One of my favorite “inks” actually removes color – that’s Bleach! This is more effective on medium – dark solid color card stock. I usually stamp an image with versamark and then emboss with clear or colored embossing powder. Then I put some bleach in a small container and “paint” with a small brush over the image inside the embossing. This keeps the bleach effect from spreading outside the lines. Very shortly, the color of the paper bleaches out to a lighter color – sometimes one you don’t expect! After the bleach dries thoroughly (you can use a embossing/heat gun to dry if you are in a hurry), go back and ink up the resulting lightened image with markers. There are a couple other methods to use bleach in stamping cards, but I’ll save that for another week ;-). Here’s my sample, using a card from a Project Life pack as background, and the “Baby, We’ve Grown” stamp set. I’ve added a few dots of Crystal Effects over the Owl Eyes!
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