Feb 23 2007

Making your own Shadows

Published by inkypaws at 10:03 pm under Fun stuff

There was a thread on Splitcoast a few days ago about some oval stamps that are being used for the shadows on the stamps from www.stampinbella.com. I thought to myself…….hmmmmmm…..can’t be too hard to make myself. So I went to my bag of extra rubber (you know you have a bag) and cut out some simple shapes. I mounted all of them on EZmount.

Here are my shapes:

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And here’s a card I did using one of the shadow shapes:

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Stamps: Small Sayings, Walkabella from www.stampingbella.com

Paper: Mellow Moss, Whisper White, Barely Banana

Inks: StaZon Black, Barely Banana

Accessories: Markers, Ribbon

37 Responses to “Making your own Shadows”

  1. # Michelle (MilwaukeeMommy)on 24 Feb 2007 at 6:46 am

    Jeanne!! You have a blog!!! How exciting ~~~ I *may* have mentioned this before (LOL) but you are one of my favorites & I’m so happy I get to follow your creativity step by step. I haven’t bought a Bella yet, even with all the hype, but this is too darn adorable & may just drive me over the edge!!! Love your self-made ovals, too ~~ who needs to buy ‘em when you can make ‘em?!?

  2. # bronion 24 Feb 2007 at 7:10 am

    Brilliant! Now where did I put that bag o’ rubbah?! I’m so excited that you have a blog now. Adding you to my favorites right away!

  3. # Charmaineon 24 Feb 2007 at 7:27 am

    Very cool idea! Looks great on your card!

  4. # Michelle (Shaddybaby)on 24 Feb 2007 at 7:30 am

    What a great idea! I love the shadows you have made. I never keep scrap rubber because I had no idea what to do with it. But this is a great way to use some of those scraps. Hmmmm… I just cut some stamps the other night. Maybe the scraps are still in the box in the big trash can. How sad would that be? Me digging through the trash to find rubber scraps! lol

  5. # Sarahon 24 Feb 2007 at 8:04 am

    What a FABULOUS idea. Thanks so much for sharing and I love your cards. What talent you have!!!

  6. # Kendra aka Scrapstampindivaon 24 Feb 2007 at 10:06 am

    Jeanne you are so clever! What an excellent idea - TFS :)

  7. # Bonnie (aka raduse)on 24 Feb 2007 at 10:17 am

    Jeanne, what a clever idea! Now I’d better keep all of those pieces I cut off. Better go thru the trash by my stamping stuff before my son takes it out tommorrow.

  8. # Sherri (sherristampsalot)on 24 Feb 2007 at 11:08 am

    oh wow! You’ve got Bellas!!! And I *love* your shadow stamps!!! Must try that! You know I love your work! :)

  9. # Keri (sereikastamper)on 24 Feb 2007 at 11:37 am

    That totally ROCKS!!!!

  10. # Allyon 24 Feb 2007 at 12:08 pm

    Now you make me wish that I kept all my little bits of rubber, but no, I throw them all away. This looks fantastic though Jeanne, great idea!

  11. # inkypawson 24 Feb 2007 at 12:14 pm

    Sounds like an excuse to buy more stamps Ally…..hehe

  12. # Lisa C.on 24 Feb 2007 at 3:29 pm

    OMG, I totally love this idea, I must do this!!!

  13. # Lisa C.on 24 Feb 2007 at 3:30 pm

    btw, you need a link to be able to subscribe to your blog!

  14. # Barbra1224on 24 Feb 2007 at 3:31 pm

    You’re so smart! ;)

  15. # beateon 24 Feb 2007 at 5:07 pm

    Girl…..that is too freaking smart. I have been dumping all my extra rubber, but I will have to save it again! You are sooo amazing!

  16. # Joanneon 24 Feb 2007 at 8:02 pm

    What a great idea! I should’ve kept my extra rubber!

