Vera Stamps

For Gina K.’s April Illustrator Challenge I let myself be inspired by this picture of a Dutch book of fairy tales by “Mother the Goose”. Fairy tales like Little Red Riding Hood, Cinderella, Puss in Boots, Little Thumbling, etc. were my favorites as a kid. I don’t think I’ve outgrown them yet! I stamped the [...]

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I had a great time (lurking) at the Gina K. February release party on Thursday. This card was made for one of the party challenges (a sketch challenge). I used some of the new digital paper that I purchased/downloaded that night (the rest of my order has already been shipped!). Throughout February, 25% of every [...]

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I’m happy to be participating in Gina K.’s customer blog hop for Melanie Muenchinger’s newest stamp set, called Square Pegs. Start here if you want to hop along! Today’s Cut It Out challenge on SCS inspired me to cut apart the sentiments before adhering them to the squares. And I used Mercy Kerin’s latest sketch [...]

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Even though I didn’t really feel like uploading this particular card, I have spent too much time building this brick wall not to post the results. I shouldn’t have stamped my main image with Soft Suede first (I wanted to create a shadow effect), before stamping it again with Ruby Red Craft ink and clear [...]

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I finally got an opportunity to try this intriguing herringbone technique from the Technique Junkie Newsletter, and I was inspired by the quilt Kristina Werner mentioned in her latest color inspiration challenge (#57). So I used her colors, most of which were present in SU!’s retired Walk in the Park DSP: deep red, coral, baja [...]

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