Vera Stamps

Verve Stamps released new stamps and dies on Friday, and I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw a package from Verve in my mailbox today (Monday). Talk about fast shipping! I just had to make a card with some of the new dies right away, so I combined a Viva la Verve sketch with […]

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With a doilies theme this month, I could not resist participating in the Waltzingmouse Blog Party. To my surprise I ended up using four different Waltzingmouse Stamps sets to create this card, after pulling out only the Dainty Doilies set originally. My card was totally inspired by Mary Marsh’s Fill the Season Christmas card on […]

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Hope you all enjoy the holiday season and have a very merry Christmas! Thanks for stopping by! Stamps: None Paper: Pure Luxury Red Hot and White (Gina K. Designs); Garden Green (SU!) Ink: None Accessories: Big Shot, Silver Elastic Cord, 1/8″ Circle Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals (SU!); Christmas Textured Impressions Embossing Folder by BasicGrey (Sizzix); Labels […]

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I just returned from another fun shoebox swap in Laurel, MD. The card I designed this time fit yesterday’s Free for All challenge on splitcoaststampers.com: Fall Leaves. I colored my Autumn Splendor leaves by pressing circles of ink onto the stamped images with a sponge dauber. The background uses the direct-to-paper technique on top of […]

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I was sorry to miss Verve’s 5th Anniversary celebration and challenges, but I had hoped to at least create a card for this month’s SFYTT (sponsored by Verve Stamps) and I barely made it. My new Verve stamps arrived yesterday, so I used a sentiment from the brand-new Brighter Days set, stamped on kraft card stock, […]

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