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Sunday, April 19, 2020

Magical Bleached Mermaid

Hi there.  I glad you stopped by.

I hope you are feeling good and crafty!


While I had my bleach out for this card, I thought I'd do another.

I used a piece of Brusho background with very intense color and a
NBUS stamp set.

After stamping on the Brusho background, I used the bleach to
remove the most of the color from the stamped mermaid.  I used less bleach
on her tail so it would keep some of the blue color.  After removing most
of the color from her upper half, I colored with watercolor pencils.

Some die cut seaweed from my stash and a strip from cutting
 the background placed horizontally added a bit more interest.

Challenges:
NBUS Challenge #13 - Use Never Before Used Schtuff (Stamp)


 




Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe
Stamps: Magical Mermaid (SU)
Ink:   Jet Black Archival
Paper:   Neena, Strathmore Watercolor (300 series)
Other:  Brushos, Clear EP, Clorox Splashless Bleach, Watercolor Pencils


25 comments:

  1. Gorgeous card Bonnie! It really looks like she's deep down in the ocean. Love your card.
    Lynn

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  2. Wow, Bonnie - what a great card! Jo x

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  3. She is beautiful Bonnie! Awesome bleaching - love it. x

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  4. WOW Bonnie you nailed the bleaching technique - and with Brushos background... I love your mermaid - her tail looks like it's shimmery under the water and I love that you watercolour her top half- it's a wonderful card... stay safe and hugs Robyn

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  5. The bleaching has worked beautifully here Bonnie and love that sweet mermaid and the added white seaweed and the lovely sentiment and strip of blue finish it perfectly. x

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  6. Beautiful Bonnie, I can't believe the bleach took all that colour out of your vibrant blue background. Love that image :)

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  7. Beautiful card Bonnie. Love the bleach mermaid on the gorgeous smooshed background. xx

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  8. This is so lovely Bonnie - love how you left some of the colour for her tail.
    Stay safe
    Blessings
    Maxine

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  9. SO very beautiful
    Keep safe and well
    Faith x

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  10. This is Mer-mazing, Bonnie! and I love that seaweed die - where has that one been hiding?
    My bleach has remained in the laundry room, but I'm sure happy to see you've gotten a bit more out of yours!
    =]

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  11. Beautiful background for the magical mermaid. Love your card.

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  12. WOW...GORGEOUS card Bonnie! Love the image you used (don't think I own a single mermaid stamp...gasp!!) and how perfectly it worked with the bleach technique on your lovely blue background! This is definitely a magical card!! Hugs. P.S. My Daffodils are all standing upright after 2 days of sunshine...YAY!!! :0)

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  13. Love your clever and creative bleached mermaid, Bonnie. She is a beauty swimming in the gorgeous Brushos background. Your die cut seaweed and the beautiful font on your sentiment were perfect embellishments. TFS Stay safe and creative, my friend. Love and Hugs..Nancy

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  14. Goodness, it's amazing Bonnie and very inspirational! Love the fabulous background and the way the bleached and coloured mermaid pops against it with this technique. Vicky x

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  15. Fantastic job getting the mermaid white enough to color her. The last time I did this years ago my bleach did not do nearly as well. Fun card, Bonnie and as always, wonderful coloring!

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  16. beautiful! Love those magicals, and wonderful that it works with bleach too!

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  17. Wow, gorgeous Brusho ocean, Bonnie! I love the vibrant blue and the way Brusho spread. You did a fantastic job of bleaching, changing the level of beaching.
    Adding the horizontal matching strip is a brilliant idea!
    Hideko xx

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  18. Gorgeous card. 💙 That Brusho background is beautiful and perfect for your perfectky bleached and watercoloured mermaid. .

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  19. Beautiful! Wonderful brusho colours for the background and a great job varying how much bleach you used to keep more colour in some places than in others.

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  20. This is gorgeous Bonnie. The bleach has worked really well with the Brusho the mermaids tail looks amazing! Thank you for playing along with the Craft Stamper Challenge xx

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  21. What a gorgeous blue ocean for her to swim in, Bonnie.

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  22. Wow, that background is GORGEOUS, what a beautiful way to make it even more so. That Mermaid is so wonderfully integrated, definitely magical. Love the white coral and the repeating of the brushos strip. Such a different style...that I love xx

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  23. You know so many techniques Bonnie and your coloring is always fantastic. Now you have me singing the Disney song "Under the Sea"
    You know - "things are much wetter under the sea"
    Sandy xx

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  24. What a pretty underwater scene and the bleaching looks great x. Having all this time and still never enough for doing lots of crafting my end x.

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  25. I love underwater scenes, and yours is one of the most beautiful. I love the water colors, all the spots that make up this amazing background. The mermaid perfectly completes the stage, adding even more magic
    xx

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Enjoy! Bonnie