Freshly Made with Bleach

Bleach is a fun element to add to rubber stamping, but the results are often unexpected.  The key: try it out ahead of time.  When I made this card for Freshly Made Sketches 224, I liked the look of Stampin' Up's Pleasant Poppies, but thought that bleaching them out would be even better.  Bleach turned the Lost Lagoon cardstock pale pink.  That discovery necessitated a change in the "accent" piece between the top layer and the base card.  The "hip hello" die is from PoppyStamps. Dry embossing the top layer adds just a little texture.  The printed mini clothespin is from Stampin' Up. 

Two from One

I love poppies...the flower and the stamp.  One beautiful rubber image is Stampin' Up's "Pleasant Poppies."   However, it's a very large piece of rubber, larger than I like to work with.   After seeing a beautiful navy and kraft card by Vicki Burdick ( Sorry, but I can't find the actual post), I wanted to try something similar.  But that stamp was just too big!  Then a closer examination of the completed card showed me that only part of the image had been used.   I already had the entire image stamped and embossed, so I cut it into two pieces.  The cards below are the result.   Next time, I plan to mask off the portion that I want to leave out.