Today we are taking bleach from the cleaning aisle into the world of papercraft!! Bleach is best known and used as a household cleaning agent, however in papercraft bleach stamping is unique and I must say quite magical watching the image slowly appear on the paper. Using this technique, the bleach becomes your ink for the stamp. A bleach ink pad is very simple to construct About.com provides a complete list of materials and instructions. Depending on the type of paper and the color it will produce variable results. Bleach stamping is ideal on both rubber and acrylic stamps. Some have suggested using only solid image stamps however experiment with what you have! I guarantee you will be surprised with the results it can achieve. Because bleach will not always yield the same result in every stamp, it’s ideal to give a few test runs or run a few experiments on the different types of paper. Either way you will have fun with bleach stamping and who knew bleach could have become so versatile!!! Using bleach allows you to create your own ink color with your paper and much less expensive when compared with the traditional ink pads and of course I am NOT suggesting you replace the traditional ink pads with bleach but it does provide you the option to create a unique ink color that you may not get from traditional ink pads. No doubt this is 5 out of 5 stars; not only can it clean and disinfect, you can also incorporated into crafting!!

Tips: If your sniffer finds the scent of bleach pungent, I strongly suggest using lightly scented bleach; it will make it more tolerable and be sure to clean your stamp quickly in warm soap water. If you are getting a pool of ink on your stamp this is usually the result of an over saturated ink pad. To avoid the ink (bleach) from pooling up on the stamp when inking, take a brayer and run it over your ink (bleach) pad a few times to squeeze out any excess bleach. This will also allow you to get a much crisper image if you are working with a detailed image stamp.