Vera Stamps

I noticed there are new Clean & Simple (CAS) challenges on Splitcoast, and this week the challenge was a sketch. I combined it with today’s color combination challenge: Summer Kiwi Pies. My card is larger than the cards I usually make (it measures 5″ x 7″) and is made out of textured Kiwi Kiss card […]

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I was intrigued by last week’s Let’s Go Camping demo challenge on SCS, and decided to try making a card with that cool card fold (aka tent fold). First I made one out of copy paper, and when I had the folding down, I started out with an 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ piece of Bordering Blue […]

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My dad is an avid card player, and I thought he might enjoy a birthday card with “cards” on it. Can you guess how old he’ll be next week? I wanted to use the exact colors from Kristina Werner’s color inspiration challenge (#41), but substituted Real Red for Riding Hood Red because it looked more […]

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I had this idea of using the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Stem Sayings set with the curvy branch of my newly acquired Cheep Talk set. It took a little bit of Stamp-A-Ma-Jigging, but I am not totally unsatisfied with the result. First I inked up the branch stamp with Kiwi Kiss and removed the […]

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My father-in-law is celebrating his 70th birthday today. I pulled out this retired Treehouse Designer Series Paper with its nice masculine colors for his birthday card. The sketch I used is Jen del Muro’s Sketch For You To Try (SFYTT February 7, 2009). Pretty much everything on this card is retired Stampin’ Up! product, except […]

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