Black Ice card

Good Morning!

Are you ready for a new technique?

I have seen this idea and thought it was such a neat effect.

I will also post another similar technique in the next few days for you.

To start off you want to get yourself some of the silver foil cardstock

from the Stampin Up! catalog.  The package comes with 3 sheets of 3 different colors, silver, gold and a copper.  They are gorgeous and easy to work with. 

I cut my main piece of silver foil 3 3/4 x 5 and the small center piece

at 2 1/2 x 3 3/4.

You will need some black STAZON ink which is a permanent ink

for the project.  Using the marble stamp from the Artistically Inked

set, ink up your stamp really good,  I'm really good.  the Stazon ink

dries quickly so you want a good amount on the stamp to get the image

to nicely stamp.   Go ahead and stamp directily onto the foil. 

Doesn't that look amazing?

A little side view for you......

Next I stamped the smaller piece with a brand new 

(sneak peek for you!) of one of the new fall stamp sets

coming available in the new mini catty July 1st.

Now, if you don't have either of these stamps, look at what you do

have to create a background and then also look for something instead of leaf.  Get creative!  And don't be afraid to try different looks!

Have you tried embossing?  That's the next step!

If you haven't tried this magical product you really must.

You will be using a heat gun and some clear embossing powder.

I was out of the fine clear embossing powder and used my thick 

powder and it worked great. 

Grab your Versamark pad and using the pad itself 

touch the pad to the paper til you thick you have swipped enough of the pad over the paper, now sprinkle the powder over the paper to 

coat it like you see in the photo below. 

Using your heat tool, heat up the powder and watch the magic begin!

You can see in the photo how it starts to bubble and turn.

So cool!

So cool! 

This is what it will look like when it's all covered!

This is the ice!

So pretty!

The thing that makes it black Ice is a step that you will want to do right before you add the embossing powder, I chose not to add the black to this iced card but want to show you ideas with the black ink added.

Here are a few cards with the black added,

Once you have stamped your images take your StazOn ink and gently swipe some of the black ink across each piece of the foil so that it creates light lines.  Let it dry for a few seconds before moving onto

your next step which is the embossing. 

I hope this isn't confusing.  

This is the card I swiped with the black ink...

Gives it a more distressed look, 

still very pretty.

This is the black ice effect....

Hope you give it a try!