Vera Stamps

I very much enjoyed the wonderful videos and cards presented on Day 1 of the Stenciled online card class. This card was inspired by Jennifer McGuire’s Merci! card, even though I didn’t use the same stencil or technique. I’m looking forward to trying some of the other techniques that were taught on this first day.

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This is a birthday card I made for my American brother-in-law, who is not the only car enthusiast in the family! I went looking for a sketch to complement the Rev Up the Fun! images and found SC457 on splitcoaststampers.com. The car stamp was inked up with markers and the orange chevrons were cut with the Circle Card Thinlits die.

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Here’s a nice monochromatic and very mailable card (which is going to be on its way to Belgium later today) using the Shadow Tiles technique from the December 2013/January 2014 edition of the Technique Junkie Newsletter.

I stamped the image and sentiment first, then scored the 5-1/4″ x 4″ vanilla card stock at every inch both vertically and horizontally using the Simply Scored Diagonal Plate. Then came the more time-consuming part: lining up two Post-it® notes against the bottom edges of each square and sponging Crumb Cake ink to cover the bottom corner. When the entire card is done, the effect is quite wonderful.

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The color challenge on SCS this week (CC461) really appealed to me. Combined with this week’s Mojo Monday sketch, it inspired this quick birthday card for my aunt. I love the contrast between the elegant pearl-embellished die-cuts and the distressed background and edges.

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I adore this cute robot! It’s the perfect image for a little boy’s birthday card, don’t you agree? I colored him with Warm Gray Copic markers. The sketch I used for inspiration is the Mojo Monday 327 sketch. Instead of die-cut hearts, I sprinkled the card with punched out gear images — some of them embellished with tiny metal gear sequins.

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