Vera Stamps

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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Five days late, but I finally finished my husband’s Valentine’s Day card. I think he was a little bit disappointed I didn’t have a card for him on the 14th (even though he didn’t get me one, either!) I was happy to be able to use my new Jotted Heart die and Love Notes stamp [...]

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“Designing with Buttons” is the theme of this month’s Waltzingmouse Stamps Blog Waltz. I had envisioned to be using lots of buttons on my card, but ended up with only one (on top of the bow). The layout is Mojo Monday 178, if you don’t mind my tweaking the brad placement a little bit. The [...]

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