Today’s card is 4" x 8" finished size, starting with an 3.75" x8" piece of So Saffron Textured card stock adhered to a base of very vanilla 8" x 8" scored and folded in half lengthwise.  I used an edge distresser from our cutter kit and sanding block to distress the bottom edge of the so saffron cardstock before adhering to the vanilla card base.

I adhered a small strip of more mustard striped designer series paper above the bottom edge.

I cut 4 blocks of card stock sized 2" x 2": one old olive, one more mustard, and two very vanilla.  One the more mustard and the old olive blocks, I used one image each from the Pocket Silhouettes Stamp Set and stamped it in bleach onto the card stock.  Just hold it for a few seconds and watch the magic!  I wrapped a piece of more mustard 1/4" grosgrain ribbon around the more mustard card stock.  I used chocolate chip marker on the "friend" part of the sentiment stamp from the same set, on a scrap of very vanilla and cut out.  I adhered this with Stampin’ Dimensionals on top of the old olive block.

For the center block I used chocolate chip ink on a dauber around the edge of the block, and adhered to the card centering it between the othe two blocks.  On the 2nd piece of very vanilla, I stamped a third image from Pocket Silhouettes stamp set with close to cocoa. I stamped off once on a scrap piece of paper first, allowing for a more muted image.  I used the "thanks so much" sentiment stamp in close to cocoa off center from the main image, but overlapping the stems.  I cut out this image with the curly label punch, and adhered to bottom block of very vanilla with dimensionals.  I clipped an antique brass library clip to the top of the punched shape.

Thanks for looking! 

Technorati Tags: Bleach technique, Curley Label Punch, cutter kit, edge distresser, library clip embellishment, Pocket Silhouettes, sanding block

Tags: Bleach technique, Curley Label Punch, cutter kit, edge distresser, library clip embellishment, Pocket Silhouettes, sanding block