Vera Stamps

Thanks for your concern, Pat and Marilyn! I’m still here, just not stamping as much as I used to. It took a Mojo Monday sketch to get me in the mood again. Thanks for stopping by! Stamps: Hope Blooms, Happy Hello (Verve Stamps) Paper: Pure Luxury White, Smoky Slate (Gina K. Designs); Marjolaine (BasicGrey) Ink: [...]

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William and Kate picked a wonderful date to get married: my sister’s 22nd wedding anniversary! Thirty years ago, Charles and Diana chose to get married on my parents’ 20th wedding anniversary. The apple does not fall far from the tree! Of course I wanted to make a “royal” anniversary card for my sister and her [...]

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Whenever I design a card for a shoebox swap (as this one for today’s get-together in Fort Meade, MD) I try to come up with something quick and easy, yet appealing. I decided to use the misting with markers technique with this floral image from Gina K.’s Stenciled Spring set. Love the effect, especially when [...]

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Last month I made this card for a sketch challenge on StampTV (gkdfeb11sd). It just dawned on me back then that these flowers from Gina K.’s Spring Mix stamp set go really well with Stampin’ Up!’s Thoroughly Modern Designer Series Paper. Don’t you agree? Thanks for stopping by! Stamps: Spring Mix (Gina K. Designs) Paper: [...]

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I’m so glad spring has finally arrived! Here’s a little card to celebrate my favorite season. I followed sketch SC320 from splitcoaststampers.com and used the out-of-the-box technique with my daffodils. I stamped the image with black ink on white card stock, colored it with Copic markers, traced a rectangle around the image with a pencil [...]

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