Vera Stamps

Here’s the second card I made for tonight’s double baby shower. First I stamped the ducks on the Labels Eight die-cut and sponged all over with Bashful Blue ink. Then I stamped them again on a scrap piece of white card stock, colored them with Copic markers, cut them out and glued them to the panel. The background images were white embossed.

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Tomorrow I’m attending a baby shower for two neighbors who are both expecting a baby boy. This is one of the cards I made for the occasion. My next-door neighbor is in the process of selling her house and moving to Texas, so I thought a (rocking) horse image would be very appropriate for her card!

I stamped the image and sentiment from Rupa Shevde’s Oh, Baby! set in black ink on a Labels Seven die-cut. I traced around the inside of the die with a red glitter pen. When I colored the saddle red with Copic markers, it was wonderful to be able to stay inside the lines (for the first time ever, I think). Red is not an easy color when you’re working with Copics. The background was stamped with blue ink and striped grosgrain ribbon was the only embellishment I used.

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I stepped up to the challenge of making an all-white Christmas card (thanks for starting new Christmas challenges, StampTV!). If only they had told me how hard it would be to take a decent picture of the finished project!

I decided to make another tent topper card, with a 4-1/4″ x 8-1/2″ card base made out of dry-embossed Mother of Pearl card stock. The images were stamped and heat-embossed on Mother of Pearl card stock as well, and I added a Labels One mat made out of white card stock. The sentiment reads: “May the spirit of Christmas bring you peace & joy” and is quite legible in person. All in all, the card turned out much better than I expected.

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For me, happiness is making, sending and receiving cards! I’m also always very happy when I can combine a few challenges, like the sketch from StampTV (stvsketchms1) and the color combination from SCS (CC273). Betty mentioned she pulled her colors from BasicGrey’s Cappella collection and I happened to have this collection sitting right there on my stamping table when I got started on this card.

I had been playing around with my new Martha Stewart Daisy punches and the frame I had punched was just the right size for the square in Melissa’s layout. Yes, I do try and stay very close to the original sketches for these challenges. My ruler is my best friend!

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After spending a nice long Memorial Day weekend in West Virginia, I was having a hard time trying to make a card for today’s sketch challenge on SCS (SC283). Next time I will be taking some stamping supplies with me to the mountains!

I used the colors from StampTV’s chocolate, green, and ivory challenge (which made me think of Stampin’ Up!’s Brocade Background DSP). I puzzled two pieces with the same design but different color combinations together in the background. The flowers were colored with Copic markers.

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