Mod Squad Challenge - Bleaching with Color

Dear Ones~
This week over at the Mod Squad Challenge I am the host. I have chosen the Bleaching Technique as my challenge, but with a twist. After bleaching we need to color the image in.

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I have two different styles of bleaching for you today.
Here is my first example:

 This is one way to do the bleaching technique. Here I stamped the image and then using a paint brush I painted the flower and leaves with bleach. I dried the bleached image completely and then used Copic markers to color it in. The image I used is a retired GKD stamp set duo called Heart Blooms. I didn’t realize until after I had started posting this that the stamp is no longer available, but any of the Year of Flowers sets by Melanie Muenchinger would be perfect for this.

Here are the Ingredients:

GKD Innocent Pink and White Card Stock

GKD Heart Blooms Stamp

Stash Patterned Paper

Cheery Lynn Ribbon Die

Spellbinders Fancy Labels 3 Die

Copic Markers

GKD Buttons

Bleach

Sitckles

And here's another way:

For this card I used the bleach as ink. I made an “ink pad” with some paper towel on a plate, and then poured the bleach directly onto the towel until it was juicy. The I just dipped the stamp in the bleach and stamped on the paper. The bleach doesn’t hurt the stamp – but to be certain you may want to rinse it under the tap when you’re done. After I dried the image with my heat tool I again used Copics to color it in. It’s really fun to see the bleached image appear as it dries with this technique. The image I used here is from the Gina K Designs stamp set The Wetlands.  

Here are the Ingredients:
GKD Charcoal Brown, Fresh Asparagus and Ivory Card Stock

We R Memory Keepers Wild Flower Patterned Paper

GKD The Wetlands Stamp

GKD Fanciful Tags Stamp for Greeting

Ranger Copper Embossing Powder

GKD Burlap Ribbon

Copic Markers

Stickles

Thanks for stopping by, and don't forget to head on over to The Mod Squad Challenge and play along. I can't wait to see your wonderful creations, and I adore your comments.