Vera Stamps

I made this card for a new catty (Stampin’ Up! Spring/Summer Collection 2008) swap with the ladies of the GreatSwaps group. We all picked a new stamp set from the catalog, and I chose Wonderful You. I also used a new background stamp, Twill, to create a subtle background.

The bottom panel was created with the Polished Stone technique. I started with a piece of Glossy White card stock. I added drops of ink on a cotton ball drenched with rubbing alcohol, and dabbed onto the card stock to create the marble effect. Then I set it aside to dry and afterwards sprayed it with an acrylic sealer.

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Stamps: Wonderful You, Twill
Paper: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, River Rock (regular & textured), Close to Cocoa, Very Vanilla, Glossy White
Ink: Chocolate Chip, Old Olive, River Rock, Close to Cocoa, Gold
Accessories: Word Window Punch, 1/16″ Circle Punch, Gold Brads, Sponge Daubers, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Cotton Balls, Rubbing Alcohol, Acrylic Sealer

This is a card I made for a Valentine Day swap. I thought it would be neat to stamp the heart from Time Well Spent in multiple pinkish colors and use the cut-out hearts to make some kind of wreath.

The heart on top of the vellum scalloped circle was adhered to the card with a few dimensionals.

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Stamps: Time Well Spent, For a Friend
Paper: Pretty in Pink, Pixie Pink, Pink Passion, Regal Rose, Rose Red, Purely Pomegranate, Whisper White, Vellum Card Stock, Rose Red Prints DS Paper
Ink: Jet Black StazOn
Accessories: SU Markers, Scallop Circle Punch, White Gel Pen, Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon, Ticket Corner Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals

When I saw this stamp set, Beautiful Life, for the first time in the Fall-Winter Collection 2007 catalog, it brought back memories from my childhood. My dad taught me how to draw a daffodill when I was little, and these flowers look just like his.

This card is for Beate’s weekend sketch challenge #34. I tried to find a nice Easter color combination and ended up with these three colors (Apricot Appeal, Certainly Celery, and Lavender Lace). The daffodils were stamped on Shimmery White paper and colored with classic ink and blender pens.

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Stamps: Beautiful Life, All Holidays
Paper: Apricot Appeal, Lavender Lace, Shimmery White, Certainly Celery Prints DS Paper
Ink: Jet Black StazOn, Apricot Appeal, Certainly Celery
Accessories: Ice Circle Rhinestone Brad, Whisper White, Apricot Appeal, and Certainly Celery 1/4″ Grosgrain Ribbons, Blender Pens, 1/8″ Circle Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals

The Featured Stamper challenge on splitcoaststampers.com is my favorite challenge of the week! I learn so much from the talented stampers that are picked every week. Today’s FS is prchvs, and I chose to CASE (copy and steal/share everything) her wonderful Pick a Petal card.

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Stamps: Pick a Petal, Stem Sayings
Paper: Pumpkin Pie, Always Artichoke, Whisper White, Soft Sky Prints DS Paper
Ink: Pumpkin Pie, Always Artichoke, Chocolate Chip
Accessories: Pumpkin Pie Striped Grosgrain Ribbon, Always Artichoke and Chocolate Chip Markers, Stampin’ Dimensionals, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig

I challenged myself to use Bold Brights colors on this swap card (I’m more of an Earth Elements girl most of the time). I inked up the So Many Scallops birthday stamp in three different colors, then punched the inside saying. I moved the sayings around and mounted them with dimensionals on the card. The three little flowers in the top left corner were stamped with an image from A Beautiful Thing and punched out with the Three for You punch. The saying in the bottom right corner was stamped in VersaMark ink and heat-embossed with white embossing powder.

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Stamps: So Many Scallops, A Beautiful Thing, It’s Your Birthday
Paper: Pixie Pink, Brilliant Blue, Pink Passion, Lovely Lilac, Tempting Turquoise, Whisper White
Ink: Pixie Pink, Pink Passion, Lovely Lilac, Tempting Turquoise, VersaMark
Accessories: Scallop, 1-3/8″, and 1-1/4″ Circle Punches, Three for You Punch, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Eyelets, Crop-A-Dile, Stampin’ Dimensionals