PLEASE PASS THE BRADS…….
The subject at hand is BRADS…….BUTTONS, or BRADS, and I chose BRADS this time. I can remember a time when I hardly made a card WITHOUT using brads, but now I have moved on to BLING….so I revisited BRADS today…..and they really are a nice touch. This great new stamp set from SU is PERFECT for my Black Magic with a WHITE Twist,,,,which is a favorite technique of mine. Another thing I used to do ALL the TIME, but kinda got away from. I had a request to use this technique in one of my classes, so I revisited IT too. Does anyone else stamp in cycles? I also love this new flower framelet from SU, along with a great coordinating stamp set to match. If you have to have these new products, notice the ORDER 24/7 button on this blog!! 🙂 It will take you to my 24 hour ordering service…..yay!! For those of you brand new to this technique, it’s done by stamping in white pigment ink, letting it dry on black cardstock and then coloring with our watercolor pencils. I used two colors for the flower and two for the leaves….so I can use the darker color to shade after coloring lightly with the first and lighter color. It’s a pretty dramatic look, right? It really comes alive when you highlight with white gel pen, in fact before that it’s kind of HO-HUM…..but after the white gel pen it kinda sings, right? Give it a try…….Happy Stamping….Until next time……..Karen PS We find out the gender of the twins on Aug 9th!! They are strong and healthy!! Thank you God!!!!
Mary Marsh
July 27, 2012Beautiful cardKaren-love this black magic technique and you have perfected it
bensarmom
July 29, 2012Karen, this is absolutely gorgeous!
I love this technique too. I also stamp in cycles. I used to watercolor everything, now not so much. When I see a card of yours in the SCS gallery, I know immediately that it's yours because you always make something gorgeous!
Jan Castle
July 29, 2012Lovely card…great technique!
Paper Hugs,
Jan
Seryna
August 7, 2012Thank you for sharing how to do a Black Magic card! I am always looking for new techniques. Thank you for sharing!
~Anne
Carol Dee
August 7, 2012Another Stunningly beautiful card. And itis good to hear that the twins are thriving. God Bless, hugs to all….