STAMPIN' UP!'S ELEMENTS OF STYLE - BLEACHED

The fabulous Kirsty Brown, stamper extraordinaire, has a lot to answer for!  She "wowed" us all at Stampin' Up! Convention with a demonstration on how to use bleach with stamping, and a whole new movement has started around the country.  This nifty technique is addictive!!

A couple of special friends celebrated their birthdays this past week, and I decided what I'll call "Kirsty's technique" was the perfect starting point for their cards.

Firstly, for my darling friend (and now sometime travelling companion) Jane, who loves blue, I made this card:

Stamps: Elements of Style, Teeny Tiny Sentiments, En Francais

Card: Shimmery White, Baja Breeze

Ink: Versamark inkpad, Baja Breeze stampin' pad

Other: White embossing powder, Very Vanilla satin ribbon, Word Window punch, Modern Label punch, Basic Pearls, sponge dauber, mini glue dots, aquapainter containing neat bleach

I ran outside to catch a very brief spell of sunshine to photograph these cards; the photos aren't great, but they're the best I could manage.  It's a bit hard to make out the subtly stamped background, and the beautiful shimmery cardstock, but just use your imagination!

Using the same layout and ideas, but the beautifully dramatic Perfect Plum colour from Stampin' Up!'s range, I made a card for one of my special class 'regulars', and lovely friend, Kathy:

Stamps: Elements of Style, Teeny Tiny Sentiments, En Francais

Card: Shimmery White, Perfect Plum

Ink: Versamark inkpad, Perfect Plum stampin' pad

Other: White embossing powder, Very Vanilla satin ribbon, Basic Pearls, sponge dauber, Word Window punch, Modern Label punch, mini glue dots, aquapainter filled with neat bleach