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Combining die cuts and ephemera

December 10, 2019

Hi friends, if you are like me, you love ephemera pieces, right? I know I do and I do love to make cards with them. Today I decided to combine die cut pieces with ephemera pieces to create a quick but beautiful card. I used Spellbinders Large Die of the month for Dec 2019 as… Read More Combining die cuts and ephemera

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Spellbinders | Card kit of the month September 2019

September 8, 2019

Hi friends, this month’s card kit from Spellbinders has dies to create a board / letter board. Have you checked it out yet? Today I decided to use it to make a thanks card for teachers {my younger one is a 4th grader :) } This one was so hard to photograph, because there is… Read More Spellbinders | Card kit of the month September 2019

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Spellbinders | August Card Kit Idea #2 | Using only club kit extras

August 3, 2019

Day 2, idea 2, you guys ready? :-) Hi guys, welcome back! I am so glad you are here. Today’s card also uses the Spellbinders card kit, but, only the kit extras – yes, including for the sentiment. And yes, this is probably going to be my shortest blogpost ever. Just adhered each piece –… Read More Spellbinders | August Card Kit Idea #2 | Using only club kit extras

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Hello Bluebird | Snowflakes cards

December 22, 2018

Hi friends, I could not let this card making season go by without making a few snowflake cards. So today I used the cute snowflake dies from Hello Bluebird to create two cards. I started by die cutting a whole bunch of snowflakes – used a lot of scrap glitter / mirrored cardstock in… Read More Hello Bluebird | Snowflakes cards

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Spellbinders November 2018 card kit | Christmas cards – Day 9 | Instagram Giveaway

December 19, 2018

Hello friends, today I combined the wreath ephemera piece and ‘warmest wishes’ sticker with a die cut piece. For the base panel, I die cut one of the patterned papers from the kit with Memory Box Wrapped Stitch rectangle die. A generous sprinkling of gems on this one and that was the card :-) Instagram… Read More Spellbinders November 2018 card kit | Christmas cards – Day 9 | Instagram Giveaway

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Spellbinders November 2018 card kit | Christmas cards – Day 7 | Instagram Giveaway

December 17, 2018

Hi there! We are still exploring several card idea using Spellbinders November 2018 card kit. Today’s card uses all supplies – card base, ephemera pieces, stickers and even adhesive from the card kit ! Need I say more? This kit got sold out, but here’s your link to subscribe to this club so you can get all the… Read More Spellbinders November 2018 card kit | Christmas cards – Day 7 | Instagram Giveaway

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Spellbinders November 2018 card kit | Christmas cards – Day 3 | Instagram Giveaway

December 13, 2018

Hi friends, as promised, here’s one more card using Spellbinders November 2018 card kit. Again very simple to put together kinda card. I did fussy cut out several snow banks from white glitter card stock from my stash. I adhered the narrower ones forward using foam adhesive and larger ones towards back using the sticky… Read More Spellbinders November 2018 card kit | Christmas cards – Day 3 | Instagram Giveaway

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Spellbinders November 2018 card kit | Christmas cards – Day 2 | Instagram Giveaway

December 12, 2018

Hi friends, today’s card is just so simple and came together as easy as 1-2-3. I looked at the cat with all the jumbled up lights and the pudding and I thought – that is the cat who got into trouble with the lights and I added pudding just to enhance the effect of naughtiness.… Read More Spellbinders November 2018 card kit | Christmas cards – Day 2 | Instagram Giveaway

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[New Series] Quick and easy cards – Part 4

November 25, 2018

Hi friends, still have several more cards to share in the quick and easy series. Hope these cards give you lot of ideas on how to use some of your paper shapes, ephemera pieces included in card kits and such. Today’s cards use Spellbinders card kits – I combined the ephemera pieces from their September… Read More [New Series] Quick and easy cards – Part 4

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[New Series] Quick and easy cards – Part 3

November 23, 2018

Hi friends, hope you all had a great thanksgiving! I hope you got a chance to spend some good time with your loved ones, had some good food and overall had a good day. Although I don’t know most of you in person, I feel a connection of friendship. You inspire me with your talent… Read More [New Series] Quick and easy cards – Part 3

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[New Series] Quick and easy cards – Part 1

November 1, 2018

Hello my dear crafty friends, after a brief absence of a little over a week, I am back with more card ideas. I thought of starting a series of Quick and Easy Cards. I will share ideas that use ready-to-use card bases, patterned paper, stickers and such. Gradually I will show you how we can… Read More [New Series] Quick and easy cards – Part 1

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#SSSFunAndFestive – Idea 1

October 11, 2018

So today we are playing with #sssfunandfestive release and I have 4 tags to share with you – all of these are made using the latest Snowflake Tags die set: Tag #1 I partially die cut one of the tags from white cardstock to keep onto the top part. for the bottom part, I simply… Read More #SSSFunAndFestive – Idea 1

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Altenew – Adore You and Perfectly Perfect

September 19, 2018

Hi friends, today’s project is here by popular demand :-) A few days ago I had shared another pink-yellow floral card using Altenew Adore You flowers. On Instagram I asked you guys whether you’d like to see a similar card in another color scheme and several of you said yes to making it with blue-yellow… Read More Altenew – Adore You and Perfectly Perfect

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Altenew Build-a-flower Larkspur – Fall card using only leaves

September 13, 2018

Hi friends, I have been so many cards using Altenew – Build-a-flower Larkspur set. You can check these out here. I am so loving this set and just want to keep playing with it. Well, making all these cards with stamped, colored and die cut elements also means I ended up with so many leaves… Read More Altenew Build-a-flower Larkspur – Fall card using only leaves

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Altenew – Build-a-flower Larkspur – Make it dimensional

September 5, 2018

Hi friends, today I have one more card using the Larkspur flower stamp-die set. In this card I fussy cut the layers of stamped petals to make this flower dimensional. Also, this card is not using any bling :-D (which is very very rare, if you know me), but there is already so much going… Read More Altenew – Build-a-flower Larkspur – Make it dimensional

Varada Sharma

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