Elegant Black Magic

Another one with the Black Magic technique and Bliss stamp set.  The butterfly uses this technique.  I stamped the flourish in Whisper White ink and then embossed in white embossing powder.  I stamped the word "bliss" in Versa Mark ink , so it is very subtle on the Crumb Cake card stock.  To create the scalloped edge, I scalloped the edge of the Crumb Cake card stock of which the main image is stamped on.  Then I scalloped the edges of two strips of card stock and adhered them on to the stamped card stock.  The ribbon covers the line/top edge of the scallops so you cannot see where I adhered them.  

Supplies:

Stamps:  Bliss

Paper:  Elegant Eggplant, Crumb Cake, Basic Black (butterfly)

Ink:   Whisper White, VersaMark

Accessories:  Elegant Eggplant Grosgrain Ribbon, Rhinestone Brad, Scalloped Edge Punch, Dimensional, Water Colour Pencils, Rhinestones, Glue Dot, White Embossing Powder

4-1/4 x 5-1/2 card

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Black Magic Bliss

Here's another card using the Black Magic Technique.  This time I used the Sale-A-Bration set, Bliss.  All that detail took a while to colour.  :)

Supplies:

Stamps:  Bliss

Paper:  Cherry Cobbler, Early Espresso, First Edition DSP

Ink:  Whisper White, Cherry Cobbler

Accessories:  Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon, Dimensionals, Distresser, Sponge Dauber

4-1/4 x 5-1/2 card

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February Stamp Club Card Part 2

Black Magic Technique

I followed THIS TUTORIAL on Splitcoaststampers to use the Black Magic Technique. 

Just a few things to note when making the card:

Stampin' Up's Watercolour Pencils do not coincide with their Colour Collections.  I tried to pick the pencils that matched the best with the Designer Series Papers in the card.

I used Early Espresso card stock instead of black.  I felt that Early Espresso was dark enough to give the same effect as Black card stock.

On the photo, the Elegant Lines Embossing Folder is used on one of the Early Espresso squares.  At our stamp club workshop, most people ended up using the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder since it seemed to match well with the design of the Friends Never Fade image.

Dimensionals were stuck under the punched out sentiment and the coloured square image.

TIP:  If you find that your White Gel Pen isn't flowing properly, I often open the pen up, take out the inside ink holder and then blow on the top end to push the ink closer to the nib.  This usually gets the ink flowing again. 

Dimensions:  

Whisper White card base:  5-1/2 x 7-1/4

Early Espresso:  3-1/2 x 3-1/2;  Four 1-3/4 squares

Real Red:  3-1/2 strip for border

Whisper White:  Scrap for sentiment

Supplies:

Stamps:  Friends Never Fade, Teeny Tiny Wishes

Paper:  Greenhouse Gala DSP, Whisper White, Real Red, Early Espresso, 

Ink:  Real Red, Craft White

Accessories:  Elegant Lines Embossing Folder, Big Shot, Modern Label Punch, Dimensionals, Watercolour Pencils, White Signo Gel Pen, Dotted Scallop Ribbon Punch

3-5/8 x 5-1/2 card

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