Vera Stamps

When I saw Kristina’s latest color inspiration challenge (#19), I noticed that the card I had just designed for the Baltimore SCS shoebox swap this weekend came very close. I just needed to switch the Very Vanilla I had used to Whisper White, which I did on the card displayed here.

The front of the Basic Black card was trimmed just half an inch, and a strip of scalloped Whisper White paper was adhered to the back. On the inside, I glued a 1″ strip of Basic Gray card stock on the right hand side.

I stamped the silhouette with Basic Gray ink on Whisper White card stock and used the Wide Oval punch to punch it out. I layered a 2″ x 3″ piece of Bella Rose Designer Series paper on top of Basic Gray card stock and added two black brads at the top. Then I ruffled a piece of Basic Gray ribbon (like I did on my Glowing Butterfly card) and wrapped it around the bottom. I used a few dimensionals behind my oval and adhered everything to the card with more dimensionals. Hope my fellow shoebox swappers will enjoy making this one!

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My awfully talented Great Swaps friend Jessie Rone was chosen as the Featured Stamper on SCS last Sunday (FS80), but I hadn’t had a chance yet to participate in the challenge. I found the card I wanted to CASE and turned mine into a birthday card for my aunt in Belgium.

It was my first time using inchies on a card as well, and they are fun! Too bad I don’t have a 1″ square punch, though. I stamped three images from the Pocket Silhouettes set in Old Olive on Very Vanilla card stock and punched them out with the 1-1/4″ square punch. Then I used my hobby blade, ruler and cutting mat to turn those squares into inchies.

All the colors were picked from the (retired) Brocade Background Designer Series paper. I stamped the Dutch birthday greeting with Chocolate Chip ink in the top right corner of the card.

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Here’s a quick 5-1/4″ square Pink Pirouette card I designed for my stamp class last weekend (after starting with a View-Master card, we needed something quick and easy). We used the Scallop Edge Punch on a 2-7/8″ x 2-7/8″ piece of Kiwi Kiss card stock to create the fancy border.

The Say It with Scallops image was stamped with Riding Hood Red ink on Whisper White card stock and punched out with the new Scallop Square Punch. I used the extra wide Pink Pirouette grosgrain ribbon to embellish the card.

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I love the mixed fonts and the sayings in this new level 1 hostess set, Best Yet. I stamped the sentiment in Night of Navy on Very Vanilla card stock and punched it out with the Wide Oval Punch. Then I trimmed the left hand side even with the edge of the card and clipped on a silver mini library clip with a little bit of Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon tied to it.

The flowers were stamped with Whisper White Craft ink on Night of Navy card stock. After heat setting them, I colored them with Stampin’ Pastels (Ruby Red, Cameo Coral, and Sage Shadow). The scalloped Very Vanilla edge was created with the Scallop Edge Punch.

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I fell in love with this gorgeous new vintage set as soon as I saw it! Too bad I don’t know exactly how to pronounce it, as the set is called Flores Suaves (and is only available from the Hispanic supplement, Celebrando Creatividad). The Designer Series Paper I used is also from this Hispanic catalog. I thought the butterfly image would work great with the Glowing Image technique (in the August/September 2008 Technique Junkie Newsletter) that I wanted to teach at my next stamp class.

Shelli Gardner showed us how to create the ruffled taffeta ribbon at convention (by first pulling the ribbon in half and then continuously pulling on a single thread near the center). I also added one of the new Filigree embellishments with a black brad.

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