Vera Stamps

I’m a couple days late with my FS challenge card, but I found such a neat layout in justwritedesigns‘s gallery that I just had to CASE: Dad’s Day Argyle. My version is less whimsical than hers (no dotted or stitched lines), and the colors are a little more subdued. Instead of using a multi-color inkpad, […]

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A couple of days ago I saw this neat idea in the March 2009 Scrap & Stamp Arts magazine for making embossed aluminum foil backgrounds, and I had marked the page to give this a try. It was such a coincidence that today’s Way to Use It challenge (WT212) on SCS also revolved around foil. […]

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Once again I found myself running out of time to make my ten Christmas cards for this month. Luckily, I was inspired by today’s color challenge on SCS (CC212: Pink Chocolate Hoods). The gorgeous Riding Hood Red paper in the Bella Rose DSP package made a nice background for the Illuminations image I wanted to […]

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These Raspberry Tart DSP patterns look so elegant together; I thought they might make a nice wedding card. When I was pressed for time to make my Occasions Mini swaps for the Great Swaps Girls, this design was quick and simple enough to get them out on time. The card base is Cameo Coral card […]

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I was inspired by all the paper tole flowers I’ve been seeing lately, especially Lisa Somerville’s. I stamped the large Fifth Avenue Floral image three times with Pretty in Pink ink on Pink Pirouette card stock and cut those out to various sizes. I sponged Pretty in Pink ink around the edges before assembling the […]

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