the challenge tab listed on the main page toolbar.  The new April stamp release is coming up on April 5th and 6th and you'll want to stop by for that too.  So many fun stamps.... and sentiments! (I do love my sentiments....)

 

 http://www.twopaperdivas.com/product/pick-up-lines/

 

http://www.twopaperdivas.com/product/truck/

Visit the Two Paper Divas Blog for daily project inspiration and on Wednesdays for the Design Team Roundup.  Check out the new March release right here:

http://www.twopaperdivas.com/product-category/whats-new/

Shop Two Paper Divas for a wide selection of clear stamps, digital stamps and accessories.

Also Linking to:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Anything Goes Challenge (featuring Ranger)

Used Ranger Brushed Corduroy distress ink, black archival ink

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