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

Fun with Ombre

Oh, my it's June already!

It's time for a new challenge at CAS Mix Up.

(I didn't realize until just now that the vellum is kind of  rippled.  It wasn't intentional)

The very talented Mac is our host this month and this is what she chose.

There are definitions of ombre on the challenge site as well as links to video tutorials.

I did this background with a baby wipe.  I saw Jennifer McGuire do this and

wanted to try it while we were all hot on using baby wipes.

I folded a baby wipe several times until it was a good size to fit around the edge of

an acrylic block and attached it with a rubber band.  I added a few drops of

three different colors of Distress re-inkers and swiped it on a piece of cardstock.

With this piece I got fancy and swiped it in different directions.

I stamped with a small set of Lavinia stamps that I got while in Vancouver.

For a little added interest, I dry embossed a couple corners of the design piece.

So my mixed media are Ombre, Baby Wipe, Stamping, Dry Embossing, 

Vellum and Heat Embossing.

I hope you'll be inspired by our talented Design team and our 

fabulous Guest Designer, Bobby, and join  us at CAS Mix Up.  

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Starburst (Lavinia Stamps), Special Sentiments (PB)

Ink:   Versafine Onyx Black

Paper:   Neenah, Basic Black, Mixed Media

Other:  Distress Re-inkers (Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Picked Raspberry), Baby Wipe on Acrylic Block, EF (?)