Bleached Ombre

Hello friends.

I'm having a great time using the ombre technique.

Another card from our retreat.

This one uses a combination of  Linda's blending technique and Susan's

bleach technique.  I love this stamp but I don't know where it came from or

what it's called.   It comes from a Clearly Besotted stamp set called

Friend's Forever. (Thanks Colleen).  It doesn't seem to be available now

which is a shame because I would love to have this set.

Money saved!

With Linda's instruction and those blending brushes, I was able to get a rich,

smooth  background for the first time ever!

We stamped and heat embossed an image.

I loved the open flower but it kept calling to me to use bleach on it.

So I did and was I sorry!

I think I was too heavy handed with it or didn't blot fast enough.

I thought I'd ruined the whole piece.

But then I remembered that Susan had said we could go back in and

watercolor over the bleached part.

So with nothing to lose, I pulled out my watercolor pencils and a damp

waterbrush and went to work.

I think I saved it.

I hope I can save the other sample I did, but that was

enough stress for one day!

There's still a couple of days to join in at
CAS Mix Up

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe 

Stamps:  Forever Friends (ret. Clearly Besotted), Hello Friend (GKD)

Ink:   Versamark, Versafine Onyx Black, Seedless Preservs, Spun Sugar, Work Lipstick (DOX)

Paper:   Neenah

Other:  White EP, Bleach, Watercolor Pencils (Caran d'ache #90 Purple, #220 Grass Green, #69 Burnt Sienna, Blending Brushes