Vera Stamps

My stamping buddy and fellow Great Swaps Girl Lori was chosen as Featured Stamper #170 on Sunday. I really admire Lori’s style and always looked forward to making her card at shoebox swaps we both attended. I found this cute blue and orange (my favorite color) card in her gallery: Go for It. My version […]

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When Stampin’ Up! announced their new color collections, I felt like making a card using some of the returning, previously retired In Colors. I put together Wild Wasabi and Tangerine Tango, and added the retiring Summer Sun on this birthday card with a fun fold. To make this card, I just followed the instructions in […]

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When you get to stamp with friends all day, those are always good times! I’m participating in a shoebox swap with fellow SplitcoastStampers today and this is the card I designed for them to make. It is loosely based on Fall-to Layout 83 from the clean & simple stamping blog. After a quick glance at […]

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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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