Vera Stamps

I wanted to make an elegant birthday card for my aunt who is turning 75 next week. BasicGrey’s Cappella papers were just what I needed! I used one more layout from this month’s Viva la Verve sketch challenges and embellished the card with self-adhesive half pearls and delicate cream ribbon. Thanks for stopping by! Stamps: […]

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I’ve been working on transforming half of our basement into a stamping room this weekend, and this is the first card I made at my new desk (no more stamping in the kitchen for me!). Trying to finish all four Viva la Verve sketch challenges by Thursday, I started with sketch #2 today. I pulled […]

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Looking through Featured Stamper whoistracy‘s gallery this morning, I saw a lot of faux quilting on Tracy’s cards. I especially liked the look of her Sleigh Ride Petal Press Sneak Peek #1 card. My version doesn’t have a colored image; instead I added a butterfly die-cut and replaced the pearls in the upper left corner […]

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For today’s shoebox swap at Fort Meade I decided to make a card using the Silhouette tutorial in the December 2010 edition of the Technique Junkie Newsletter. I figured coloring the flowers with a black marker would speed things up so that the Baltimore Ravens fans in our midst could leave the swap in time […]

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Another rainy day in Maryland today! I thought this sentiment from the Blue Skies set was very appropriate considering the weather we’ve been having: Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass, it’s about learning to dance in the rain. If you’re thinking I must have used another sketch from Verve’s Release Week challenges […]

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