Vera Stamps

Featured Stamper: Gayatri Murali

Sat, 11 May 2013 15:47:40 +0000

After being gone on a 3-week vacation to Belgium, I find it hard to get back into stamping. Luckily, there is the Featured Stamper challenge on SCS and it is nice to just be able to CASE a lovely card (Gayatri’s Have a Special Day! card, in this case). I left off some of the embellishments she used, but used a fancy circle die-cut for my focal image.

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All supplies by Stampin’ Up!® unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Best of Flowers, Hugs & Wishes
Paper: Naturals Ivory, Taste of Textiles Specialty Paper, Elegant Soirée Designer Series Paper
Ink: Timber Brown StazOn, Bashful Blue, Baja Breeze, Brocade Blue, Kiwi Kiss, Old Olive
Accessories: Big Shot, Old Olive 3/8″ Taffeta Ribbon, Stamp-A-Ma-Jig, Sponge Dauber, Blender Pens, Stampin’ Dimensionals; Stately Circles Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Happy 75th Birthday, Mama!

Thu, 02 May 2013 05:11:48 +0000

Fans of Melanie Muenchinger’s work may remember seeing her gorgeous Sweet Strawberries card on StampTV last year (also on May 2nd). I waited a long time to CASE it, but I thought it would be perfect for my mom, who absolutely LOVES strawberries. She’ll probably be eating some today, on her 75th birthday!

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Stamps: Sweet Strawberries, Lacy Borders (Gina K. Designs); TXT 6002 – Family Stamps (Hobby Post)
Paper: Pure Luxury Red Hot, Green Apple, Ocean Mist (Gina K. Designs); Patterns Pack (SU!); Blending Card (X-Press It)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko); Kiwi Kiss (SU!)
Accessories: Big Shot, Large Oval Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals (SU!); Stately Circles Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Red Satin Ribbon; Bow-Easy (Posi-Bendr); Scor-Tape (Scor-Pal); Copic Markers (0, B000, R22, R24, R29, R59, Y11, Y17, YG03, YG95)

Pattern Play Leftovers

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 05:11:31 +0000

Remember this card I made when I was taking the Online Card Class Pattern Play? Well, I decided to make an anniversary card for my sister and BIL with some of the leftovers. After I stamped the sentiment on the white banner, I traced the letters (and the numbers on the tiny heart) with a glitter pen.

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Stamps: TXT 6001 – Family Stamps (Hobby Post); Ticket Trio (Gina K. Designs)
Paper: Textured Rich Razzleberry, Whisper White (SU!);
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry (SU!); Soleil (BasicGrey)
Accessories: Big Shot, Tasteful Trim Bigz Die, Small Heart Punch, Stampin’ Dimensionals (SU!); Classic Hearts Nestabilities, Ribbon Banners Shapeabilities (Spellbinders); Gelly Roll® Stardust® Glitter Pen (Sakura)

Featured Stamper: Sue (suen)

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 05:11:16 +0000

Last month I combined an SCS challenge with a StampTV challenge to create this card, and even won a StampTV prize package with it! I CASEd suen’s Birthday in Bloom card, and followed the horizontal Tic Tac Toe line Flower Image(s) – Scor-Pal – Green of Lee’s “Gina’s Favorites” surprise challenge. I rock ‘n’ rolled the flowers and added half pearls to their centers. The sentiment was heat embossed.

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Stamps: Hello Sunshine (Gina K. Designs)
Paper: Pure Luxury Green Apple, White (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: VersaMark, Memento Bamboo Leaves, Pear Tart (Tsukineko)
Accessories: 1-1/4″ Square Punch, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Dimensionals (SU!); Self-Adhesive Gems (Hero Arts); Scor-It

CASEing Cindy

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 05:11:54 +0000

My friend Cindy creates the most beautiful cards, which she shares on her fabulous blog Stamps, Paper, and Ink. When I saw her lovely Secret Gard card, I couldn’t resist CASEing it! This is my sister’s 50th birthday card (the English translation for Proficiat is Congratulations).

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All supplies by Stampin’ Up!® unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Secret Garden, Teahouse; TEXT 6001 – Family Stamps (Hobby Post)
Paper: Perfect Plum, Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Parisian Breeze Specialty Designer Series Paper
Ink: Perfect Plum, Baja Breeze, Wild Wasabi, VersaMark
Accessories: Big Shot, Secret Garden Framelits Dies, Perfect Plum Stampin’ Write Marker, Winter White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Crop-A-Dile, Hemp Twine, Stampin’ Dimensionals; Flag It Die Set (Verve Stamps); Timeless Rectangles Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Waltzingmouse Stamps Blog Party

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 17:30:08 +0000

After a very loooong winter, it is finally time for some Spring Flowers (this month’s WMS blog party theme)! I CASEd a striking Color Blocking card by Featured Stamper Lionsmane on SCS, using various images from the Camellia stamp set. The word “belated” was omitted from the Fancy Phrases sentiment — not only did it not fit onto the tag, I never use it on my cards because DH is not a big fan of belated birthday wishes. He likes to mail birthday cards a week in advance, whereas I try to get them to arrive on the special day itself.

