Author Archives: Beverly

About Beverly

Hi! I am Beverly Polen, owner and designer for Guneaux Designs, a rubber stamping home-based business of direct sales of top-quality rubber stamping products. We create create beautiful artwork (e.g., greeting cards, scrapbook pages, 3-D paper crafts, and more) that features Stampin' Up! (SU) products . Making greeting cards for my family and friends is something I love and have done for years. Initially, I made cards using various software. Then in 2005, I was introduced to hand-made cards, using rubber stamps. I jumped in with both feet. In 2006 I was introduced to SU stamp sets. I was amazed that there were stamp sets with coordinating stamps. No more buying individual stamps, playing the mix and match game. I was so impressed by the quality of the SU products that allowed me to make beautiful and creative greeting cards. I have been hooked ever since and my creativity continues to blossom.

Water Colored Mondo Sakura

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Water Colored Mondo Sakura

Hello, and welcome to Guneaux Designs.  Thank you for stopping by.  Today’s card share features the Essentials by Ellen Mondo Sakura stamp set.  The card contains a water colored Mondo Sakura image.  I do not know the name for the technique I used on the card; however, I’ll explain how I created it.  If you know the name of the technique, please share it with me in the comments section.  Thanks!

John 17:1-5 (Jesus Prays for Himself)

“After Jesus said this, he looked toward heaven and prayed: “Father, the time has come.  Glorify your Son, that your Son may glorify you.  For you granted him authority over all people that he might give eternal life to all those you have given him.  Now this is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom you have sent.  I have brought you glory on earth by completing the work you gave me to do.  And now, Father, glorify me in your presence with the glory I had with you before the world began.”

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Penny Black So Loved

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Penny Black So Loved

This card is a JOKE!!  😊😊😊 It really is!  As a Dirty Girl (DG) for Splitcoaststampers (SCS), I created the card for a Dirty Dozen Theme challenge to create a project that includes things that start with the letters J, O, K, and E – JOKE!

I thought I had posted the card after my time as an SCS DD, but realized yesterday that I had not.  As I have shared before, I could not post online cards I made while serving as a DG until I finished my term.  That is another reason it was not posted.  Regardless, here it is:

John 16:23-24

Jesus said to the Disciples:  “…I tell you the truth, my Father will give you whatever you ask in my name.  Until now you have not asked for anything in my name.  Ask and you will receive, and your joy will be complete.”

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ODBD My Soul Thirsts

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ODBD My Soul Thirsts

Hello, everyone, and welcome back.  I hope you had a wonderful weekend.  Today I am sharing a simple card I made using the Our Daily Bread Designs (ODBD) My Soul Thirsts stamp set.

James 1:12

“Blessed is the man who perseveres under trial, because when he has stood the test, he will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.”

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Side Step Card

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Side Step Card

Hello, friends, visitors, and crafters!  I have a side step card that I made while serving as a member of the Splitcoaststampers “Dirty Girls”.  Now that I have completed my time as a “Dirty Girl”, I am allowed to share the card.  That’s the rule, and I have to follow it!!!

Hebrews 13:15 & 16

“Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise — the fruit of lips that confess his name.  And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.”

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PI Make It Monday #333: Layering Patterns Over Images

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PI Make It Monday #333:  Layering Patterns Over Images

Hello and welcome to Guneaux Designs.  Last Monday, Papertrey Ink’s challenge for “Make It Monday #333” involves the technique of layering patterns over stamped images.  This is the card I created and submitted for the challenge.

2 Corinthians 5:9 & 10

“So we make it our goal to please him, whether we are at home in the body or away from it.  For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, that each one may receive what is due him for the things done while in the body, whether good or bad.”

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Art Impressions Elephant Twist Ties

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Art Impressions Elephant Twist Ties

Most children enjoy going to the zoo to see all the wonderful animals from the wild.  When my children were young, they got excited when good weather arrived as they knew a trip to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. would soon be on the schedule.  To that end, I created a zoo animal card using the new Art Impressions Elephant Twist Ties Stamp and Dies set.  The little elephants are so cute with their trunks twisted together.

Freedom From Human Regulations Through Life With Christ

Colossians 2:6

“So then just as you received Christ Jesus as Lord, continue to live in him, rooted and built up in him, strengthened in the faith as you were taught, and overflowing with thankfulness.”

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