Vera Stamps

I was inspired by all the paper tole flowers I’ve been seeing lately, especially Lisa Somerville’s. I stamped the large Fifth Avenue Floral image three times with Pretty in Pink ink on Pink Pirouette card stock and cut those out to various sizes. I sponged Pretty in Pink ink around the edges before assembling the […]

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I was impressed with the huge amount of fabulous artwork in FS Twinshappy‘s gallery this morning! Of course my eye fell on an orange card, Stacy’s Sympathy butterflies. I knew I could use the images in the Great Friend Occasions Mini set to make a similar card. The butterflies were stamped with Whisper White Craft […]

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The little girl next door is having a birthday soon, and I thought she might enjoy a card with the cute bunny from the Forest Friends Occasions Mini set. The sketch I used is Jen del Muro’s current SFYTT. The faux felt technique was used on the Close to Cocoa background panel. What you do […]

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Did you happen to see the instructions for making an accordion flower on page 5 of the Sale-A-Bration catalog? I finally tried making one today, and ended up using it on a card for Weekend Sketch Challenge #72 (posted on Jenn’s blog today). Combined with the Going Green Ways to Use It challenge on SCS, […]

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I love this new Manhattan Flower Textured Impressions Die for making quick, elegant cards! I ran some Sweet Always Designer Series Paper through the Big Shot inside this clear plastic die (which wraps around the paper like an embossing folder), and sanded the raised flowers afterwards to make them pop. The stamp set I used, […]

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