Black Magic Serene Silhouettes

Sorry friends, I forgot to post this week's offers yesterday.  I will include them at the bottom of this page - there is also a link above.

So today's card, which by the way is nicer in real life than in the photo, is a version of one I made back in May 2013!  The technique is called 'black magic'.  We made this at my class last night, a new technique for the group and they loved it so I thought I'd share with you.

The image is from Serene Silhouettes stamp set and is stamped with Whisper White Craft Ink on to black card. The ink needs to be completely dry before moving to the next stage.  I used a heat tool to speed up the process.  Next, I coloured in the image using an old, almost dry blender pen and re-inkers in Rose Red and Garden Green. You can also use colouring pencils.  The image was then highlighted with white dots using our White Singo Gel Pen.  Love this technique.

The base card is Blushing Bride, ribbon is Whisper White Satin fed through that beautiful Something Borrowed embellishment, on page 42 of the spring-summer catalogue and only available till 2nd June.  Thank you for visiting x

Product List

Serene Silhouettes Wood Stamp Set [132073] £21.95	Serene Silhouettes Clear Stamp Set [127324] £17.95	Basic Black A4 Card Stock [121688] £6.25	Card Stock A4 Blushing Bride [131287] £6.25
Whisper White Craft Stampin' Pad [101731] £6.95	White Signo Uni-Ball Gel Pen [105021] £3.50	Whisper White 5/8" Satin Ribbon [134549] £6.25	Something Borrowed Embellishments [137855] £6.25

 And here are this week's special offers...

1" Square Punch [124094] £14.25 £10.69	2014-2016 In Color Stampin' Write Markers [133654] £11.75 £8.81	2-1/2" Circle Punch [120906] £15.50 £11.63
Folder Arrows Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [132187] £7.50 £5.63	Project Life Cards & Labels Framelits [135707] £20.95 £15.71	Fun Frames Textured Impressions Embossing Folder [133727] £8.50 £6.38
Gold Basic Metal Buttons [133763] £7.25 £5.44	Vanilla Coaster Board [129392] £5.50 £4.13

Zoo Review Reflection

Hello crafters.  Here's another technique I taught in class.  This is my first attempt at doing the reflection technique - not a bad first time result me thinks ;)

I know it's been done lots with Lovely as a Tree stamp set, and very lovely too, but I wanted to use something different, hence the zebra from Zoo Review stamp set. Poor zebra kept getting called giraffe in class.  Once we got giraffe in our heads that was it.  Hey ho, it was fun anyway.

I'm sure many of you will have seen this technique done before.  First I stamped the zebra on Whisper White card with Chocolate Chip ink. I re-inked and then stamped the image on a piece of acetate, or similar material. You need to use a water based ink as it will stau wet enabling you to transfer the image on to your card.  After stamping on the acetate, I flipped the acetate over and lined up the image directly beneath the zebra on the card. I carefully rubbed over the acetate to transfer the impression on to my card to create the reflection.  It will come out lighter and that's what you want.

I used my aqua painter to paint the water with Marina Mist ink, the sky with Soft Sky and green area with Pear Pizzazz.  I added a few horizontal streaks to the water with my white chalk marker.

You may have noticed the zebra kinda stands out on the card.  I achieved that by lightly outlining the image with my Sahara Sand marker.

The tree is from Serene Shilouettes stamp set.  I inked it with Pear Pizzaz and then used my Chocolate Chip marker to colour the tree trunk and branches before stamping.  The greeting and little banner are from Perfect Pennants stamp set, on page 27 of the spring/summer catalogue.

Hope you like it. Thank you for visiting x

Supplies used: Click on the image or description for further information about the products... Zoo Review - Clear-Mount Stamp Serene Silhouettes Clear-Mount Stamp Set Perfect Pennants Clear-Mount Stamp Set Whisper White A4 Card Stock Pear Pizzazz A4 Card Stock Chocolate Chip A4 Card Stock Marina Mist Classic Stampin' Pad Soft Sky Classic Stampin' Pad Chocolate Chip Classic Stampin' Pad Pear Pizzazz Classic Stampin' Pad White Stampin Chalk Marker Aqua Painters Stampin' Sponges Tombow Multi-Purpose Adhesive