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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Beautiful Plaid card featuring the Grow with Love bundle

April 30, 2025

I shared this pretty card on a recent video. I made it for our Team swap which had a plaid theme.

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It features the Grow with Love bundle seen here. My colors include Basic Beige, Old Olive and Lost Lagoon – taken from the pretty Timeless Plaid layer.

The basil and stamped frame are all done with the Grow with Love dies. The greeting is from the Mixed Label dies. I did sponge the edges and the leaves with Lost Lagoon ink. The herb images in this set are so pretty and have Stampin' Up!'s distinktive style which shows off multiple hues with one inking. The coordinating dies cut off the herb names; a great option if you do not want to include them.

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The pretty embossing folder is called Dashing Designs and can be seen here. I'm so sad it's retiring! This textured piece is made from our 2-toned Olive 12 X 12" card stock. When embossing this white core paper the texture reveals the white core just enough to enhance the texture. I could have sanded it to reveal even more texture but I did not.

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I created a free project sheet for this pretty card. Click on the following link to print or download it. Download Grow with Love Plaid card

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And here's the video tutorial for this card and a super-duper fun fold card:

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Another sweet card with Wildflower Birthday & Labeled with Love

April 29, 2025
Here's one more card featuring the beautiful Wildflower Birthday specialty DSP.

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I changed up just a few things from the card I shared yesterday to make a totally new fun fold card. Here I used Soft Sea Foam as my card base with Pretty in Pink and Blueberry Bushel accents.

I used the Labeled with Love stamp set & coordinating punch. Unfortunately this stamp set just sold out; it was on the Last Chance/retired list.

Here's what it looks like opened.

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Measurements:
- card base 8 1/2" X 5 1/2" score at 2 1/8" & 4 1/4"
- Blueberry Bushel 3 1/4" X 2 5/8"
- White inside 4" X 5 1/4"
- DSP – left panel 1 7/8" X 5 1/4", cakes panel 3" X 2 3/8"
And here's the video below. Besides this card I created another similar card with just a few adjustments to the original.

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Easy Wildflower Birthday fun fold with free project sheet & video tutorial

April 28, 2025

I'm excited to share this card with you today.

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It's a type of Z-fold but different than I've seen before. With two quick score lines you have an easy & unique card fold! I love how this card gives you three ways to show off our coordinating DSP.

I featured the Wildflower Birthday specialty designer series paper on these pretty cards. It's filled with floral & birthday prints with splashes of gold foil. It also comes with 2 sheets of die-cut elements as shown below which allows for super quick creating. See it here.

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I still have a few of my pre-cut kits to go available with this pretty DSP or the PDF tutorial. See it here.

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Here's how the cards look fully opened. For greetings I used the So Sincere which is retiring & Simply Said which is carrying over.

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There's a free project sheet with measurements, photos, supplies list and directions. Click on the following link to print or download it. Remember these project sheets can be used as a starting point with whatever products you own! Download Wildflower Birthday April Club

This stamp set just sold out but the Labeled with Love punch is carrying over into the new catalog.

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And here's the video below. Besides this card I created another similar card with just a few adjustments to the original.

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