Striking and fun Black Magic technique with video!

June 30, 2026

I shared this pretty card on last week’s Live video. It’s the Black Magic technique!

My colors include Peaceful Pine, Old Olive (ink only), Golden Glow and White. It features the Fern & Flora bundle seen here.

What is the Black Magic technique? It’s where you start with a light neutral piece of card stock and add color with sponges or markers. Then stamp images in Versamark and heat emboss with clear embossing powder. The magic happens when you cover it completely with a water based ink (here I used Secret Sea). Then wipe off the ink that does not ‘stick’ to the heat embossed areas. True magic!

Watch my video tutorial further below to see this technique in action.

On this card I used mostly the stamp images; only the greeting die-cut is from the dies. I added a few In Color butterfly gems and the pretty Golden Glow ribbon too.

I created a free project sheet for this card; click here to download it or to print it.

I made one with Golden Glow as the card base and the other as Peaceful Pine as the card base.

Below is the video tutorial for this card and another.

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Another Stunning Fall Framed Sampler project!

October 30, 2020

Here's the second Framed Sampler project from the swap my Flowerbug's Team held earlier this month. they always impress me with their talent. Check out the first one here.

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I love each and every one!

We chose to use colors in the Gilded Autumn specialty designer paper for our swap. We could create any shape or design we wanted to within the Fall theme. It seems to always work out that we have a nice variety of sizes etc.

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Wow; look at this gorgeous Fall Sampler!!

October 29, 2020

Earlier this month my Flowerbug's Team held a Fall Sampler swap. We each created one element and made multiples of it for everyone in the swap. These swaps are super fun to make! The only rule we have is that everything is current Stampin' Up! product and the colors coordinate with the Gilded Autumn Specialty Designer Series Paper.

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Isn't it amazing!? We had enough people to make two! I'll share the other one tomorrow.

I adhered each piece on a 12" sheet of the In Good Taste designer series paper. This texture style paper is on sale right now in October! But there's just two days left to get it! Go here to order yours.

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Fall cards are easy with my Life is Beautiful stamp set

October 28, 2020
Here's the last card this week with my Life is Beautiful stamp set.

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I chose to use the colors in the gorgeous Gilded Autumn specialty designer paper; Early Espresso, Cajun Craze, Vanilla and Mint Macaron. This pretty paper was out of stock but it's back now; get it here while you can!

Details:
- The pumpkins are fussy cut from one of the sheets in the Gilded Autumn DSP
- The leaves are inked in Cajun Craze and Mint Macaron and stamped off once or more for a lighter hue
- the greeting tag is die-cut with the Ornate Frames dies.
- The grass image on the bottom is from the Field of Flowers stamp set
Measurements:
- Early Espresso card 5 1/2" X 8 1/2"
- Very Vanilla 4 3/4" X 3 1/2"
- Mint Macaron 5" X 3 3/4"
- Cajun Craze 5 1/4" X 2"
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