Shadow Stamping with Radiant Pearls

Take a shadow stamp of choice,
Stipple your favorite colors of radiant
pearls all over them and then stamp it...
let this absorb into your paper.

Once done then you can stamp onto it!




Stamp Artis - Deborah D. Johson
Image - CowTown Stamps

"Shadows With Chalks"

Using the VersaMark pad, stamp the Hero Arts Shadows stamp on matte cardstock

Using a cotton ball, pat chalk color wherever you want it with a soft brush, cover the ink stamp image with black -- See sample Hibiscus - Not Colored shows it at this stage.

You can either leave as it, or emboss in clear (the Versamark underneath the chalk is still "wet) -- OR -- you can color with Prismacolor colored pencils -- See sample Hibiscus-Colored

Because the Versamark is still "wet", it's easy to blend and color.

Shadow Stamp - Hero Arts
Hibiscus - Stamp Zia

"Shadow Stamping"

Shadow Stamp - Hero Arts
Dragonfly, Iris, Koi - Stamp Zia

A Variation on the dark cardstock w/ Powdered Pearls...

Using the VersaMark pad, stamp the Hero Arts Shadows stamp using a soft brush, dip it into various colors of Powdered Pearls, and
"bounce", "swirl" or "streak" the powder over the cardstock when you're done applying the Powdered Pearls, brush it around, covering
all of the VersaMark ink -- brush off excess powdered pearls.

Let dry or dry with a heat gun (this will take awhile).

Because I'm impatient, and my heat gun is my backup (not my Milwaukee, which gets a lot hotter) -- I found that the Versamark wasn't drying fast enough for me ... So I stamped the image in black (Memories or Document Black) - and then I embossed the entire image in clear.

I used black matte cardstock for the Dragonfly & Iris samples, and a cinnamon colored cardstock for the Koi sample shown.

"Zana's Style"

Using the VersaMark pad, stamp the Hero Arts Shadow Stamp. Using a soft brush, dip it into various colors of Powdered Pearls, and "bounce", "swirl" or "streak" the powder over the cardstock.

When you're done applying the Powdered Pearls, brush it around, covering all of the VersaMark ink --

Brush off excess powder let dry or dry with a heat gun (this will take awhile) stamp and emboss image

For this example, I used Jade, a little Spring Green, and the Midnight Green. And I embossed in detail gold.

The background was also not quite dry! - there are "specks" of gold in the circle. I might switch to colored pigment ink and clear embossing powder.... :-)

"Around The Edges"

Ink your shadow stamp with the main color (soft gold).

Ink just the edges with a contrasting color (purple).

Stamp the shadow stamp

Over stamp w/ flower (black Memories)

Stamp saying in the "edge" color used above

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"Birthday Present"

Ink your shadow stamp with color (light purple pigment).

Using smaller stamps, "take away" color from the shadow stamp, stamp the shadow stamp.

Here the shadow was done 4 times -- and it looked like a birthday present -- or a candle -- a "flame" was put on this one, but ribbon
would work as well.

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"Thinking of You"

On folded card stock, stamp the larger shadow stamp in light green and light blue hues.

Over stamp with the screen background stamp in
dark blue hues. For the tag a checker board pattern was made using the smaller shadow stamp in the same green and blue hues. Stamp "Thinking of you" in dark blue hues and then add the dragon fly to the squares. Finally go over the tag with the speckle stamp in gray. Affix to card with foam tape and then add your floss and bead.

"Random Shadows"

Ink the shadow stamps with the main color (soft gold).

Stamp some of them onto the cardstock... stamp some of the off the cardstock onto to scrap, and use the 2nd stamping on the cardstock (this gives a softer version of the same color)

Stamp the heart on another piece of cardstock, and layer as shown.

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"Double Loading"
this is my favorite...

Using a tri-color Versacolor pigment pad.... ink the shadow --

Use 2 of the colors each time, create a pattern if desired (as shown)... no stamp positioner was used - just "eye ball it"...

Over stamp with image using black permanent.

Hint: Reason for using a tri-color pad -- you know that the colors look good together!

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"Flowers"

Ink the sand stamp with two colors of pigment ink & stamp (Ink & stamp a total of 6 times on cardstock) --

Eye balling it stamp the flower image with black permanent color with Prismacolors when all ink is dry.

Hint: if the edges don't line up, just cut them off! try not to leave gabs on the inside. better to overlap the inside than have gabs. (in my opinion)

All images from Phil's at Red Castle....
Phil calls his sand stamps, not shadow stamps, they have patterns in them.

"Dragon" (Same technique as "Flowers"

Ink the sand stamp with two colors of pigment ink & stamp (Ink & stamp a total of 6 times on cardstock) --

Eye balling it stamp the flower image with black permanent color with Prismacolors when all ink is dry.

Hint: if the edges don't line up, just cut them off! try not to leave gaps on the inside. better to overlap the inside than have gabs. (in my opinion)

All images from Phil's at Red Castle....
Phil calls his sand stamps, not shadow stamps, they have patterns in them.

"Mini Book"

Stamp the pages with any ink.

Stamp the shadow using 2 colors from the Veracolor tri-pad (Cotton Candy)...

Change how you hold the stamp when you stamp the pages --

make all the odd pages pink/purple, and all the even pages purple/pink.