Card Making and Paper Crafting Techniques – Coloring with Bleach

February 9, 2012

Card Making and Paper Crafting Techniques – Coloring with Bleach

February 9, 2012

Card Making and Paper Crafting Techniques - Coloring with Bleach

 

I imagine that coloring with bleach is probably not a new idea but I loved this sweet little rabbit so much I just had to share.

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It’s so easy that there are only 3 steps to the process.

1. Stamp an image on a colored piece of paper. I recommend StazOn ink – the stamp I used I can’t find online for you but here are two others I like very much  – Baby Bunny and Tiny Bunny Rabbit Hopping Away

2. Color in the image with a Fantastix dipped in a bit of bleach – it may be difficult to see if you’ve finished coloring until it sets a minute. If you missed a spot you can go back and color it some more.

3. Wait

It only takes a couple of minutes for the bleaching of the paper to be seen.  I’ve done this too where I put bleach on a pad of paper toweling and used it as a stamp pad.  I stamped snowflakes on navy blue paper for a Christmas card background.  It’s definately a “Oooo” getter.

Have you used bleach in paper crafts before? What did you make and how?

 

Card Making and Paper Crafting Techniques - Coloring with Bleach

 

 

 

Vicki O'Dell

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  • Martie Rollin March 4, 2015 at 2:01 pm

    I LOVE how this looks! Bleach is such a mystery product…who knew it could turn this stamped image into something so pretty? I’m off to give this technique a try…thanks!

    • Vicki O'Dell March 6, 2015 at 1:08 pm

      Thanks Martie! Let me know how it works for you!

  • Barbara September 14, 2014 at 8:51 am

    Thank you for sharing the technique. I can’t wait to try it!

  • Lorraine Schwartz April 2, 2014 at 9:40 am

    I have done several cards with what we call Jik(the brand name of our bleach) i used reindeer paper and did a beautiful elephant and a leopard. I have also done flowers using bleach and i use a small paint brush to apply the bleach. My tip is test your paper before hand on a corner that you will not be using to see if the bleach will take. Good luck and happy carding.

    • Vicki O'Dell April 2, 2014 at 12:30 pm

      That is a really great tip, Lorraine. Thank you for sharing. 🙂

  • Vicki April 24, 2010 at 6:25 pm

    SUPER! Glad I could help add to your arsenal of wonderful techniques!

  • Barb April 24, 2010 at 2:07 pm

    What a smart chica you are! I’d have never thought of this and am super thankful that you have shown me the cool technique. I am so going to try it in my art journal today!
    Peace & Love,
    ~Barb~

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