Vera Stamps

As you can see I haven’t put away my sewing machine just yet. The striped Grasshopper sheet in BasicGrey’s Green at Heart collection already has some (faux) stitching going on, so I thought it’d be nice to do some actual stitching on the card as well. I made this birthday card for a stamping buddy […]

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After I don’t know how many months I decided to pull out my sewing machine again. It’s a good thing I remembered Gina K.’s Janome Sew tutorials, especially the threading one. Things didn’t go as well as I’d hoped, as you can tell, so please don’t look too closely at the stitching. I made this […]

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I didn’t feel like adding a sentiment to this card; I expect I will find words for the inside when I’m ready to send it to somebody. The layout I used was this month’s Viva la Verve sketch #3, and I applied the faux tile technique to the image panel. I stamped the tree and […]

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Today’s technique challenge on SCS aimed to jump-start our creativity. First, we had to pick a technique that was featured during the last year (I chose TLC302 Emboss Resist). Then we were to pick a Color Combination challenge from the last six months (I went with CC298 Chocolate Cherry Crumb Cake) and finally, we needed […]

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I’ve been a member of the Random Acts of Kindness user group on SCS for a long time, but I haven’t been sending out many cards lately. That’s something else I want to change this year. The ‘just because’ sentiment from Verve’s Great Friend stamp set is perfect for RAKs! The layout I used is […]

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