Faux bleach birthday card

Hello and welcome, 

Today I will show a birthday card for a person who likes black. I started with the background and cut a piece of Mixed media heavystock, sprayed it with Distress spray stain in Black soot, sprayed some water and then dried with heat tool. I used Tim’s stencil THS183 Deco feather, sprayed some water on the stencil and ”printed” the stencil on to the paper, like monoprinting but with water. 

I had to do the ”printing” 4 times, because the card is bigger than the stencil. I dried between the ”prints”. I inked the edges with Distress ink Black soot, and stitched around with my sewing machine. 

Now to the fokal point; I cut a piece of Mixed media heavystock and sprayed it with Black soot Distress spray stain, sprayed some water, dried with heat tool and repeated until happy. Then I stamped one of the flowers from CMS462 Bold botanicals with Archival ink in Black soot. Next step is called faux bleach, a technique I have learned from the talented Dyan Reaveley. Use a Tim Holtz waterbrush, “paint” a petal at a time with water, then take a piece of kitchen towel and “lift” the color from the background. A very cool and effective technique if you ask me. 

When finished, I inked the edges with Black soot DI and stitched around the edges with my sewing machine. 

I cut two pieces of Ideaology metallic Kraftstock, sanded and then inked the edges with Scorched timber DI. Adhered the background and the focal point to one each with 3D foam for dimension. I also made a black cardblank. 

I stamped “make a wish” and the circle around it from CMS463 Note quotes with Distress embossing ink and then used black embossing powder. I stamped on a piece of Ideaology metallic Kraftstock which I sanded and then inked the edges . 

I hope you are inspired by this tutorial.

Thank you for visiting, 

/Susanne