Black Ice
The recent spate of freezing weather reminded me of the Black Ice technique so I thought I’d share this with you for this week’s DT post. I’ve even made a quick YouTube video that you can find here . The Black Ice technique was 'invented' by Melissa Kerman, who has lots of great YouTube videos about it. It’s a simple technique, with only 3 steps, and minimal supplies. When I last made Black Ice cards, I used silver foil card so I thought I’d try out coloured foil card this time. Not all foil card is created equal - have a quick test on a scrap of foil card to check that the foil isn’t going to curl up when you get your heat gun on it. I used Craft Perfect foil by Tonic Studios and it worked fine. The ink pad must be suitable for use on a non-porous surface so I usually use Stazon. I know that some people don’t like to use Stazon with photopolymer stamps so I did make one card using Ranger Archival Ink in Jet Black instead, which al...