Repeat Impressions - Project of the Week

Happy Monday!

Please scroll down for my Great Impressions Post!

Now.....where was I???  Oh!

It's my turn to share a Project of the Week, at The House that Stamps Built.

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.

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