Heat Embossing – Varada Sharma

#UseYourCraftStash – Background stamps – make them the star of the show!

May 29th, 2020Varada0 Comments

Hi friends, we have done a lot of different fun things during this challenge. Today we are playing with background stamps. :) I often like to just go with just tone-on-tone or emboss resist or something more of a “background” thing. Today though I made two cards where the background is actually the start of the show. Key Ingredients: Simon Says Stamp Leaves and Berries background stamp Simon Says Stamp Ultra fine gold embossing powder Simon Says Stamp Ultra fine steel navy embossing powder Coloring pencils (I used the one from Simon Says Stamp’s March 2020 card kit) Martha Stewart …

#UseYourCraftStash – Patterned Papers

May 27th, 2020Varada1 Comment

Hello friends, hope you all are doing fine and enjoying our #UseYourCraftStash challenge. Today we are going to talk about the most important things we crafters want to care about – the money we spend on crafting – and some tips on how to make it count. Because whether you are just starting out or an established crafter business person, you will always care of making sure your money is put to good use, won’t you? Let’s get to today’s tip(s) first and after that check out some cards using one thing that we have a stash of – Patterned …

#UseYourCraftStash – Make Multiple – Cards with only stamps & heat embossing

May 21st, 2020Varada0 Comments

Hi guys, are you ready for the next idea and tip? Today’s tip: When you are working on one type of card – heat embossing / foiling / fun fold – give yourself time to play a little. Give yourself time to understand the technique, grasp it, find out what works for you to make those kind of projects and get comfortable. Making one project today with a technique and then using that technique after days or weeks, will not build the same comfort level. So, I always recommend making multiple. Today’s idea is pretty simple – Heat Embossing. …

1 Kit 10 (more!) cards – Spellbinders Card Kit of the month – Nov 2019

November 5th, 2019Varada0 Comments

Hi crafty friends, I have 10 (yes, more 10!) cards to share with you today, all of which use Spellbinders Card Kit of the month for Nov 2019. When it comes to Christmas color schemes, I think I am the in-between girl – I am not a huge fan of the traditional red-green colors, and yet, I can’t handle the extra bright fuchsia kinda colors. So I really loved the the muted blue-reds-greens in this month’s card kit. Also the dies are super easy to work with yet very beautiful, so they totally stole my heart :) That’s why I …

Spellbinders Amazing Paper Grace Die Kit of the month – Nov 2019

November 3rd, 2019Varada0 Comments

Hi friends, I have a beautiful Season’s Greetings card in my favorite color combo – blue + gold – to share with you all today. The main focus of this card are the design die cut using Amazing Paper Grace die kit of the month Nov 2019 by Spellbinders. I did combined it with a couple dies and stamp set in this month’s Spellbinders Card kit. I created the base using several layers of the hexagon die cuts to create this shaped card. For the top panel, I did add a gold frame with the delicate filigree design. To help …

Simon Says Stamp | October 2019 card kit

October 24th, 2019Varada0 Comments

Hi friends, my favorite time of the year is November – dry cold-ish weather, cozy clothes and hot soups, fall colors everywhere, and hearts filled with gratitude. What more can a girl ask for? To celebrate the coming of my favorite season, I created two Thanks cards using the October 2019 card kit by Simon Says Stamp. As usual both these are easy cards, not too difficult to mass produce and yet beautiful in every way. On both these, I did the following steps with a little variation for each card: Heat embossed the large floral cluster on sturdy scrapbook …

Pinkfresh Studio | Card using Bloom stamp set and Indigo hills paper

August 25th, 2018Varada0 Comments

Hi friends, I have one more card to share today using some more Pinkfresh Studio goodies. For this one, I used one of the patterned papers from Pinkfresh Studio Indigo Hills (older one) collection. I trimmed it to be slightly smaller than my A2 sized cardbase. Over this trimmed rectangle panel, I stamped the two floral images from Pinkfresh Studio’s Bloom stamp set + the two sentiments you see here using Versamark ink. Well, that’s when I made a boo-boo. I used MISTI to double stamp it, but since this patterned paper is not quite thick, it shifted a little …

Simon Says Stamp | Diamond Pattern background stamp | Friendly Frolic Release Inspiration 1

