Vera Stamps

If you’ve received the Stampin’ Up! Holiday Mini Catalog in the mail, you’ll recognize the fabulous new fall images and Designer Series Paper found on pages 12-13. I decided to try the thumping technique with two of the leaves, and incorporate them into Beate’s Weekend Sketch (WSC93).

The other day I was reading about neglected tools in stamping and that made me pull out my crimper. The corrugated Kraft card stock reminded me of the corduroy button I wanted to use on top of the grosgrain bow (and I learned how to tie this embellished bow from an exclusive Dirty Dozen/Fan Club tutorial by Karen Giron on SCS). I’ll be showing you how to do this in my next stamp class!

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I was fascinated by the gorgeous ribbon (and the color orange!) on Emily’s A Taste of Summer Colors card, so that’s the card I CASEd for today’s Featured Stamper challenge (FS132) on SCS.

I picked colors to complement the Not Quite Navy ribbon I wanted to use and changed the stamp set to the popular Medallion background stamp. Since I needed a birthday card, I decided to add a little ‘For You’ sentiment on a tag.

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I am back from Stampin’ Up!’s annual convention (which was awesome, as always!) and thought I’d better start off with a simple card after all these days without stamping (I have to admit I didn’t do my Make & Takes at the event; they are still in my convention bag).

The sketch I used was today’s challenge on SCS (SC241), only I turned the sketch on its side to accommodate my Cheep Talk branch. I stamped the bird twice with Real Red ink so that I could cut one out and add some dimension. Just a quick, clean and simple card to get back into the swing of things.

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I swapped this card yesterday at the Stampin’ Addicts Meet & Greet in Salt Lake City! Hope the girls liked the window card I made with the A Cardinal Christmas stamp set. I wanted to use this particular designer paper, because it somehow looks as if the bird is sitting in a tree.

When you open the card, you’ll see I used the spotlighting technique with the Curly Label punch. It sure beats having to color the entire image when you’re making multiple cards for swapping!

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I’m meeting with fellow Stampin’ Addicts in Salt Lake City today, and this card was made for a small “thank you card” swap I signed up for.

I just love this Thoroughly Modern paper and the color combination of Soft Suede and Bermuda Bay. This card could go to a man or a woman, don’t you agree?

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