Vera Stamps

Nineteen years ago, during our very short honeymoon in Middletown, Ohio, my DH and I really enjoyed the hot air balloon festival that took place there that weekend. We always think of hot air balloons on our wedding anniversary, which is why I used an image from the Up, Up, and Away stamp set on […]

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My aunt and uncle are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this month, so I thought a card with lots of hearts (including a big golden one) would be appropriate! I was inspired by the embossed die-cuts Jennifer McGuire showed us on Week 3 Day 2 of Summer Card Camp 2, and I also used one […]

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This was a neat technique on Day 5 of Summer Card Camp 2, taught by Cristina Kowalczyk. I stamped the sentiment first and filled in the rest of the panel by stamping the image from the Pretty Patterns set multiple times. I marked the squares I wanted to cut out with a little red X […]

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I played with my new Funky Feathers set from Waltzingmouse Stamps today. Ever since seeing Jennifer McGuire’s card on Day 1 of Summer Card Camp 2, I have been wanting to try her technique, only with multi-colored graphic feathers instead of single-colored greetings. I cut the white banner 3″ wide and was able to slide […]

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A few days ago there was a new addition to the family, and I can attest after seeing her picture on-line: Kimberly is definitely the cutest baby ever! I wanted to make a special, personalized card for her (and her parents) and was happy to see new color schemes added to this week’s Summer Card […]

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