Vera Stamps

EJ turns three in a few days, so I made him this card using today’s SCS sketch challenge (SC529). I like how the numbers in this Geared Up stamp set can create a fun and fitting robot for a kid’s birthday card. Same with the individual letters from the Designer Typeset, which I used to personalize the sentiment. I colored the image with Copic markers to the best of my ability (yes, I should practice more).

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My friend Amanda presented us, Meade Girls, with another sketch (Mojo Monday 248) challenge this month and gave us bonus points for using the following colors: Kraft, Blushing Bride, Pink Pirouette, Pretty in Pink, and White. I needed a birthday card for a friend who lives at the beach and remembered the Wetlands stamp set that Amanda inspired me to buy. 😉

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I enjoyed creating my own background paper, with flower images from the Be Blessed stamp set by Verve Stamps, for this Mojo Monday layout. I knew I wanted to stamp the main sentiment on Pink Pirouette card stock, and to find the rest of the color combination I let myself be surprised by the SU ColorLab at My Create Ink. It chose for me these remaining colors: Rich Razzleberry, Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, and Pear Pizzazz. The white pearls were colored with a Copic marker to match the card colors.

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This is my first blog post since I unexpectedly lost my dad in October and, sadly, I had to make a sympathy card for a friend who has also lost her father.

I thought the dry embossed vellum technique would look nice with the flowers from Gina K’s One in a Million stamp set and I added a sympathy sentiment from Borderline by Verve Stamps. The layout is last week’s Mojo Monday sketch (374).

I hope to do more stamping now that my sprained wrist has healed, because I realize that I have really missed it (and I have been getting a little rusty).

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Looking around for inspiration for my new Snowflake Card Thinlits Die, I found this blog post by Amy Koenders. I simplified her design a little bit, because I intended to use the card for a shoebox swap with my friends in Laurel, MD. It was well worth all of the die-cutting that went into this! Here’s a look at the inside of the card:

It’s quite easy to create the big snowflakes by running the card stock through the Big Shot twice, as shown in this video by Stampin’ Up!

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