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Friday, June 14, 2019

Bleached Flowers

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Thank you for calling in.

I made this card for swap in a small online group of stampers that I belong to, and the challenge last month was to use bleach on our cards. 
 I decided to make a Brusho background on watercolour paper, after reading this tutorial,


The image was from the Happy Little Stampers set called Especially For You [the store appears to have now closed], and I embossed it using a Brutus Monro e.p. called Sandstone [which appears to be discontinued]
I masked the flowers as I stamped them, and after embossing them, I coloured the stems with a sharp Prismacolor pencil


I then applied household bleach to the flower petals, waited as the 'magic' happened, then repeated the bleach treatment, not only then, but also again next morning.


I layered the image panel, offset, over some green card.  Stamped and white embossed the sentiment on a snippet of the same green, and cut it into a banner at one end.  Both layers were then mounted on an orange base.   A few white sequins were randomly added, and wee bow finished the card. 

I am linking this to:

37 comments:

Sue said...

This is gorgeous, Maxine. A lovely brushos background and I like how you used the bleach, fab technique!

aussie aNNie said...

Have this gorgeous stamp set Maxine and you have made it very classy.xx

Gerrina said...

It is such a beautiful card! Great flowers and with that technique they really pop! Hugs, Gerrina

Monica said...

What a super work f beauty this is, Maxine. I love, love, love the background and the dreamy flowers and all the techniques you have used.

Love,

Monica

Gerrina said...

I'm back...forgot to say that it looks beautiful in the gallery at TIME OUT...thank you for jopining us there!

brenda said...

It's such a beautiful and delicate image Maxine and you used one of my favourite techniques to great effect to soften the blooms, it's lovely to see you at Stamping Sensations June challenge, thanks so much for joining us.

B x

Mia said...

Really gorgeous card, Maxine. Lovely stamp, great embossing and I love the brushos on the watercolor paper. Kisses, my friend.

jimlynn said...

Stunning!!! Wow! Maxine, this is gorgeous.
Lynn

cotnob said...

A beautiful card Maxine, such a pretty image and lovely warm colours.
Pauline - Crafting with Cotnob
x

pinky said...

Love your sunny card, need to have a go at the bleach technique. Thanks for joining us at Stamping Sensations this month.
Pinky

Joyce said...

This is so very pretty. I have never used bleach on my cards, but this technique produces such a pretty background. Thanks so much for playing along at Time Out.

Glennis F said...

A gorgeous card Maxine - I love your use of the bleach technique, great result!

Suze said...

I love your card Maxine. Great idea to triple bleach the image. I wish I had thought of doing that as mine might have turned out better than it did.

ILEANA ARTUFFO said...

Wow, this is a wonderful creation! I love colours and technique that you used!
Thanks for playing at Crafty Creations Challenge.
Ileanaxx

mamapez5 said...

Very pretty Maxine. The bleach has worked well on the brusho background, even if it did take a few layers to work the magic. Well done. Kate x

Quillish said...

Brushos and bleach.. wow.. what stunning results Maxine. Amazing technique.

Shaz in Oz.CalligraphyCards said...

Hi Maxine,
Love your bright background with brushos. I checked out the Splitcoast tutorial, when it was written in 2015, I hadn’t even heard of brushos let alone owned some! Love those tutorials Dina does, she’s a no-nonsense crafter. Right up my alley.

Great take on those stamps Maxine, really love the way you’ve used them.
Thanks too for your encouragement on Wonderful Words blog... and glad today’s post blessed you. It was certainly encouraging to me. I know things aren’t easy, am praying. God gets it. Prayer hugs, Shaz in Oz.x

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Jeanette (Forest Ranger) said...

Maxine, wow! Wow! WOW!!! This card is gorgeous!

HJ said...

This card is stunning!! Love what you did with the bleach technique. Enjoy your day!

Ellibelle said...

An absolutely beautiful creation Maxine. The background looks amazing and so do the bleached flowers! What a great technique, only did this once at stamp class ages ago!
Thank you so much for linking up at my Crafty Wednesday challenge this time!

froebelsternchen said...

Gorgeous! What a wonderful project!Happy weekend, Susi

Mac Mable said...

Great masking and love those Brusho's x A fabulous unique and beautiful card x

Darnell said...

This is so warm, sunny, and gorgeous, Maxine! What a beautiful background and a wonderful choice of flowers for the fun bleach technique, which I just did for the first time last month and love!! Hugs, Darnell

JD/ Jill said...

Very nicely done. Thanks for sharing the link...I might give this one a try.

Karen Letchworth said...

I am really loving this amazing background, Maxine. I need to learn how to do this. It's SO pretty!
Blessings,
karen

Wendy Nicola Jackson said...

What a stunning creation Maxine! LOVE that bleached effect, that's so clever! Will have to check out the tutorial. Lovely to see your comments pop up on my blog. Have been thinking of you and hoping all was improving. Sending love and hugs, Wends xoxo

Dawn T said...

Stunning Maxine. Love the background and your bleaching turned out awesome.

creationsnz said...

I like how you've taken the stamp and materials and made it your own! Well done Maxine. CarolG

Linda said...

This is gorgeous. Great Brusho background, the colours are beautiful. Fab results from the bleach too. Thank you for playing along with the Craft Stamper challenge xx

Lynne K said...

This is such a gorgeous example of the bleach technique, Maxine. So very delicate and pretty. I like how you've matted it too, it frames the picture beautifully. Thank you for sharing it with us at Stamping Sensations.

Lynne

MiamiKel said...

Wow, so pretty! This is a vibrant and stunning card - really pops! You do such great cards with flowers!

Shelly Schmidt said...

Your card is stunning Maxine! I really love the background, and the bleached effect is -wow!!! I love seeing the tutorial for Brusho's as well!

Cobnut Crafter said...

What a clever use of the bleaching technique with Brushos! I love the colour scheme you have used. Thank you for the kind words you left for me. xx

Sue - said...

Gorgeous card and another technique I need to try! Thanks for joining us at Happy Little Stampers Watercolor Challenge.

Ellen said...

Lovely card, well done! Thanks for joining us at Craft Rocket Challenges.

groetjes, Ellen

Karen Dunbrook said...

so pretty and summery too.
x Karen

Sally H said...

A bright and colourful creation for our true colours challenge! Thanks for joining us at Stamping Sensations this month and good luck