Vera Stamps

This week’s Featured Stamper is the fabulous hostess of the weekly sketch challenges: Rox71. Her cards are always inspiring and her sketches are awesome! I have several of her images saved in My Favorites gallery, including this one: Simple Punches. The patterned paper she used reminded me of this sheet of (retired) Afternoon Tea Designer […]

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Wow, there are so many fabulous techniques in the June 2009 issue of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. I think I want to try them all! This card uses the sparkling resist technique, although I wasn’t quite able to capture the sparkle in my picture. The layout I used is Weekend Sketch Challenge #83, hosted by […]

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This is a Splitcoast challenge I don’t often participate in, but I really liked the rules of today’s Plenty of Patterns challenge: ½ sheet of plain cardstock for your card base—no other plain papers…NONE. Not even for mats. Plenty of patterned paper, decorative paper, flocked paper, glitterized paper, shiny paper, etc. No coloring supplies…no copics, […]

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I made several of these cards for my May entry in the 2009 Christmas Card Challenge on SCS. Yay, this means I have now 50 cards in my stash for the upcoming holiday season! The card base is an 8-1/2″ x 4-1/4″ piece of Baja Breeze card stock folded in half. I adhered a 4″ […]

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I couldn’t wait to use my To the Nines Specialty Designer Series Paper when I saw today’s sketch challenge (SC230) on SCS. All those layers were just perfect for all these coordinating masculine patterns and colors. And to top it off, the image panel was the exact same size as my Happy Father’s Day stamp. […]

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