Vera Stamps

I couldn’t resist the Always Cherry Pink color combination challenge on SCS today. Cherry Cobbler seems to be a very popular color, but since I only have the card stock, I had to scramble to find matching embellishments. The retired red hemp twine from Stampin’ Up! was a pretty close match, and I managed to use it (instead of ribbon) for another one of the anni-VERVE-sary sketch challenges.

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Here’s my attempt at a vintage/shabby chic card for the Friends of Waltzingmouse Stamps Blog Waltz! I had hoped to do some stitching on my card, but never got around to taking the sewing machine out of the closet. Distress inks and a texture fades embossing folder will have to do the trick!

I wanted to use this quote by Eleanor Roosevelt inside the Very Vintage Labels No. 10 frame as my focal point and couldn’t believe my luck when I saw this week’s Mojo Monday sketch. It was a perfect match!

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Gelukkige moederkesdag! In my home province of Antwerp, Belgium (and also in Costa Rica, according to Wikipedia) Mother’s Day is celebrated on August 15. I decided to make a 6-1/4″ x 3-1/4″ card with Verve’s One Person stamp set, which contains many sentiments that are perfect for this holiday.

I was inspired by the AVS2010A Verve Release sketch challenge and used paper, ink, and ribbon in my new favorite SU! In Color: Concord Crush.

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I’m attending another shoebox swap north of Baltimore today, and this is the card I took with me. I had made a faux pinwheel card before, but saw a slightly different approach in the Technique Junkie Newsletter that I wanted to give a try. I like the way the pinwheel is matted with this version of the technique.

The 30-person swap called for all Stampin’ Up! supplies (current or retired), which gave me a chance to use up some of my Razzleberry Lemonade DSP. The image I stamped with Rich Razzleberry ink on the white squares in the pinwheel is from the Extreme Elements stamp set. It almost makes it look as if the wheel really is spinning (it’s not, though).

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Welcome to the Anni-Verve-sary Blog Hop! Verve turns three today and is celebrating with a hop, hop, hop! If you’ve already been hopping along, you arrived here from Betty Wright’s blog. If not, head on over to Julee’s Blog (owner of Verve), for all the info on how to win prizes (after all, what’s a party without presents?), and to start hopping from the beginning. If there’s a hiccup along the hop, you can always head to the Master Hop List to get the full list of links.

I wanted to use the round swirly image from the Happy Days set on my card today, because this stamp reminds me how awesome Verve Stamps is. I purchased this set when it was first released and before I even had a chance to get it inky, I received another stamp with this image in the mail. Because of a manufacturer’s defect, Julee immediately sent out replacement stamps to everybody who had ordered the set. How’s that for customer service!

I used this week’s Sketch for You to Try to help me get going with my card. Maybe I went a little overboard with the distress inks, but I just started using them and they are so much fun.

Thanks for hopping by! Now it’s time to hop on over to Verve DIVA Shannan Teubner’s blog, for a little more Verve-y goodness.