Black Ice is the name of a technique where you use mirror card as your base, images are stamped, then clear embossing powder is applied over the top using your embossing pad to gently drag the embossing pad down the card to apply the very lightest of applications of the ink. You will need to google the technique on YouTube to see how lightly you press (or rather, don't press) the ink pad to get this effect. Too much and you will just simply emboss over the whole card which defeats the purpose of a gritty, textured finish on it. For my samples, I used Rose Gold, Silver, Gold and Copper mirror card. You can get other colours of mirror card but they need to be light enough to have the stamping show up. In this case, a stamp positioner tool is invaluable as you will need to do multiple stampings to get a dark image. Check out YouTube and try it!
"Bystander"
(On rose gold mirror card.)
"Hocus Pocus"
(On silver mirror card. The little ghost is one of those
plastic ones from the cheapie Halloween
packs. It was a bit shiny plastic looking so I gave
him a coat of black sharpie, rubbed that off and then
added a coat of Pearl Mixative. I raised him on a
piece of foam tape so he looks like he's floating.)
"Weed it and reap"
(On gold mirror card)
"Zombies"...
(On silver mirror card. The skull beads have
a hole top to bottom, so I threaded them onto
black waxed linen thread then stapled to the card.)
"Stay creepy"...
(On copper mirror card)
This last one is from the previous Fired Alcohol Ink class where we set alcohol inks on fire on microscope slides. As you can see, you can also emboss on the top of the slide after you've completed the alcohol step.
"Malevolent"...
