So the projects that we're doing now is
something I call "Black Ice" and
It's this
Really kind of cool effect hard to capture on
The video I do have some still photos
That I'll be sharing that will kind of help see it, but I've done this on several with several different stamp sets and even different
foil colors
but I'm gonna start with just showing the basics of how to
Put the card together so obviously
it's just a basic black card base, and I used the direct to paper technique to actually streak on the
Archival black onto the basic gray, but it's it's really very simple
so I'm just using this edge of the the black ink pad the one that's closer rather than farther from the end and
just going to hold my paper down and just gently rub it against and
I like how it catches that little bit of black at the top just a little bit darker, so that's why I'm gonna
Go from both sides so that I end up getting that little bit of black caught at the top
And I kind of like a little bit more
up there
So that's super simple and straightforward, and then of course just attach it to the card base
And
then
Once your focal piece is done
This is the basic assembly so the layers are just stacked one on top of each other and there are some
variations in the this piece this color the white
Depending on which package you get or choose
There will be gold and copper to choose from and each of those has a different
Color that goes in behind. The section down here is left open so you can
take your black piece of ribbon you'll put glue dots on the end
And then you're just going to attach it around the backside so
And then on the back side I have dimensionals on there
So I have left the sides free without dimensionals so that it doesn't get in the way
When I put the ribbon on. So that's really your basic assembly so straightforward
Now on to the fun, which is actually doing the technique.
And I have had so much fun with this
I'll show you some examples at the end with all the different variations and versions that I've done
So one thing I need is a piece of scrap paper
And I'm gonna also take a little bit of adhesive and put it on the back side of my foil
Mmm. Oh yeah, I like to not touch the surface of the foil sheet with my fingertips
Notice. I'm holding it here. That's what reminded me
Because your fingers have
Oils on them, so you don't want to necessarily get fingerprints on your surface
Unless you're intentionally doing some a design that you want fingerprints that are embossed which I think it's kind of a cool idea actually
But that's a story for another day, so I'm gonna start again with my black archival
ink pad and you do have to use the black archival because it's the only thing that will actually stick to the
Silver foil because it's a non-porous surface
And I'm just gonna again using that edge
I'm just going to do the direct to paper technique and just rub it against. Now I cut a bunch of black on the edge
you may want to
press not quite as hard to try to get more of a subtle edge
Obviously now. I I want to get more of a sort of generally consistent edge
But on some of them if you get a lot of edge like even with one like this
If you have too much edge it sort of interrupts the the image
You know it sort of gets in the way of really seeing the image, so that's just one thing to keep in mind
So I'm gonna now turn over and just like I did with the basic gray piece again. Avoiding putting my fingers on the surface
I'm gonna press it down so the adhesive holds it down
Now if it's not held down
What will happen when you streak or if you're you don't have adhesive to hold it down or your hand or both is the paper?
will shift and you'll end up getting like a curvy line instead of a straight line and
You know my goal here is to have the straight line so
Again, I'm gonna just do extra light with how I'm really not putting much weight on there at all, so I'm just gonna catch
It's like a lot on there
Okay, that was more than I intended
So I really want to be able to also run it along so I'm gonna get some of the streaks down the middle as well
okay, so
Just like with everything we do in paper crafting and stamping they're each gonna be a little different, so
That's a little bit more black than I want but I kind of want it to be a little bit more even on the other
Side so I'm gonna take the risk and actually do a little bit more on the left to get it a little more evened out
Yeah, it's close. It's okay
It's gonna be its own unique little creation right. What I want to use on this one is the epic celebrations
It actually I'm gonna use the guitar, but I've done some that also used the sneaker
And some that used all three in fact, so we're using the you're awesome and the guitar
I'm sorry that the guitar in this for the stamping again. I'm going to use the archival black and I'm gonna start with stamping the
You're awesome in the lower right hand corner of
the paper. You wanna make sure that you don't let it slide so press firmly, but not too so firmly that it moves
so you get a nice crisp image there and
then I'm gonna just do a series of
guitar images, and I'm envisioning like a wall with guitars, you know. My husband plays a guitar so
For this next segment. I have speeded it up to do my stamping
of the guitars
And then I'm going to quickly take my heat tool and dry the whole surface so all the black ink is dry for the next
step
If I don't dry it. I'll show you what happens and on another sample, but I'm using my
Stampin Up heat tool and
This new heat tool actually has a dual setting so ones
Like for drying and the other one is actually for heating when you're using embossing powder, so I'm gonna use the drying one
It's the first setting
And then I'm gonna do the same step, but with the Versamark as I did before the director paper technique
So now with this step especially with the Versamark if you really want to try to get that
icy
Look of the streaks. You know almost like droplets without it being uniform
You need the ever so lightest touch of the Versamark pad like you're almost just
Using the weight of the pad itself to rub against the paper and no more so you're not pressing at all
so I'm gonna hold on the paper again and
just I'm actually just gonna hold it and
Let it run down in straight lines
So when I did it. I also was to the right of the scrap paper
I didn't straddle the scrap paper because that will give you a distinct straight line
And you don't really want that so now
I'm gonna go to the other side and hold it down and do the same thing
And I also want to make sure that I don't leave a gap in the middle
You want to try to get a little bit of Versamark over the whole surface?
So now I'm gonna grab my clear embossing powder
Again trying to avoid touching that surface
Put the clear embossing powder over the whole thing and then I'm gonna heat it on the full heat setting
Then you just want to make sure of course that it's all heated and melted
So here's a finished card made with that focal piece and a couple of close-ups
So you can really see a bit of the black ice effect that we're trying to go for
This final example is made with the heartfelt blooms stamp set and it's really my favorite example of the black ice technique
I'll show you the full card at the end of the video I
Have one last little tip for you this card was sort of an experiment
I wanted to see what would happen if I didn't dry the black ink before I went over it with the Versamark
So what you can see here? Is that image the the ink actually sort of got pulled down
By the Versamark when I went over it, so it's a little bit blurry there
So if you like that look go for it, it looks kind of cool, I think
But if you want to have a crisper image
Definitely dry your black ink before you apply the Versamark
So here are some additional
Examples of focal pieces for this card. This first one is the amazing you stamp set and here's a close-up
The second one is
made with the epic celebration stamp set
Now here's the final card for the heartfelt blooms stamp set and I can't resist but show that focal
close up again because I love it and
Last but not least this is made with the waterfront stamp set which is in the occasions catalog and a close-up I?
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