Rubber stamps
Old margarine container
Bleach
Paper towels
Cardstock
Instructions:
Fold the paper towel up to make a small pad. Place it in the bottom of the margarine container and pour enough bleach into the container to soak the paper towel. You will use this like a stamp pad.
"Ink" your stamp on the bleached paper towel and stamp on the cardstock. If you have poured too much bleach in the container, the bleach will get on the negative areas of your stamp, and mar your design. You can clean it off those areas before stamping using a Q-Tip.
You may want to practice on a scrap with this technique before stamping on your actual layout, because the bleach causes different cardstocks and colors to react differently. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the green paper bleached out to about the same color as my accent paper in the example.
When you are done with this technique, be sure to clean off your rubber stamp.
vellumx
Lisa, this is so cool and something I keep forgetting to try!!!
scrapnkitty
Sounds like a fun techinique, but is it safe for photos? Acid Free?
