Vera Stamps

Jacob celebrates his first birthday today, just a little over a month after his cousin E.J., so he gets a card with the same cupcake image (per DH’s request). My inspiration came from Viva la Verve! Week 3, both sketch and picture. Thanks for stopping by! Stamps: With Love (Verve Stamps) Paper: Garden Green, Barely […]

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Kristina Werner of Online Card Classes had some great tips on using bold patterned paper on your cards. One of her techniques was applied on this card: the patterned paper was cut into 4″ x 3/4″ strips and adhered to the card base. I didn’t want to cover up this striking background, so I finished […]

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Online Card Classes started their Pattern Play class today, and Jennifer McGuire inspired me to create this card as my homework for Day 1. I placed three heart dies on top of a stack of four different patterned papers and cut them out at the same time. I only made one card today, but I […]

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I got this crazy idea to use lots of fleur-de-lis designs on my Mojo Monday entry card this week. I stamped, heat embossed and die cut this magnificent stylized lily to create a very mailable encouragement card for my nephew in Belgium. Stamping the background in VersaMark ink (to be clear embossed later) was a […]

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This card was mailed to E.J., who is celebrating his first birthday today! The cute cupcake image from Verve’s With Love set was just perfect for a first birthday card. I used the sketch from the Viva la Verve! Week 1 challenge, and papers from Gina K. Designs. I colored the image with Copic Markers […]

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