Vera Stamps

I love the look of the out of the box with Nestabilities technique, so I gave it a try with this Labels Seven die. Although I’m pretty sure I did something wrong, I still like the result. Maybe because I really enjoy this color combination, suggested by Julee as one of the Verve Beach Party […]

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Sometimes a color challenge is indeed a real challenge, and this color combination almost got me stumped. Lee picked these colors for Gina K.’s April Release color challenge on StampTV (GKAPR10LM). I ended up combining the colors with Fall-to Layout 87 from the clean & simple stamping blog. Since my order of Pure Luxury Turquoise […]

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Last night I stayed up way too late making cards and trying to keep up with Gina K.’s release party on StampTV at the same time. I made this card for Theresa’s sketch challenge (GKAPR10TM), using the sentiment from Hope Is Faith. This layout was perfect for trying out my new Nesties. I cut a […]

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Usually one cup of coffee is all I need to get me going in the morning, but the sketch from this week’s Clean and Simple Cards challenge called for three images. I flipped one of the images by stamping it on the big solid square from Stampin’ Up!’s The Shape of Things first, and then […]

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Although it’s only spring, we are experiencing summer temperatures here in Maryland. Today’s sketch challenge on SCS (SC275) was perfect for using up some of my scraps of Parisian Summer DSP. I used a 4-1/4″ x 11″ piece of Pale Plum card stock for my card base and matted the patterned paper panels with So […]

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