Vera Stamps

I designed this 5-minute 4-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ card to take with me to a shoebox swap with fellow SplitcoastStampers in Baltimore, MD today. It was fun to pull out some of my retired Stampin’ Up! stuff (stamps, inks, papers, even tools) for this card. Do you remember the spectrum pads SU! used to sell? I […]

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I’d say this card is a little different for me, and I think I will have to send it to a male recipient. The influence of the inspiration picture (a very modern-looking rug) on this January Week 2 Viva la Verve sketch challenge card must be apparent. The two rows of tiny squares were stamped […]

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Karen makes absolutely drop dead gorgeous cards, and I was thrilled to see she was chosen as the Featured Stamper on SCS today. I have many of her creations saved to My Favorites, but this is the card I ended up CASEing: Challenge in Gingham. I kept the layout and embellishments the same, but changed […]

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This was just a quick, “clean & simple” (aka CAS) birthday card that I created with the colors from Verve’s January Release Color Challenge: Turquoise, Gray, and Black. I thought it was a great color combo. The textured papers and bold images really make the card for me. I stamped the images from Fancy Florals […]

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It’s been a long time since I’ve combined the SCS color and sketch challenges on one card, but I managed to this week! I ended up turning the SC263 sketch sideways, but used all three colors of CC253 without fail: Pretty in Pink, Chocolate Chip, and Rich Razzleberry. Betty added a twist to the color […]

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