Hi everyone, it's time for the Group of Cardmakers monthly technique. This month we are playing with some bleach either in the form of Kitchen bleach or water.
Here are some Videos for you to check out:
Using Bleach:
When using bleach remember to leave it dry thoroughly before painting over it otherwise it will pull the colour out of the new paint.
If some bleach does move out of the lines then just add a little water to your brush and re blend the ink around the area.
Bleach is also really helpful for removing colour if it has spread too far in your regular watercoloring. I find it's wonderful for those red seepages you really don't want 😂
Here are my examples of using bleach to remove colour.
My first card is a penny black stamp which has been heat embossed, the colour removed with Bleach and then re watercolored.
Card number 2 is a Carablelle stamp, sadly they're no long in business. I pulled the inky background from my stash, it was sprayed with ink sprays. I stamped the image and then used the bleach on the magpie. Because the colour was so strong I did add a little white acrylic paint and then re stamped again.
For my third card, I used a Magenta Stamp on coloured card stock and stamped the image using bleach. I poured a little bleach in saucer and used a folded piece of paper towel soaked with bleach to apply it to the stamp. You have to use a stamp positioned for this. The bleach pulled colour out of the card which gave a gold colour print. This does take a few attempts, you can watch the colour change and add more bleach where it's needed. I used pencils to colour the image. I think this is my favourite of all the cards, it looks so much nicer IRL.
My final card is a Magenta stamp I smooshed different colours of blue ink on to the card then stamped and heat embossed the image. I removed the colour from the image using bleach and re coloured with water colours. I splattered some bleach over the background for interest.
Card Recipe
Stamps: Penny Black, Magenta BetterPress Sentiments.
Paper: Watercolour, 110lb white, Red
Ink: Versafine Clair
Accessories: Stamp Positioner, Better Press, Pencils, Watercolours
Techniques: Bleaching, watercoloring, pencil colouring, smooshing