July 26th, 2018Varada0 Comments

Hi, my crafty friends! It’s a very special day today. It is my sister’s birthday and my niece’s birthday and it is also release day at Simon Says Stamp! To celebrate I am sharing a birthday card using the Diamond Pattern background cling stamp from the latest Friendly Frolic release by SSS. I started this project using a rectangle panel which I had cut a little narrower than A2 card. I did not check the size, but just eyeballed it to be about a quarter of an inch narrower. On this panel, I stamped the Diamond Pattern using Versa Mark …

Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Flowers stamp set | Inspiration recap

July 21st, 2018Varada0 Comments

Hello friends, so here’s a recap of all the cards you have been seeing on this space using Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Flowers stamp set. Inspiration 1 Inspiration 2 Inspiration 3 Inspiration 4 Inspiration 5 Inspiration 6 Inspiration 7 Inspiration 8 Hope you give these ideas a try. These ideas can also be used with other floral images. I hope you do give them a try. And don’t forget to let me know which one is your favorite. INSTAGRAM GIVEAWAY I am running a giveaway on Instagram this month. Do let me know which one is your favorite technique …

Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Flowers + Stamping on Colored Cardstock

July 17th, 2018Varada0 Comments

Alright, today I have one more card to share using Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Flowers stamp set (and please don’t tell the other cards, but today’s set is probably my most favorite set). I started by stamping several of the individual flowers on colored cardstock and fussy cutting these out. I did some in Simon Says Stamp Cotton Candy cardstock with Studio G red ink and some others in Simon Says Stamp Lemon cardstock with Simon Says Stamp Duckling ink. I also stamped some leaves from the cluster onto Simon Says Stamp Apple Green cardstock with Simon Says Stamp Apple …

Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Flowers + Heat Embossing on Patterned Paper

July 14th, 2018Varada2 Comments

Hi friends, I hope you do keep your patience with me as I continue to play with Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Flowers stamp set. Today I gold heat embossed it on a pink-teal patterned paper for a pretty, girly look. As you can tell, I used a single patterned paper from ModaScrap and heat embossed the entire large floral image using Simon Says Stamp Fine Gold powder. I cut out one panel and foam mounted it on one white card base. I kept the front panel narrower than then inside panel. On the front panel, I lined up a thin strip …

Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Flowers + Heat Embossing on Cardstock + Instagram Giveaway

July 3rd, 2018Varada0 Comments

Hi friends, I have a confession to make today. I am truly, madly, deeply in love with Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Flowers stamp set. Almost to the point of obsession. ? I am going to share so many card ideas with this stamp set – almost this entire month. I will try and share ideas using different products also, but this stamp set will keep making appearances throughout the month. Hope you won’t mind. So without further ado, here’s the first card (or set of cards). At first I created the two cards below. I heat embossed the beautiful large image onto SSS …

Simon Says Stamp Good Vibes release inspiration 1

June 21st, 2018Varada0 Comments

Hi friends, it is release day at Simon Says Stamp – and I have 3 ideas to share using one of the stamps sets in this Good Vibes release. This stamp set is called Vacation Time and has several sentiments in beautiful fonts. I am a huge fan of sentiment stamps and can’t seem to have enough of them. :-P In these 4 posts, we will explore ways to use this stamp set with patterned papers and create cards for different occasions. Today we will use these stamps to enhance a patterned paper background, and also to add a bold …

Combining SSS More Spring Flowers with Spellbinders Frames

June 12th, 2018Varada0 Comments

Two cards today, friends :-) Same technique, just different layout and images. Ready? I started by stamping and heat embossing several different flowers and leaves from Simon Says Stamp More Spring Flowers stamp set on watercolor cardstock. I used Simon’s Fine Gold embossing powder for this. Then I loosely watercolored all the images using Gansai Tambi watercolors. After everything was dry, I cut it out using coordinating dies. I made two clusters of these flowers and wanted to anchor it on something. That is when I thought of Spellbinders Gilded Tags and Frames die set. This set came in Spellbinders’ …

Pencil Coloring on Off White Card

June 5th, 2018Varada0 Comments

Hi friends… Another pencil coloring card today – this time on Simon Says Stamp Cream Off-white paper. I think I like this one better than the last one, but I definitely need lot more practice for sure :-) I started by stamping with heat embossing the center cut flowers image on my side folding A2 card. I used Simon Says Stamp Steel Navy embossing powder. Next I colored the flowers using Prismacolor pencils – PC903 and PC904. flower centers using PC916 leaves using PC910 and PC912 the in-between areas using a very light hand of PC909 Lastly I added pink …