  17. # Doreenon 25 Feb 2007 at 8:12 am

    I did the same with extra SU rubber and used club Scrap velcro system ….but I like the wave in yours so back to my scraps …also love your cards and look for your cards first on SCS…thanks DD

  18. # Julia Staintonon 25 Feb 2007 at 8:47 am

    Super cute Jeanne! Love those colors and the great shape idea! Will have to try it out!

  19. # Jovion 25 Feb 2007 at 3:54 pm

    Your so creative, I would have never thought to make a shadow this way… I love your card ;)

  20. # Kimon 25 Feb 2007 at 7:40 pm

    How creative!! I wish I hadn’t thrown out all those big rubber pieces now! :( *sniff*

  21. # jennon 26 Feb 2007 at 6:28 am

    Jeanne, you go girl! I love it!

  22. # wiggyon 27 Feb 2007 at 4:20 pm

    Jeanne - you are so increadibly brilliant!! Thanks for the great idea.

    Wiggy :-)

  23. # Diane (SCS cameldiva)on 01 Mar 2007 at 7:03 am

    I thought I was the only one who saved big bits of scrap rubber! ( Big Blossom was great for this)
    Great idea to make all kinds of shadow shapes. Thanks for sharing with the rest of us.

  24. # Nancy (SCS Jeanstamping2)on 01 Mar 2007 at 11:22 am

    Your are so Creative.. I love your idea about using them for Shadow stamp.
    Next order of stamps I get I’m going to have to save my rub-ber and make some Cool Shadow stamps!!

  25. # kim/kauai17on 01 Mar 2007 at 6:56 pm

    WOW what a great idea. TFS.

  26. # Julie Phillipson 02 Mar 2007 at 7:24 am

    Way cute! Did you know that you can take any sizzix shape and cut it out of fun foam (I like the kind where the back is sticky already) and then mount that onto clear vinyl or just mount it onto the foam that you buy for unmounteds…. gives a whole bunch of choices for shadow stamps.
    Hugs
    julie

  27. # Beth (ematson)on 09 Mar 2007 at 7:26 am

    You’re a GENIUS! So glad I saw the link to your blog and that you posted this idea! Can’t wait to get home and dig through my bag of scraps!

  28. # Cynthia/Stampinakon 09 Mar 2007 at 9:53 am

    This is EXACTLY what I needed!! I’ve been debating over buying the “shadow” stamps and this is a wonderful alternative for me. Thanks Jeanne

  29. # dianeon 09 Mar 2007 at 11:39 am

    Wow, Jean. I knew you were a brilliant stamper and artist, but an inventor too? Way too cool! What a great idea. Now If only I had saved all those scraps from big blossom . . .

  30. # Crystalon 09 Mar 2007 at 12:34 pm

    Jeanne I didn’t realize you had a blog. Wahoo what a great idea for rubber scraps. I put you in my google reader right away. :)

  31. # Linda Delineon 23 Mar 2007 at 7:25 am

    I Love, Love, Love this card!! My next Bella is this one. TFS. God Bless. Linda D.

  32. # Rhonda (SCS stampinpurple)on 23 Mar 2007 at 7:38 am

    I never ever would have thought of that! Brilliant…thanks for the great idea!

  33. # Heatheron 27 Mar 2007 at 5:51 am

    Awesome idea, will be doing this for sure.

  34. # Billieon 28 Mar 2007 at 9:01 am

    AAWWW, think I threw all my rubbah!! But I have NEW RUBBAH!! I know what I am doing with that. Your so helpful, thanks honey bunch!!

  35. # Joy Nicolon 11 Apr 2007 at 6:35 pm

    This is fantastic! Thanks for sharing!

  36. # shuggyon 23 May 2007 at 2:08 pm

    that is such a great idea!!

  37. # Tishon 03 Mar 2008 at 8:57 pm

    Such a great idea! The girls DO need a place to stand, don’t they?

    Thanks for sharing this idea.

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