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Stamps: Camellia, Fancy Phrases (Waltzingmouse Stamps)
Paper: Pure Luxury Turquoise Sea, Black Onyx, White (Gina K. Designs)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, VersaFine Onyx Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Big Shot, Stampin’ Dimensionals (SU!); Fancy Framed Tags Two Shapeabilities (Spellbinders); Copic Markers (BG11, BG13, BG15, YR02, YR04, YR07, YG11, YG13)

Happy 30th Anniversary, USA Team Tour!

Wed, 10 Apr 2013 05:11:29 +0000

On April 10, 1983 eight enthusiastic bicyclists took off on an adventure of a lifetime: a bicycle ride from New York to California and back! Only three of them completed the journey (DH was one of them) and I made this card for them to commemorate their achievement!

I believe it’s the first time I’ve used this U.S.A. map stamp that I’ve had in my collection for years — I guess I was just waiting for the perfect opportunity to get it inked up. I colored it in with the colors of the T-shirts they wore on their trip: red, white, and blue. The bike image and die-cut are new, and I bought them pretty much for this occasion. It was wonderful not having to fussy cut those little bikes!

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Stamps: On The Go Bike (Hero Arts); U.S.A. Map (Rubber Stampede); Lacy Borders (Gina K. Designs)
Paper: Pure Luxury Blue Denim, Red Hot (Gina K. Designs); Blending Card (X-Press It)
Ink: Memento Gray Flannel, VersaMark (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Big Shot, Winter White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Dimensionals (SU!); On The Go Bike Framelits Dies (Sizzix); White Poster-Paint Pen (Sharpie); Copic Markers (B21, B23, R22, R24)

Happy 1st Birthday, Jacob!

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 20:52:07 +0000

Jacob celebrates his first birthday today, just a little over a month after his cousin E.J., so he gets a card with the same cupcake image (per DH’s request). My inspiration came from Viva la Verve! Week 3, both sketch and picture.

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Stamps: With Love (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Garden Green, Barely Banana, Patterns Pack II (SU!); Blending Card (X-Press It)
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Big Shot, Garden Green Marker, Stampin’ Dimensionals (SU!); Standard Circles Large and Lacey Circles Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Flag It Die Set (Verve Stamps); Copic Markers (Y00, Y21, Y27, YG61, YG63, YG67)

Pattern Play Day 5

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 15:55:45 +0000

Yay! I’ve been able to make a card for each day of the Pattern Play Online Card Class this week. Of course, this is a total CASE of Kristina Werner’s gorgeous card, using the quilted strips technique she demonstrated in her video.

I received this cute teddybear image from the Oh Baby! stamp set in the grab bag I won on StampTV (Lee’s Surprise Challenge). Stamped it on patterned paper, and shaded it with a Copic marker. After I cut out the image, I ran along the edge with a gray marker and it made such a difference! The sentiment was also stamped on patterned paper. Other than the white vellum, there is not a neutral color card stock in sight.

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Stamps: Oh Baby!, Ticket Trio (Gina K. Designs)
Paper: Pure Luxury Wild Lilac, Patterned Paper (Gina K. Designs); White Vellum Card Stock (SU!)
Ink: Memento Gray Flannel (Tsukineko)
Accessories: Big Shot, Woodgrain Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, 1″ Square Punch, Essentials Paper Piercing Pack, Stampin’ Pierce Mat, Paper-Piercing Tool, Stampin’ Dimensionals (SU!); Standard Circles Small Nestabilities (Spellbinders); Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers); Memento Gray Flannel Marker (Tsukineko); Copic Marker (RV32)

Pattern Play Day 4

Sat, 23 Mar 2013 02:56:36 +0000

Day 4 in the Pattern Play Online Card Class was all about altering patterned paper. I slightly altered the Cheerful Treat DSP by adding Dazzling Details to the green dots on the paper. The sketch I used was SC422 on splitcoaststampers.com.

With such spring-like colors, I’ll be sure to enter this card in the “Voorjaar” (Spring) SU-per challenge. I rock ‘n’ rolled the Secret Garden flower stamp with light and dark pink ink and used the matching Framelits Die to cut out the images. The white sentiment was heat embossed on a 3/4″ inch strip of DSP. I used a square punch to create the notch at the end.

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All supplies by Stampin’ Up!® unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Secret Garden, Happiest Birthday Wishes
Paper: Bashful Blue, Old Olive, Whisper White, Cheerful Treat Designer Series Paper
Ink: Regal Rose, Rose Red, VersaMark
Accessories: Big Shot, Secret Garden Framelits Dies, Ovals Originals Die, 1″ Square Punch, Dazzling Details, White Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Heat Tool, Stampin’ Dimensionals