Vera Stamps

I’ve been admiring all the cards that were made with Beate’s latest Weekend Sketch (#64), and thought I would try combining the layout with today’s Color Combination challenge (Pretty Red Kisses) on SCS.

I placed a polka dotted piece of Pretty in Pink Prints Designer Series Paper on a Riding Hood Red card base. The Whisper White panel measured 5″ x 2-3/4″ before I scalloped the top and bottom edges. I stamped the large heart with Riding Hood Red ink on Glossy White card stock and the little love heart (part of the “tic-tac-toe” image) with Pretty in Pink ink on Whisper White card stock. I punched out the little heart and glued it on a Build-A-Brad, which I placed on the large heart.

The sentiment was stamped and cut into four small pieces, then adhered to the Bella Rose Designer Series panel with dimensionals. I also tied red striped grosgrain ribbon around the Kiwi Kiss panel before adhering it to the card.

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My Belgian nephew is turning 14 years old on Friday, and he is an amazing soccer player. I tried to remember what his soccer uniform looks like, and his club’s website confirmed that it’s predominantly white, with a diagonal green stripe on the shirt. The card layout is from last week’s (200th!) sketch challenge on SCS, and using it really made this card come together very quickly.

I stamped the ball image from the Just Soccer set three times with black StazOn on Whisper White card stock, punched the images out with the 1-3/8″ square punch, and matted them with Basic Black card stock. The striped paper is from the retired Prints Designer Series Paper hostess set, and I placed a piece of retired Wild Wasabi double-stitched ribbon at the top of the green panel.

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I’m really lucky that there are several SCSers in my area who organize shoebox swaps on a regular basis. Today I’m attending one of CindyL’s famous shoebox swaps in Perry Hall, MD. This is the card I designed for my 30 fellow swappers.

The card base is a 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ piece of Sahara Sand card stock, folded in half. I stamped Birthday Hugs and Wishes with Chocolate Chip ink in the corner of a 5-1/4″ x 4″ piece of Old Olive card stock and added two silver brads matted with Baja Breeze card stock on the left hand side.

The striped Ski Slope Designer Series Paper piece started out as a 4-1/4″ x 4″ piece. I marked the back of the paper with a pencil at 1/2″, 1-1/4″, 2″, 2-3/4″ and 3-1/2″. Then I centered my slit punch at each one of these marks and punched the paper five times. I folded the edge with the half circles over and slipped in a small strip of Real Red card stock.

The Enjoy image of the Holiday Collection stamp set was stamped with Old Olive ink on Glossy White card stock and punched out with the 1-3/4″ circle punch. I layered it on top of a red scalloped circle, and added a red star with silver brad mounted on top of a 1-1/4″ circle of Ski Slope paper.

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I really had a hard time trying to design a card for Kristina’s latest Color Inspiration challenge (#28). In the end, I pulled out my Always set and a Pumpkie Pie sheet of Sweet Always Designer Series Paper. I stamped the heart images with VersaMark ink on Ruby Red card stock, embossed them with white embossing powder, and cut them out. The large scallop circle was cut with a Sizzix die, and I stamped the branch image along the edge with Sage Shadow ink.

The sentiment from Always in My Thoughts was stamped with Ruby Red ink on Whisper White card stock and punched out with the small oval punch. The mat was punched out of Sage Shadow card stock with the large oval punch, and two Ruby Red brads used as embellishments.

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You may have noticed that I love to make clean and simple cards. I saw a card on the Clean & Simple Stamping blog the other day that inspired me to create a quick card with this layout (Thanks, Natasha!).

I started by choosing the patterned papers first, then the solid colors, and then the images and sentiment for my card. I inked up the pumpkin stamp with two markers, and stamped it three times with the help of my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig. The sentiment was stamped with Always Artichoke ink, and I added a little bit of paper piercing in the bottom corners because they needed something.

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