Project of the Week ~ Shadow Stamping

Happy Monday!

It’s Patti J. here today, and it’s my turn to share a Project of the Week with you.

One of my most used techniques is what I call ‘Shadow Stamping’. I’m not sure if that’s what it’s really called, but that’s my name for it. I love that it gives a bit of movement and dimension to a stamped image.

Let me show you how it works:

First, choose and stamp your image or sentiment. For today’s example, I chose to use the Repeat Impressions Fern 1708-G.

I stamped the fern in a light shade of green. I placed my Stamp-a-ma-jig over the original image, but moved it slightly, dropping it down to resemble a shadow.

Once I had things lined up, I began stamping the ferns again, in a darker shade of green. Can you see the difference in photo 1 and photo 3? Pretty, isn’t it?

Now, let me show you a cute card I made, using this technique! For this card, I used the following Halloween stamps:

Repeat Impressions Bats 2308-E
Repeat Impressions Boo! 2316-G
Repeat Impressions Black Cat 2322-G

To begin, I cut a card front panel to 4″ x 5.35″, and masked off the top and bottom ends with some small post-it notes. I masked off a circle (the moon), and did some sponging. I removed the circle, and sponged in some yellow and gold, leaving a tiny ring at the top.

Next, using my Stamp-a-Ma-Jig for placement, I came in one at a time, with the black cat, bats, and BOO. They were stamped in London Fog, sort of creating a little eerie scene.

Next, using my Stamp-a-Ma-Jig, I again lined each stamp up, one by one. Once aligned, I moved the image just a bit to the right and down, and stamped each one in Tuxedo Black, creating a shadow on each image.

When the Post-its were removed, this was the result! Now, all that’s left to do, is finish the card.

I recently purchase a roll of itty bitty Washi Tape. I edged the stamped panel with the Washi Tape, and then trimmed, leaving just a bit of white border at the top and bottom. I matted the panel, added it to the card front with dimensional foam, and tied a Baker’s Twine bow at the top. Voila!!!

I use this technique a lot on sentiments. Sometimes, a sentiment needs just a touch of a pretty color dropping off of the black ink - give it a try!!!

Thanks for stopping by today - hope you will give this a try! Let me know if you do, so I can drop by and leave you a bit of bloggy love!

Have a good day,
Patti J.