Vera Stamps

A tall and skinny card is what Beate’s sketch challenge called for this weekend. In Beate’s honor, I decided to use Chocolate Chip for my 3″ x 6″ card base and Afternoon Tea Designer Series paper for the background. I stamped the Fresh Cuts image in Craft ink on Soft Sky card stock and embossed […]

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I’m so glad Vickie joined the Great Swaps Girls two months ago – her clean-looking cards are truly wonderful! I found this little gem in her SCS gallery and decided to turn mine into a Christmas card. “Farewell Festive Favorites” could also have been the title of this post, as Stampin’ Up! decided to put […]

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When I saw Beate’s sketch challenge for this weekend, I thought of this sweet bird image from the Touch of Nature set. I also wanted to practice my watercoloring, so I stamped the bird in Basic Brown ink on watercolor paper (about 3″ x 2″). I first put down some Soft Sky ink with my […]

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Kristina Werner posted her 10th Color Inspiration Challenge last Friday, but it took me a few days to come up with a card. In the process of making the card, I discovered that the rub-ons don’t stick to felt flowers very well. They work just fine on paper (and other surfaces), though! The sentiment was […]

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As a kid, I always enjoyed doing those “Find the Difference” games in magazines. Well, you should be able to spot the differences between Jimmi’s Sassy Dahlia card and mine pretty easily, but the biggest difference is that my flower has an extra petal! I don’t know what happened, but after following the Dahlia Fold […]

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