Weekly Wednesday

Black Ice Techniques

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to my weekly Wednesday post. It's great to share projects from my weekly class. This week we focused on the Black Ice technique. This is a great technique to make wow projects. 

I wanted to celebrate our Annual Catalog as well as the Holiday Catalog for my projects. Let's take a closer look at each card. 

To do the Black Ice technique, you use Silver Foil paper, a Stazon Pad, Versamark, and Clear Stampin' Emboss. This was our first project. I was keeping it simple so everyone could get the hang of the technique. We used the Sailing Home stamp set.

For this technique, you begin by lightly dragging the Stazon pad along the edge and front of the Silver Foil paper. Then you cover the complete area with Versamark, pour clear embossing folder over it and heat emboss. The look is beautiful. 

I absolutely loved this card I created. It is so vintage looking, and if you know me, you know how much I love antiques. The burnished background was created by, first embossing using the Layered Leaves embossing folder and then dragging the Stazon pad lightly over the leaves. I then took Silver Delicata and did the same thing. This really gives the card a WOW!

Once the floral image of the Flourishing Phrases stamp set was stamped using Stazon, the flowers and leaves were colored with the Stampin' Write Markers. Don't use Stampin' Blends to color. That will pull all the Stazon off your image. 

This last project isn't a Black Ice card because I used Copper Foil instead. This would be called Tarnished Metal. Either way, it is stunning! I embossed the Copper Foil with the Pinewood Planks 3-D embossing folder. Then doing the same technique as the card above, I dragged the Stazon across the foil so it would look burnished. I also

One of the leaves from the Gathering Leaves dies also got the same treatment as the embossed background. The Gather Together stamp set and dies are fantastic! You can find lots of other Black Ice projects by searching them out on Pinterest or YouTube. We really had fun at class with these projects.

Well I guess you can tell that I really liked the projects and this technique. I am ready to create some more too. Maybe you will try your own project using the Black Ice technique. Be sure to share if you do. I'd love to see what you come up with. 

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Mary Blocher

The Power Huff Stamper