Vera Stamps

Today’s Featured Stamper on SCS is Petal Pusher, and I found this gorgeous Baroque Birthday card in her gallery. I was drawn to the big background stamp and lovely orange (my favorite color). I ended up choosing different colors, because I wanted to use the Flower Fusion felt flowers. I inked up the sentiment stamp with markers for a multi-color effect.

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All supplies by Stampin’ Up!® unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Baroque, Lots of Thoughts
Paper: Purely Pomegranate, Old Olive, Shimmery White
Ink: Purely Pomegranate
Accessories: Old Olive and Rose Red Markers, Purely Pomegranate Double-Stitched Ribbon, Flower Fusion, Designer Label Punch, Key Tag Punch, 1-3/8″ Circle Punch, Piercing Tool, Rich Regal Brads, Earth Elements Brads, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Today I’m getting together with other Splitcoaststampers in Baltimore for a large shoebox swap. This is the card I designed for the occasion.

I used three Stampin’ Up! spots to create the background, following Beate’s tutorial on SCS. Then I stamped the image from Essence of Love twice in black StazOn, leaving room on the right hand side for the ribbon treatment. I used the double rectangle punch three times and weaved the Always Artichoke ribbon through the holes.

The butterfly was stamped in black StazOn on Soft Sky and Certainly Celery paper. I punched out the green butterfly with the 3/4″ circle punch. Then I adhered it to the blue one before punching that one out with the 1″ circle punch.

All supplies by Stampin’ Up!® unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Essence of Love
Paper: Always Artichoke, Certainly Celery, Soft Sky, Glossy White
Ink: Soft Sky, Wild Wasabi, Always Artichoke, Jet Black StazOn
Accessories: Double Rectangle Punch, 3/4″ and 1″ Circle Punches, Always Artichoke 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbon, Stampin’ Dimensionals

I love this new Summer Picnic DS paper in the Occasions Mini catalog. It really makes the card!

This was a card I made for a swap with a spring theme. I used a few other new items from the mini catalog, i.e. the Lots of Dots jumbo wheel and the Old Olive poly-twill ribbon. I had a lot of fun making this card, and it came together pretty quickly (which doesn’t happen that often for me).

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All supplies by Stampin’ Up!® unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Celebrate Everything, Rough Edges Mini Alphabet, Totally Tabs, Lots of Dots Jumbo Wheel
Paper: Certainly Celery, Old Olive, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Summer Picnic DS Paper
Ink: Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Certainly Celery
Accessories: Old Olive Poly-Twill Ribbon, Round Tab Punch, Three for You Punch, 1/16″ Circle Punch, Soft Subtles Brad

This cute bike image is from the Time for You stamp set in the Occasions Mini Collection. I fell in love with this stamp set immediately, because this image reminds me so much of my mom’s bike (except for the crossbar).

The bike was stamped with Jet Black StazOn on watercolor paper (cut into an oval shape with the Coluzzle) and colored with classic ink and blender pens. I used the 3/16″ corner rounder punch (guide removed) to create the white scalloped edge underneath the Afternoon Tea DS paper.

For You was stamped on Whisper White paper and punched out with the small oval punch. I adhered it to the right edge of a large Perfect Plum oval and set an eyelet on the left hand side. After adhering the oval to the Soft Sky piece, I trimmed the edge with a hobby blade.

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All supplies by Stampin’ Up!® unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Time for You
Paper: Perfect Plum, Soft Sky, Whisper White, Watercolor Paper, Afternoon Tea DS Paper
Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Perfect Plum, Pretty in Pink, Soft Sky, Wild Wasab
Accessories: Wild Wasabi Double-Stitched Ribbon, Coluzzle, Silver Eyelets, Crop-A-Dile, Small & Large Oval Punches, Hobby Blade, 3/16″ Corner Rounder Punch, Blender Pens, Aqua Painter, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Today is my dad’s 71st birthday, and this is the card I sent to Belgium last week. I was happy to hear it arrived today, on the day itself, just the way he likes it!

I stamped the argyle three times in Old Olive ink, using my favorite tool: the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig. The word window punch was used several times to create a window wide enough for the Dutch Happy Birthday sentiment.

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All supplies by Stampin’ Up!® unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Classic Backgrounds, Rough Edges Mini Alphabet
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Summer Picnic DS Paper
Ink: Old Olive, Pumpkin Pie, Bashful Blue
Accessories: Word Window Punch, Pumpkin Pie Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig