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!
Posted by: Trish D | November 26, 2007 at 12:18 PM
Now THAT is smart! Thanks so much for generously sharing! :)
Posted by: Lisa | November 26, 2007 at 12:56 PM
PS - Forgot to say that your card is just beautiful! Very clever. :)
Posted by: Lisa | November 26, 2007 at 12:58 PM
very nice and very clever
Posted by: Jen | November 26, 2007 at 01:34 PM
amazing idea!!
Posted by: JenMarie | November 26, 2007 at 04:12 PM
You ROCK Barb!! FAB Idea! Patty
Posted by: Patty Bennett | November 26, 2007 at 04:51 PM
Barb,
Way cool idea!!
Posted by: Virginia | November 26, 2007 at 05:49 PM
This is AWESOME Barb! Love the recycling/re-use of this idea - and what a lovely outcome! THANKS for sharing.
Posted by: Juli Smith | November 27, 2007 at 08:41 PM
That's a great idea - I'll need to get some die cut stamps, now!
Posted by: Elisabeth Stewart | November 28, 2007 at 02:11 AM
Very cool, Barb! I love your results!!!
Posted by: Mary Davidson | November 28, 2007 at 07:00 PM
Okay, that is a super cool idea, thanks very much for doing the tutorial.
Posted by: Alex | November 29, 2007 at 05:16 AM
You know I was thinking the same thing. I really like your card. It's so creative and very pretty.
Great minds think alike. :)
Posted by: Nancy B | December 03, 2007 at 11:29 AM
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!
Posted by: Lynn | December 05, 2007 at 01:22 PM
So cool! I love your tip.
Posted by: Bethany Paull | December 06, 2007 at 07:32 AM
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!
Posted by: Melissa K. | March 04, 2008 at 01:00 AM