December 2, 2024

Peaceful Evergreens

I am so excited to have another In-Person Make-It Monday tonight.  This is one of the cards we will be making featuring the technique "Black Ice". Kind of appropriate for today as long as the roads don't have any black ice. 

 

This was a technique that I used a lot a long time ago, so I decided to resurrect it for tonight.  Especially since Stampin' Up! now has brushed foil again in both silver and gold.  You start by rubbing Stazon ink down a piece of Brushed Silver going the same way as the grain of paper.  Then rub it with a paper towel and proceed to stamp your images also with Stazon Black.  It works best if you dry the ink a little with a heat tool before going to the next step.  Once you are sure the black ink is good and dry you cover the whole piece of cardstock with Versamark ink and then with Clear Embossing Powder and het set the powder.  As the powder dries it will begin to look like little ice crystals on the foil.  This does not really show up at all in the photos but trust me it is there.  Finish your card any way you would like with the "Black Ice" piece as your focal point.

Several times this fall, John and I have looked out the window when we got up and thought it had snowed.  We were used to seeing our old gravel driveway and not the smooth, new concrete one.  Well . . . today there was actually some snow on the driveway!!  Not a lot, but just enough to make things pretty.  I went out to see how easy the snow would move on the new composite ramp and it was so easy to weep off. . . not sure if it is because of the snow or the ramp, but either way I will take it.  

I need to finish up a couple of things for Make-It-Monday tonight and then I can sit and watch it snow!!! 

Every day is a gift . . . make the most of the gift you have been given today!!

Happy Stamping!!