p.s. I hope the sun is shining in your part of the world!
Enjoy!
~ Ruby’s Rainbow – Stamping
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p.s. I hope the sun is shining in your part of the world!
Enjoy!
I had in mind to use this arch from The Artistic Stamper…then came the idea of making the background look like it was part of a building using the bleach blocking idea.
I have kept the same colours this time around as what I used last time. And I have used the bleaching as you would if you were doing stenciling ~ that is, bleaching out the ink, then overlaying with the colours of the ink that was used in the first place…
in this case, aged mahogany and rusty hinge DI’s.
Oh, and the light area inside the arch is bleach blocked – 3 times on top of each other – to give a light area on the inside.
The angel just seemed right for the arch
and for the feeling of the card.
It’s a stamp that I’ve only ever used once before…and it fitted beautifully!
The black lines were added as an afterthought (using a credit card)…you know how it is, “I’ll just add this” lol ~ then you sometimes have to resist going on.
Then I thought…maybe I’ll photograph it, then change it later lol
Enjoy!
So often we make a beautiful background, then cover it up.
Does that sound familiar?
This time I wanted to make a background that somehow
blended in with the design…and enhanced the stamping, somehow.
This card I have called ‘With Love…’
And comes from a happy place.
To bleach out the ink you simply spray some water onto your blending tool pad, hold down on the distress inked background and hold for a few seconds…then lift. You can let it dry naturally or, by blotting it after 10 or so seconds, you can white it out more…so you can play with the different effects.
The lighter colours make the bleaching whiter than some of the darker colours too.
The thing that I love the most about this challenge group is the stamping…you can you use any stamps that you like! Just so long as you do use stamps…for me it doesn’t get better than that!
Enjoy!