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#UseYourCraftStash – Review of all the cards and winners!

June 1st, 2020Varada2 Comments

Hello guys! I hope you all had fun playing along and / or checking out the tips and card ideas we shared for #UseYourCraftyStash challenge. I am so grateful for all your support of my little blog and business. Let’s do a quick review of the cards I shared and then check out the winners. Shall we? Background dies Something different Multiple cards with heat embossing on patterned paper Digital stamps and foiling with laminator Hot foiling and mistakes Multiple tips and lots of ideas for using patterned papers Using background stamps as the highlight Using stencils for color and …

#UseYourCraftStash – Color and Dimension with stencils

May 31st, 2020Varada1 Comment

Hello there! I hope you all have enjoyed our little series for #UseYourCraftStash challenge. In this final post, I want to share with you how you can add dimension and color with stencils, but without any texture pastes etc. Ready? You do that by combining two techniques – dry embossing with stencils + ink blending. Here are the cards I made to show the results. Key Ingredients: Altenew Poppy Bloom Stencil Altnew Majestic Bloom die set Echo Park Paper Company The Story of Fall Branches Stencil Distress inks – Festive Berries and Worn Lipstick Hero Arts Ombre Green ink Lime …

#UseYourCraftStash – Let’s talk about Mistakes & Hot Foiling

May 25th, 2020Varada0 Comments

Hi everyone, for today’s tip and #UseYourCraftStash challenge – let’s talk about mistakes, shall we? As a crafter, as a businesswoman, as an employee, as a wife and mom – I do make a fair share of those. Today though I want to share with you my mistakes in crafting, specifically with hot foiling – and talk more about what they meant. I love hot foiling – love how it adds a beautiful design of bling and shine to a project. If you have played with hot foiling, you know the typical mistakes: Foiling the plate instead of the paper …

#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. …

The wait is over.. My Free Digis for May 2020 are here :)

May 8th, 2020Varada3 Comments

Hello my dear crafty friends, I am here with the next month’s FREE Digital Stamps for you guys. :) I am sharing one card today using one of the digis, but there are two digis in total. I will create something with the second stamp and in the next day or two I will share a card with that one. Hope it’s okay with you guys :) Let’s go ahead with today’s card then, shall we? Here are the two free digis for this month: Key Ingredients: My free digi stamps (Please subscribe to access them. If you are …

Thank you card using Spellbinders Large Die of the month for May 2020

May 6th, 2020Varada0 Comments

Hi friends, I have one more ‘Thank You’ card for you today. Using the Spellbinders Large Die of the month for May 2020 this time. And the color scheme for this card is inspired by an Instagram post by my friend @hooklineandinker from Instagram. She posted a beautiful room picture and challenged to make a card using dark teal and mustardy yellow color. Blue/Teal + Yellow is my favorite color combo, so how could I resist? :) Key Ingredients: Spellbinders Large Die of the month for May 2020 Spellbinders More Sentiments hot foil plates Spellbinders Blistered embossing folder Steps: …

Thank you card using Spellbinders Small Die of the Month for May 2020

May 4th, 2020Varada0 Comments

Hi friends, new month = new dies from Spellbinders, right? And as always this month’s dies are so pretty. Today I will share a card using the Small Die of the Month club for May 2020. This set contains 5 border dies that fit the longer edge of an A2 sized cards and one slightly smaller die that cuts out ‘thank you’. I also combined it with a couple older Spellbinders products. Key Ingredients: Spellbinders Small Die of the Month club dies for May 2020 Spellbinders – Happy Collection – Shapeabilities Dies – Etched Dies – Celebrate with Cake (For …

Whimsical and Wild collection by Jane Davenport | Flip card using any shape die

April 29th, 2020Varada2 Comments

Hi friends, I hope you all are staying safe and being careful wherever you guys are. I am sending a whole lot of good vibes your way. Today’s card is both fun and whimsical and a bit wild :). I used the cute Panda and little girl from Whimsical and Wild collection by Jane Davenport to create this fun flip card. Key Ingredients: Spellbinders Panda Thank You Clear Stamp Set from Whimsical and Wild Collection by Jane Davenport Spellbinders Botanical Bliss Labels 54 die set (old, no longer available. But any shape die from your stash, like circle or heart …

