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Tested Tip--Bleach Stamping |
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Written by Diane Pottle
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I practiced on paper bag scraps to get the technique down. I used a foam leaf stamp first. I held it down for about 10 seconds. I was surprised--hey the paper just looks wet! But give it about two minutes to get the full effect (or at least it seemed that long as I waited). I then tried it on green cardstock. You can make a nice patterned background this way. It does have a mess up factor, so do this as a first step -- not as a finishing accent. I did get a few pin prick sized bleach spots elsewhere on the cardstock, but it didn't detract from my design.Next, I tried making a title with foam letter stamps from Making Memories, the font style was named stencil. As a side note, I have to say I love these stamps! They are double sided--always a bonus when you can get more bang for the buck. The stencil font has the positive and negative of the design on each side. Some in this series have uppercase on one side with lowercase on the other. One note of caution--you need to check how the side you are using needs to be oriented when stamping the paper. The side facing up that you are looking at on many of the letters will be reversed--which for some reason confuses me on certain letters like E. The title came out fine--again some pin prick bleach spots. Although you could stamp directly onto the background paper for your layout title, I wouldn't. Again due to the goof factor, I would stamp onto a paper that you can then cut apart and add the letters individually onto your background. This also allows you to make multi-colored letters, if you chose. | Click "Next>>" link below for page 3 - Detail Bleach Stamping. |
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