Vera Stamps

I remembered I had yet to ink up the tic-tac-toe image in the A Happy Heart set when I saw Barbara’s Cupcake Hugs and Kisses, Tic Tac Toe Style card in her SCS gallery. According to the Featured Stamper rules, you are to change at least two things on the original card, and I changed plenty! My little 3″ x 3″ Valentine has different colors and images, and has no cupcakes at all.

You may be wondering how I managed to pull two pieces of the Alpine ribbon through the ribbon slide. Well, I didn’t. I first tied a little piece of linen thread to the slide, then pulled the front ribbon through, hiding the linen thread. I adhered the ribbon to the card with Sticky Strip (both front and inside) and I tied the inside/back ribbon to the ribbon slide with the linen thread.

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I made this card earlier this month for a ribbon demo challenge on SCS, Tie One On. Having seen Kristina Werner’s Ribbon Weaving video tutorial, I thought I’d give that a try with Stampin’ Up!’s wonderful double-sided satin ribbon.

I laid six 4″ ribbons side by side on my grid paper to determine the size of the square piece of card stock that I would be adhering the ribbons to. Then I pretty much followed the instructions in Kristina’s tutorial. I adhered my ribbon panel to a Rose Red square with Sticky Strip.

With the help of the Punches Plus template, I pierced a large circle on Very Vanilla card stock. Then I stamped the image from the Sweet Stems set (available January 19, 2009) with black StazOn ink inside the pierced circle and punched it out with the 1-3/4″ circle punch. The coloring was done with Classic inks and a blender pen.

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I couldn’t resist Jimmi Mayo’s Holiday Challenge Extravaganza on SCS today: As Easy As 1, 2, 3! So I made this quick 4-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ birthday card with:

1. One piece of Parisian Summer Designer Series Paper
2. Bravo Burgundy and Sahara Sand for my two colors of cardstock
3. Three square punches: 1-1/4″, 1-3/8″, and Scallop Square

I punched four scallop squares out of Bravo Burgundy card stock and adhered them together so that I would have a larger scalloped mat for my sentiment.

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Game Night is another sneak preview set from the Spring-Summer 2009 Idea Book & Catalog. My relatives love to play games (especially cards and Yahtzee), and I just had to have this set to make cards for them. I started with an old sketch challenge from SCS (#119) and cut the two large panels out of the new Jackpot Designer Series Paper.

I inked up the In the Cards wheel with my black StazOn pad and rolled it onto Whisper White card stock. The little red hearts were punched out with the new Heart to Heart punch (available in the Valentine Love You Much Bundle on December 23). Even though they’re not a perfect match, it is pretty close. The So Saffron diamond was just cut out by hand. All were adhered with dimensionals.

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One of the perks of being a Stampin’ Up! demonstrator is that you’re able to pre-order a couple of hostess sets before the arrival of the new catalog. I knew I had to have the (level 2) A Little Somethin’ set when I saw its great images, just waiting to be punched out!

I used the color combination and sketch from the September ‘08 WICKED demo challenge on SCS for my card. I stamped Howdy with Not Quite Navy ink on Whisper White card stock and punched it out with the 1-1/4″ circle punch. I tried using a large star behind the circle, but it looked pitiful. Then a light bulb went off and I punched out another star, laid it upside down on top of the first one, and mounted the Howdy circle on top. This looked perfect!

The Sahara Sand strip near the bottom was stamped with the paisley image from the Wanted set. I also added a few white dots to fill in the empty spaces. The sentiment is a rub-on from the Chit Chat package.

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