Spellbinders Kaleidoscope Dies | Cards for 3 different occasions by changing color scheme

April 24th, 2020Varada0 Comments

Hi friends, don’t you just love it when you can change just a few things and change the whole look of card? I have three examples to share with you today where I mainly changed the color scheme, background and sentiments to make three cards with the same set of Spellbinders Kaleidoscope dies and each card is for a completely different occasion. Aren’t these dies just so versatile? Check out these cards: Key Ingredients: Spellbinders Glimmer Club kit for April 2020 Spellbinders Small Die of the month April 2020 Spellbinders Shapeabilities Kaleidoscope Tile Etched Dies Spellbinders Life Sparkle Clear Stamp …

Grateful – Fall themed card using stamps and dies from Spellbinders

April 20th, 2020Varada0 Comments

Hi guys, I always create lots of ‘thank you’ cards for Thanksgiving / Fall. This is one American festival that I have adapted in my family will full heart. We use the whole month of November to focus on gratitude and kindness. For my first card this year I decided to use this month’s Even More Sentiments Etched Die Set (add on for this month’s Spellbinders Small and Large dies) to be my sentiment die. And although these sentiments work well with “Truckin Through the Seasons – Large Die of the Month Club”, I found that they work equally well …

Digi stamps created by me, how you can get them {0$ !}, Store {coupon inside} and Life updates

April 6th, 2020Varada1 Comment

Hi friends, I hope you all are staying safe wherever you are. I understand these are weird times, full of uncertainty. I am a mom, a wife, a Business Analyst and a Business Owner. Up until recently, I relied heavily on my ability to plan things, to manage all these roles and to handle the expectations that come with each of them. With the way things are right now though, planning and execute according to a plan are not helping much. Out of all the skills I have learned in life, the one thing that is helping is my ability …

Quick and easy hot foiled cards using Modern Essentials collection from Spellbinders

March 2nd, 2020Varada0 Comments

Hi guys, I hope you are having a fantastic Monday! Today’s card is such an inspired-by card. Recently, Debby from Lime Doodle Design shared a few cards with Kraft-Black and hints of white+gold. I am so completely smitten by those that I had to use that color combo and make it mine. And when I started playing with these delicate little dot ovals from the Modern Essentials collection from Spellbinders, that is what I had on my mind. Here is the result: Card 1: A clean, modern look. I started by trimming down a rectangle of Neenah Desert Storm cardstock …

Simon Says Stamp Card Kit – Stronger Together – Card 1

February 23rd, 2020Varada2 Comments

Hi guys, after so many days of working on die cut based cards, I am shifting to my old love – watercolors – at least for a little bit. And the perfect companion for this was this month’s Simon Says Stamp – Stronger Together card kit for March 2020. I started by die cutting a piece of Canson watercolor paper using the largest Memory Box Warped Stitched rectangle die. Then I stamped my images on it using Archival Black ink and my trusted MISTI. I used Ooku watercolor pens that I had won in a preview giveaway. These watercolor pens …

Girl-y thank you card using Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Feb 2020

February 9th, 2020Varada0 Comments

Hi friends, I am back today with another card idea – this time it is a gray-pink-purple themed thank you card using Spellbinders Small Die of the Month for Feb 2020. This is a pretty straightforward card. I used the dies as they were intended and applied one of my favorite techniques – to use stamped sentiments as part of design elements. I started by die cutting all my pieces out using the different shades of pink and purple; and also 3 solid circles using a gray-white patterned paper. I adhered them as you see here, using my favorite liquid …

Abstract scene setting with Spellbinders Large Die of the Month – Feb 2020

February 2nd, 2020Varada0 Comments

Hi friends, I have 3 cards to share with you today which are very much like the little children’s books with funky, abstract designs (think sparkly, square-ish clouds) and happy bright colors. What can I say? This month’s Spellbinders Large Die of the Month made me do it :) Ready? Here you go: Card 1: A wild flower or Ranunculus, I don’t really know, but I used the several round-ish shapes to create it. For the clouds I went with the square-ish shapes, the leaves the three pointy ones, the stalk, again the three long pointy ones and the three …

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