I'm still working on some retiring sets. Today I got out the Summer by the Sea. This set has been on the dormant list since the new catalog came out and so it was fun to work with it. Sometime back I saw someone use the bleaching technique, so I had to try it again.
Stamp Seta: Summer by the Sea, Elegant Cheer
Card Stock: Ballet Blue, Basic Blck
Ink: Basic Black, Versa Mark, Black Embossing Powder, Bleach
Embellishments: Black Gingham Ribbon (104832, page 187), Aqua Painter (103954, page 193)
Technique: Bleaching and Windows
For this card, I stamped the little girl with versa mark and then embossed with black embossing powder. I then used an Aqua Painter with bleach. After letting that dry, I added the "wndow" effect.
To make the window I found a blog that explained it really well. Can I find it again? No. So I will try to explain it here. I used my 1 1/4" square punch and punched out 4 squares from post-it sticky notes. I did two per sheet, so all 4 would have some sticky on them. I then laid them on a 3" x 3" square piece of basic black cardstock - spaced them evenly and cut them out again with my 1 1/4" punch. Worked great - thanks to whoever thought of that!!
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