Stamping with Bleach

This is a cool technique! I haven't done it a lot, but it is fun to experiment with different colors of paper because you get different results with each color.

1. Pour a small amount of fresh, liquid bleach onto a bed of folded paper towels, making sure it's wet but not full of puddles. Or, instead of using paper towels, saturate a piece of felt. You can pour the bleach out when done & reuse the container later with fresh bleach.
2. Put undiluted liquid bleach in a spray bottle & mist over a protected area...spray away from your face, wave the stamp though the mist. Don’t spray directly onto the stamp. The stamp only needs to be barely damp to work on your cardstock.

Tips & Instructions:

Test all methods first on scrap cardstock. I like using a sandwich size tupperware container to hold my paper towels. Keeping bleach in a spritzer bottle or container, you’ll notice that bleach will become cloudy with time. This is the bleach reacting to light (notice that bleach bottles are opaque). Just pour out unused bleach & refresh your container when ready to use again. Experiment for what works right for you & practice. When using the paper towel pad or felt pad, dab lightly onto the bleach pad a few times to make sure you have your stamp wet & covered. Stamp your images onto the cardstock. Hold the stamp down for several seconds, so that the detail of the stamp gets impressed onto the paper. If you want a lighter/less detailed look, hold the stamp down not for very long. Watch the change. Clean your stamps immediately after using them with Stampin’ Mist.