Technique Tuesday - Black Ice

Welcome - today’s Technique Tuesday has me playing with the Black Ice technique on the new Earthen Tone Metallic DSP from Stampin’ Up!

Playing along with the TGIF Challenges #tgif542 sketch challenge. Love the tilted squares.

Paired the sketch with a game of Tic Tac Toe challenge #tttc279. I chose the metallic, square and embossing row for the win!

I’ve chosen to use the Beautiful Butterflies stamp set. The Streaked Dots and copper Embossing powder also pair well with the Earthen Tone metallic paper. 

Black Ice tutorial - you will need:

• Metallic paper 
• Black Archival ink 
• Versamark
• Clear embossing powder 
• Heat Gun
• Stamp of choice

First step:

Choose a metallic paper - so gold, silver or copper work great. Cut to size you want for your focal piece. Handle paper by edges as much as possible to avoid getting fingerprint/ oils on the surface.You can use painters tape to hold the paper in place to avoid handling and getting fingerprints on surface. 

Second step:

Take the black archival ink and using the direct to paper technique gently drag across your metallic paper from top to bottom in straight line to give you the vintage base to the black iced look. Repeat until you’re happy with the look. 

Third step:

Using the black archival ink stamp your focal image onto the metallic paper. Other inks will smear in the next step so it must be archival ink - I use Stazon but there are other brands that will work. Make sure image is completely dry to avoid smearing in the next step. You can use a heat gun to speed drying or let air dry for a while.

Forth step:

Once image is completely dry, using your Versamark ink pad and the direct to paper technique, very gently run the Versamark ink pad across the cardstock from top to bottom. Sprinkle the entire cardstock with clear embossing powder and then set using your heat gun. 

Final step:

With your black ice focal point you can complete your desired card design.

I have carried on the embossing in my design and added copper embossing edges to my crumb cake squares as well as on my Happy Birthday sentiment. I have added the Streaked Dots embellishments and some twine cord to add some additional dimension to my design. 

It’s hard to capture the butterfly image on the still camera. This is another version using gold foil paper. 

Have you played with the Black Ice technique yet?

Happy Stampin’

Margaret 

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