Sometimes I amaze myself. I was talking to a friend on the phone and she mentioned how excited she was that the Stampin' Up! stamps in the mini catalogs are DIECUT!! I remembered that I had heard something about saving the paper backing sheets and/or the rubber sheet from the die cut sets and using them as templates.
Here is a short tutorial on how to do it!!
Here I have stamped an image from the Snowburst stamp set in Night of Navy ink. You can see the paper backing sheet in this picture.
Place the paper backing over your stamped image. You can use some Dotto if you like to help it stay in place.
I used a Stampin' Sponge (I cut mine into quarters) to apply a lighter shade of ink over the stamped image in the "template". You could also use the Spong Daubers. I used Bordering Blue ink for the shadow.
Remove the template and you have just added a shadowed image that is just like the stamped image. Another way to do two-step Stampin'!!
Finished card, I used a Build-A-Brad, Night of Navy Grosgrain Ribbon and Elastic Cord from the Holiday Mini.
Happy Stampin'
Ooh, that really is a good idea – and it would also be fairly easy to create a template if there were a particular image that you were planning to use a lot. Thanks so much for sharing!
Now THAT is smart! Thanks so much for generously sharing! 🙂
PS – Forgot to say that your card is just beautiful! Very clever. 🙂
very nice and very clever
amazing idea!!
You ROCK Barb!! FAB Idea! Patty
Barb,
Way cool idea!!
This is AWESOME Barb! Love the recycling/re-use of this idea – and what a lovely outcome! THANKS for sharing.
That’s a great idea – I’ll need to get some die cut stamps, now!
Very cool, Barb! I love your results!!!
Okay, that is a super cool idea, thanks very much for doing the tutorial.
You know I was thinking the same thing. I really like your card. It’s so creative and very pretty.
Great minds think alike. 🙂
I knew I was saving those for something! Thanks for making me see it was a good thing to hang onto those peices of rubber! Nice card too!
So cool! I love your tip.
this is an awesome idea! TFS! I had to clean up my desk last week and threw a bunch of *backing* out…oh well, now I know for next time!
I will now have to start saving those. I guess the most logical place would be inside the box right?
I will now have to start saving those. I guess the most logical place would be inside the box right?
Thanks for all your tips. Your site is Awesome!
Practical use of materials and pretty results! I like how you pulled your design together with a custom made build a brad. Very Nice!
Hi Barb! After looking through all the posts from your blog, I decided that this is my favorite post because it is something that you can use forever. Some of the posts were with retired stamp sets, or retired paper, but this post is timeless. If all future sets from Stampin’ Up will be die-cut, then this is the most useful post of all. I love the technique of using the paper backing to create a shadow, even if I have yet to try it myself. One day the kids will be older and I will be able to stamp more often. I look forward to that day. Thanks Barb!
Awesome idea! Guess I have to start saving those! Thanks for sharing!
Very clever idea! Thanks for sharing!