Black Ice Cards

I am so excited about this new technique I learned about on YouTube called Black Ice.  Melissa Kerman invented it and did a great tutorial.  I sat down that night and made 2 of the cards she showed how to make.  Then I came up with my own design and taught it to 10 friends at scrapbooking.  One of the ladies had never made a card before and she mastered it on her first attempt.  The card above I created using Copper foil paper.  It is matted with Cajun Craze cardstock.  The inking on the mat and foil is created by dragging archival black ink over the paper.  It looks kind of like linen cloth after.  You want to get ink on the top and bottom edge so drag up and down.  Also there will be fine lines of ink in the middle.  The image is stamped in archival black ink.  Dry it with heat tool or give it time to dry on it's own.  When dry, drag Versamark ink over the foil paper, pour clear embossing powder over it and heat.  It looks like rain on a window.  I used Artistically Asian stamp set because I think this technique reminds me of Asian Art.  I made 32 of these to swap at On Stage Local Milwaukee on April 7.  You get really good at a technique after making this many!

                                     This is a close up of foil after heat embossing.

                                            This is the card I taught at scrapbooking.

This one is my favorite!  It uses Waterfront which is a MUST HAVE stamp set in the Occasions catalog.  This card and the one below were cased from Melissa Kerman.  Check out her YouTube here.  If you make a mistake on the foil paper you can use StazOn cleaner and a paper towel and wipe of the ink and start over.  Give it a try.  My team will be making a card with this technique at our next meeting April 30 at 1 pm.