Vera Stamps

Goodbye to Sweet Shapes, a stamp set that has been a joy to stamp with. I have always been fascinated with the way the background stamp displays various shades of whatever ink you apply. Very cool! I used the colors from Kristina Werner’s 16th Color Inspiration challenge (love this combination!), and I also tried tying […]

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I always imagined the Touch of Nature set would make a great retiform (or grid technique) card. Now that the set is retiring next month, I wanted to finally get it on paper. This was one of the first techniques I learned as a beginning stamper, but to refresh my memory I followed the directions […]

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Happy Independence Day to my fellow US citizens, both natural-born and naturalized! I wanted to create a card to celebrate this special day. The card base is a piece of 12″ x 3″ textured Whisper White card stock folded in half, with the outside corners rounded. First I stamped the sentiment in Not Quite Navy […]

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I have been wanting to try out my Sticky Cuts Letters ever since I bought them (several months ago), and today I decided to use one on my card for Kristina Werner’s 11th Color Inspiration challenge. My card measures 6″ x 3″ and is made out of textured Whisper White card stock. I placed the […]

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When I saw this week’s Color Combination challenge on SCS, I immediately thought of Independence Day. I decided to make a 4-1/4″ x 4-1/4″ card out of Blue Bayou card stock. I also used a 4″ x 4″ piece of textured Soft Sky and a 2″ x 4″ piece of Whisper White card stock. With […]

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