Totally Technique - Black Magic Tutorial

Hi and welcome to another Totally Techniques blog hop with our global team of Stampin' Up! demonstrators.  You can follow the hop with the next button or go to the list at the bottom of my post to visit them all too.  We are sharing the Black Magic technique this month which is achieved by stamping a white pigment ink onto black card and then adding colour with pencils.  I used the popular stamp set Watercolour Wings for my image building up layers of white ink with the different stamps. 

 I started with the background of the butterfly and stamped it in white craft ink onto a black piece of card.  Heat with a heat tool to dry the image.

Then add the layers of design for the butterfly following the same process stamping in white craft (pigment) ink and drying with a heat tool.

Start to then add colour. I used my Stampin' Up! watercolour pencils to colour on the whitest part of the image.

I used daffodil delight, real red and finished with pacific point

I then added the body of the butterfly by using an embossing buddy to remove static from the design and stamped the body with versa mark ink. I added copper embossing powder and used a heat tool to set the embossing powder.  I repeated this process for the antennae.   

I mounted the design on a matting layer of copper foil card and added some gold glitter spots. 

It's not easy to photograph, but I then added copper thread in loops to either side of the design by adding a fast fase strip of adhesive to the reverse on each side and then carefully looped the thread catching it in the adhesive strip to secure it.  

Stampin' dimensionale were used to add the finished design piece to my base card.  I've left it sentiment free so that I can stamp one in basic black towards the bottom as required. 

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the hop.  

Zoe x

1. Patrice Halliday Larsen New Zealand 

2. Nadine Weiner Germany

3. Marine Wiplier France

4. Shannean Moncrieff Australia

5. Zoe Tant UK you're here

6. Barbara Meyer Austria

Card Club with Stampin' Up! Watercolour Wings

Last week I shared a couple of the projects from my monthly card club and promised I'd be back with more.  This was another card we made using Stampin' Up! set Watercolour Wings.  I love these colours of pink pirouette, rose red and mint macaron. This gave me a chance to use the new 'knicker' lace as I call it and share some lovely embellishments with my ladies.  The flower in the middle is from a set of 20 In Color Blossom Accents.  You can use them to decorate cards and other projects and could also turn them into earring studs to name but one project.

The base layer is made using the new 'thick' whisper white card stock that we have asked Stampin' Up! to produce and it's here at last.  You can then add matting layers in the traditional whisper white and add definition by embossing them with lovely folders like this one which is called Boho Chic and is part of the suite of products used in the other cards and gift bag made during the class.  There is also another smidge of my life time supply of silver thread adding as you know my need for bling!

Have a great week and I'll be back soon with show and tells of my Christmas in July Class last weekend.

Zx

Stampin' Card Club - Watercolour Wings Makes

Earlier this week I hosted my monthly card club in my craft loft.  We made two cards and a gift bag with the new to Stampin' Up! UK gift box punch board.  Aren't these colours gorgeous in the Bohemian Designer Series Paper! The pack includes Bermuda Bay, Blackberry Bliss, Island Indigo, Delightful Dijon, Rich Razzleberry and Very Vanilla.  The paper coordinates with a Bohemian card stock pack which includes 8 sheets each of three coordinating colours including Bermuda Bay, Delightful Dijon and Rich Razzleberry.   There's also an embossing folder Boho Chic and a stamp set Bohemian Borders for you to build up some amazing patterns and colour combos.

The gift bag is really simple to make with the gift box punch board which comes with very clear photograph instructions.  We used a whole sheet of 12 x12 paper and scored an extra line to make the turn over border at the top.  The gift box punch board also allows you to punch holes in just the right places to add ribbon handles if you wish or to not add holes and add handles attached inside the bag.

We also made a matching card and embellishment for the bag using the new Watercolour Wings stamp set which comes in photopolymer giving you a lot of stamps for your money.

That reminds me there is also Bohemian Washi tape to add to this lovely bundle of coordinating products. It makes crafting so easy when you don't have to think about matching!

Almost the weekend and let's hope the sun continues to shine on us all!
Zx