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Best Friends Split Heart Necklace on a card – Spellbinders Large Die of the Month Jan 2020

January 4, 2020

Hi friends, I am trying to savor the last couple days of winter break with more crafting :) and I have a video for you with this one. I made a card with a split-heart necklaces on it and the hearts say “Best Friends”. Eeeee!!! I am so in love with this! My girls have… Read More Best Friends Split Heart Necklace on a card – Spellbinders Large Die of the Month Jan 2020

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A masculine-ish card for Valentine’s Day using Spellbinders Card Kit of the Month – Jan 2020

January 3, 2020

Hi friends, I love convertibles – I think they are cool (may be not always so-practical), but cool for sure. My older one loves them too, so this month’s die from Spellbinders card kit was oh so fun for us :) I also tried to make this card a bit masculine, but Valentine-themed: no bling,… Read More A masculine-ish card for Valentine’s Day using Spellbinders Card Kit of the Month – Jan 2020

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1 trick 5 cards – Spellbinders Card Kit of the month – Nov 2019

November 1, 2019

Hi friends, 1st of the month – time for playing with Spellbinders Card kit and several other kits of the month! Today I have 5 cards to share using the card kit (and a video!). All of these use a really simple technique and are great for mass production – especially you are a subscriber… Read More 1 trick 5 cards – Spellbinders Card Kit of the month – Nov 2019

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5 Cards with no stamping – Spellbinders Card kit of the Month – October 2019 – Card kit Extras

October 5, 2019

Hi friends, I am totally smitten by this month’s, Oct 2019 Spellbinders Card Kit of the Month. Today, I created five cards that look like they took a long time to make, but guess what? They absolutely did not! And none of these cards have any kind of stamping :-) Let me share all the… Read More 5 Cards with no stamping – Spellbinders Card kit of the Month – October 2019 – Card kit Extras

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Showcasing Scenic Snapshots Collection

September 30, 2019

Hi there, everyone! I am thrilled to be guest posting for Spellbinders again today. I am sharing two projects created using the adorable Scenic Snapshots collection. If you want to explore different options with this collection, here is a great video you can check out. I have shared a couple tags using the Santa’s Workshop… Read More Showcasing Scenic Snapshots Collection

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Spellbinders | Stamp of the month September 2019

September 6, 2019

Hi crafters, today is the day where I get to share this month’s beautiful Stamp of the Month set from Spellbinders. It is full of fall themed images and gratefulness sentiments. I made a thank you card with this set and I am so very pleased with it. To start with, I stamped several images… Read More Spellbinders | Stamp of the month September 2019

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Spellbinders | Shaped cards with PA Scribe Collection by Paul Antonio

July 24, 2019

Hi friends, I have two beautiful cards in purple – gold – and delicate die-cut details. I used a beautiful purple + white patterned paper that has gold dots for the front of the cards and connected each of these with a similar sturdier die cut with a scored fold and tape just like… Read More Spellbinders | Shaped cards with PA Scribe Collection by Paul Antonio

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Spellbinders | Large die of the Month July 2019 | Video

July 14, 2019

Happy Sunday, my crafty friends! Today I am sharing a card made with the Large Die of the Month kit for July 2019 by Spellbinders. This is a beautiful that has dies to make bicycles and baskets with flowers. In fact, you can mount the floral basket on the bike to make it 3-D and… Read More Spellbinders | Large die of the Month July 2019 | Video

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Using small stamped sentiments as design elements

May 30, 2019

Hi everyone, like most crafters, I do have several stamp sets and most of them have several sentiment stamps. Some sentiments are large and can stand on their own as focal point or part of focal point. But what about the smaller ones? My favorite way to get more out of these small sentiment stamps… Read More Using small stamped sentiments as design elements

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Spellbinders | Celebrate with cake | Wedding card

April 7, 2019

Hi friends, the Spellbinders dies are still creating waves here in my craft space. Today I have a pretty wedding card to share with you all using the Shapeabilities Celebrate with Cake Etched Dies from the Happy collection by Sharyn Sowell. I did combine it with a couple bird dies and leafy branch from Let’s… Read More Spellbinders | Celebrate with cake | Wedding card

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Spellbinders | Kit of the month inspiration

April 1, 2019

Hi friends, it is first of the month and I have a fabulous card to share with you made using the Kit of the Month club goodies from Spellbinders. Believe me guys, these kits just keep getting better. For this card, I used the patterned paper, dies, stamp, puffy star stickers and the card base… Read More Spellbinders | Kit of the month inspiration

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Simon Says Stamp | Floral Thanks card

February 25, 2019

Hello my dear friends! I am so sorry, my work and life keeping me busy adulting. And also a brand new addition to our household – our Kiara has been keeping me busy too, but in a very very good way! Check out her pictures on my Instagram feed – she had brought so much love… Read More Simon Says Stamp | Floral Thanks card

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Hello bluebird | All is calm…

December 23, 2018

It’s Day 14 – my second last post for this year’s Christmas cards / Season’s Greetings. I am just so excited. Hi friends, today I used several stamp images from Hello Bluebird Quite Christmas and Littles Holiday Extras sets to create this card in non-traditional Christmas colors. Stamp, color, die-cut / fussy-cut and layer the… Read More Hello bluebird | All is calm…

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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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Simon Says Stamp | You Are Loved release inspiration

December 11, 2018

Hi folks, although it is quite late in the night right now, I had to drop in with some inspiration using Fruit From The Heart stamp set. I got it in the mail only yesterday but could not wait to ink up the cute fruit images and accompanying punny sentiments. :-) For the first one,… Read More Simon Says Stamp | You Are Loved release inspiration

Varada Sharma

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