Merry Christmas

Todays card is for week two at Just us Girls and its using bleach on your card.

When I first saw the challenge I knew I wanted to use a very old wooden stamp with swirls and holly but I wasn't prepared for how frustrating it was going to be.  I masked off a strip and coloured with Festive Berries distress ink and then the fun began.  Firstly I wet the stamp with a good spritz of bleach, dabbed off the excess and stamped onto the panel.  Now I've discovered if you spritz with too much bleach you loose the definition of the stamp and if you remove too much you get nothing at all.  After many,  many attempts I finally achieved the bleached effect I was after, thank goodness!

The card looked a little too bland so I added a Prima poinsettia flower with some greenery just to lift it.  The sentiment is from Hero Arts, stamped and then embossed with clear sparkle.

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Merry Christmas