Vera Stamps

After frustrating the participants of the last shoebox swap I attended with a card that took a while to put together, I created a very quick and easy one for the swap we’re having today. It all started when I first saw Melanie Muenchinger’s ombre technique. And then this week’s sketch challenge on SCS provided the perfect layout, with just a small oval tag near the bottom of the card. Sometimes it pays off to procrastinate in getting your shoebox swap card designed!

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My last card for this month’s Viva la Verve! sketch challenges was built around this amazing quote by Mother Teresa: “Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless.” Week 4 called for a clean and simple card, and I decided to highlight a long sentiment in the oval focal point. The Kind Words stamp fit perfectly inside the Radiant Rectangles die-cut frame, and I used second-generation stamping with the flowers in order to keep the focus on the words.

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This card was totally inspired by the photo accompanying the Viva la Verve! Week 3 sketch challenge. I embellished the dotted patterned paper by stamping Accent Notes images in gray and green ink. You may have noticed that (after I had stamped the entire pattern!) I dropped my green stamp and left a second generation impression. Ah well, such things happen. Too bad the stamp didn’t fall in the center of the paper, where it would have been covered by the stripe-embossed panel.

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A friend of mine is recovering from surgery and I hope this card will cheer her up. I used the Viva la Verve! June Week 2 sketch and three different sheets of the Cheerful Treat DSP. Even the sentiment was stamped on patterned grid paper. It was the first time I played with the White Enamel Accents, and I must say I really love how easy it was to make these perfect little raised dots!

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I’m hoping my little sister has received her birthday card by now — for once I think I mailed it on time! Thanks to the Viva la Verve! June Week 1 sketch challenge I didn’t have to start from scratch with this card. After deciding which patterned paper I wanted to use, the card came together very quickly. You may have noticed that I tried to color the One Person flower image to match the background flowers. A little bling was added to the center of the flower — not too bulky for overseas mailing.

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