My mixed media are ink, Brushos, bleach, and a gold gel pen.
I created the green Brusho background by sprinkling the Brusho powders on watercolour paper and then spritzing with water. When dry, I stamped the image and heat set it. Then I used bleach and a paint brush to lift the green colour from the bird.
I stamped the sentiment that came with the image across the bottom and a Happy Retirement sentiment up at the top.
I added gold gel pen to all the tiny berries in the image and bordered with a matching gold cs. I found a blue grey cs that matched the colour of the bird (the bleach never seems to take enough colour out to go right back to white) and used it for the card base. The panel is popped up on fun foam.
Date: Friday, October 15, 2021 GMT Views: 325
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Registered: February 19, 2011 Location: Fullerton, CA Posts: 14984
Fri, Oct 15, 2021 @ 3:22 PM
Beautifully done. LOVE the green brusho bg and that's a fabulous collage stamp. Bleaching the bird really makes him stand out as the star. Wonderful sentiments and the bottom one is perfect for a retirement card. Well, the top one is perfect for a retirement card too. LOL. Wonderful card.
Registered: June 29, 2004 Location: Sugar Land. Texas Posts: 79473
Fri, Oct 15, 2021 @ 4:28 PM
That is a lovely retirement card and I love the shade of green and the sweet sentiment.
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Sat, Oct 16, 2021 @ 1:21 PM
I always think bleach works fantastically with Brushos and the added gold berries are fab. I've never tried bleach without also embossing the image, interesting to see that it works also with just heat-setting.