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Offline Conniecrafter

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Shadow Backgrounds -- Winners Announced
« on: October 26, 2018, 08:31:55 PM »
Are you ready to do some stamping :)

I saw this video over at Papertrey ink, and thought it was very pretty. https://blog.papertreyink.com/2018/07/make-it-monday-328-creating-shadow-backgrounds/#comment-628082

She had coordinating stamps but I don't care if your background stamping matches the stamps you use as your focal, I would just like to see some background stamping and then a focal stamp used.

When posting you can use IF 2018 SB and please come back here to link it, I will be sending out a package to a random participant.

I do not have a card made yet with this technique, just decided last night :)
« Last Edit: November 05, 2018, 11:31:13 AM by Conniecrafter »

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Re: Shadow Backgrounds
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2018, 08:51:39 AM »
Those are really pretty!  Will definitely play along!
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Re: Shadow Backgrounds
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2018, 11:20:04 AM »
Looks like a nicely simple challenge--have to see what I can do...
Daniel

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Re: Shadow Backgrounds
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2018, 11:58:42 AM »
The cards are so pretty. I can't wait to try the technique.

April :smile:

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Re: Shadow Backgrounds
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2018, 01:33:26 PM »
Pretty cards!  I looked at some of those that people linked to the Make It Monday challenge.

I learned something new already, and I haven't started your challenge yet.  Am I the last person to find this tip?   I watched the video, and had to zoom in to figure out what that green grid was in her Misti!  It says "StandardGrip".  After googling around, I find that people are cutting up Cricut mats (or Silhouette or Sizzix eclips mats) to fit their Misti.  Holds die cuts in place without magnets!  Who'd a thunk it?  I don't have a Misti, I have a discontinued WeR stamp positioner and it doesn't use a magnet system, so sometimes I'm taping paper in place ... I have a Cricut mat I bought to try in my Silhouette, but never used, decided it was too much trouble and I've been sticking to Silhouette mats.  Now I have a use for it.  Cut it up!  Do any of you use electronic cutting machine mats in your stamp positioners?  Do you like it?

Thanks for the challenge Connie!
Cindi

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Re: Shadow Backgrounds
« Reply #5 on: October 27, 2018, 02:56:52 PM »
That is a great tip, Cindi! I will have to try it.

April

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Re: Shadow Backgrounds
« Reply #6 on: October 27, 2018, 08:18:25 PM »
I don’t have a cricut mat, but I do have one of those slipat baking mats. I wonder if that would work....
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Re: Shadow Backgrounds
« Reply #7 on: October 27, 2018, 09:10:29 PM »
she mentions in the video that she cut up her cricut mat for it, I do have an old one but haven't tried it yet, you would probably have to make sure it isn't too sticky or it will warp your card a bit, did you see when she took it off the mat she had to straighten her card out a bit.

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Re: Shadow Backgrounds
« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2018, 10:44:28 AM »
 :idiot2: Oops!  I fast forwarded through some of her fiddling around with the little flowers and missed the part where she mentioned the Cricut mat!  That will teach me!  I went back and watched again ...

You're right, Connie.  You might not want a brand new mat or at least de-stickify it a bit.  I stick new Silhouette mats to my shirt a few times so they aren't so sticky.
Cindi

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Re: Shadow Backgrounds
« Reply #9 on: October 29, 2018, 04:04:06 PM »
I masked off a section of the white paper.  Stamped lots of little leaf stamps. 
Stamped three larger leaves on alcohol ink background, embossed in gold, cut out and pop dotted.
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Re: Shadow Backgrounds
« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2018, 11:48:21 PM »
I really like your card, Yankee!

Connie,
I adhered a cut up Cricut mat to my stamp positioner with a few strips of poster tape.  It worked great for mass producing stamped tags.  I posted a picture at the end of my challenge, here.  It was really sticky, because it was a brand new mat, but I stuck it to my tee shirt a few times to lessen the stick.  The tags warped a little bit when I peeled them off, but not severely.  It was way worth it for quick placement of tags for stamping multiples.  I can always press them flat under a dictionary, but they really aren't that bad.  It would work well in a misti when you don't have room for magnets.  I gave my mom and sister the same stamp positioners as gifts so I will give them each a piece of the cricut mat and I'll still have an extra for myself.

I'll try to get to your challenge soon!
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Re: Shadow Backgrounds
« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2018, 10:39:10 AM »
I uploaded my first attempt at this one.

I decided to not add more color to the focal images as I liked keeping this piece very color-conservative...Not my usual 'MO'.

Fun!
Daniel

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Re: Shadow Backgrounds
« Reply #12 on: October 30, 2018, 04:42:43 PM »

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Re: Shadow Backgrounds
« Reply #13 on: October 30, 2018, 09:03:25 PM »
Cindi , glad to see that her little tip worked good for you, and you will have enough for your family members too :)

Thanks to everyone for trying my challenge, just love the ideas you all have come up with!
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Re: Shadow Backgrounds
« Reply #14 on: October 31, 2018, 10:18:05 AM »
April, your card is beautiful! 

Why don't I think to make backgrounds like this more often?  That's why we need these challenges!  Thanks Connie! 
I hope to make another card, with a more traditional shadow background soon ... but today I needed a Halloween card! 
I stamped my background in somewhat of a diagonal as was done in the video.  White ink on black always turns out somewhat shady, so I thought it would work well for this challenge, and for the card.

Halloween Card with a Shadow Background
Cindi