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Stampin’ Fancy Friday – Inspired by Water Challenge

June 10, 2026 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

This month at the Stampin’ Fancy Friday we share creations Inspired by Water.

The Stampin’ Fancy Friday Challenge this month is all about water and I lean towards the April Paper Pumpkin kit.

The Relaxing Retreat Bundle by Stampin’ Up! beautifully compliments the Waterside Retreat Paper Pumpkin kit.

Taking one of the Paper Pumpkin card bases, I turned the card base inside out and added a central fold to produce a Z fold card. The blue anchor panel for the focal point came from the Paper Pumpkin kit and blended perfectly. The Waterside Retreat DSP offers a great wave effect pattern that I die cut using the Stylish Shape circular dies. A smaller circular die was used for my sentiment panel, die cut from Basic White cardstock.

Using a blending brush and Balmy Blue Ink, I added a smudge of ink centrally to my sentiment panel. Secret Sea was used to stamp my sentiment within.

From a mixture of Soft Sea Foam and Old Olive, I die cut 6 of the Reed images. The tops of the reeds were coloured using both light and dark Peacan Pie Blends Pen.

Fussy cutting three fish and some ores, I prepared to assemble my cluster.

Raising the fish on dimensional allowed me to tuck the reed in behind.

A loop Linen Thread bow was added behidn the sentiment panel to help create movement.

Die cutting the same size circular panel as the circle of waves, I blended some ink to the top right quarter before adhering to the inside of my card. By ensuring that these two circles overlap perfectly, allowed me to ensure that the added reeds on the inside, would pop out from behind the sentiment panel.

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Stamping Station – Bold and Beautiful

May 17, 2026 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Welcome to this month’s Stamping Station hop where this month we go Bold and Beautiful.

One fabulous bold colour combination is Coastal Cabana and Real Red, which had me thinking of Strawberries.

Starting with a Coastal Cabana card base and mat layer, I added texture using the Ladybug Picnic 3D Embossing Folder. Roughening up the edges with the blade of my scissors added further texture.

Layering up the sentiment shape dies, I layered a basic white panel upon Pretty Peacock. To add interest I used two ink colours for my sentiment. Inking the base of the sentiment with Real Red and the top section with Secret Sea. It’s easy enough done when you hang the stamp over the edge of the ink pad.

Using Two-tone cardstock, I set to work die cutting three strawberries and the leaf tops from the Made with Sweetness Die set before blending ink for shadow. Two shades of red for the strawberries and old olive for the leaves.

Layering up my sentiment panels and berries, I proceeded to adhere them in place using a mix of wet glue and Stampin’ Dimensionals.

A white bow and linen thread bow were added behind the middle strawberry. White die cut flowers were added and yellow embellishment gems added for centres.

A final scattering of sequins gave that little touch of glimmer.

A bold and beautiful combination of colours with beautifully juicy strawberries.

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Global Design Project #GDP547 – Landscape Challenge

May 16, 2026 by Mikaela Titheridge 2 Comments

This week’s Global Design Project challenge #GDP547 is a Landscape Challenge. Having been playing with the Lakeside Retreat Paper Pumpkin, I was inspired by this landscape image.

Layering up various blue patterned papers from the Lakeside Retreat pack, helped give an interesting backdrop to my landscape scene.

The dark Secret Sea card base was the perfect mat for this to all sit upon.

To add further interest to my circular landscape scene, I cut skinny slithers out and adhered the panels back into a circle, raised upon Dimensionals.

This gave both height, texture and interest to this card. A few die cut images to sit upon a Linen Thread bow sat beside my chosen sentiment.

The word wonderful was die cut from the coordinating die set that compliments this Paper Pumpkin kit.

A simple way of bringing interest to an already beautiful scene, with very little effort.

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Stamping Station – Simple Joys

April 19, 2026 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Welcome to this month’s Stamping Station hop where we offer inspiration of Simple Joys.

This month’s Stampin’ Station Hop is all about Simple Joys. For me a fresh punnet of cherries is a real treat. I actually don’t like cherry flavoured things but fresh cherries is quite different.

I created a Crumb Cake wicker basket that I blended with Pecan Pie ink, by using the Easter Basket Dies.

Using Two-Tone Strawberry Slush, I die cut the Cherries from the darker side. The leaves were die cut from the lighter side of Granny Apple Green. Taking a blending brush I then added Real Red and Cherry Cobbler to the berries and Old Olive to the leaves. A little touch of White Gel Pen gave a subtle hint of light to the cherries.

The plaid paper from Cute as a Bug offered a cute napkin to drape over my basket that I then filled with my cherries.

In total contrast, these colours worked beautifully on the Pool Party woodgrain from Country Woods. The scalloped edge from Easter Basket was the perfect addition in white to the right of my card.

A Linen thread bow and a simple sentiment, stamped using Secret Sea and my card was ready for embellishing.

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Global Design Project #GDP542 – Sketch Challenge

April 8, 2026 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

This week’s Global Design Project challenge #GDP542 is a Sketch Challenge. Having just enjoyed my breakfast of berries, yoghurt and granola, I knew the layout lent itself to a row of rich juicy berries.

Rich in colour themselves, I chose to use a dark moody backdrop of Secret Sea. Taking the image of Blueberries from the Filled with Sweetness Stamp Set, I randomly stamped this, tone on tone, across the top third of my matting layer.

From the Homemade Sweetness Designer Series Paper, I die cut four juicy blueberries. The Two-tone cardstock to accompany this DSP pack helped give perfect contrast for my Raspberries. To add further depth, I blended a little Melon Mambo to one side of these berries. The berry tops were die cut from Two-tone Granny Apple Green and blended with a little Old Olive.

Left over scraps from my Celebratory Sips DSP pack, proved to be the perfect colour variation for my single blackberry.

Layering up my berries and blending a little Secret Sea to one side of each blueberry, I started to adhere them in place.

A gentle splattering of white ink added that dusting of icing sugar for added sweetness.

My sentiment came from Banner Greetings and was heat embossed white onto a Cloud Cover panel. This helped soften up the dark moody palette. A few Cloud Cover embellishments to coordinate and my card was complete.

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Team Challenge – Spring is in the Air

April 7, 2026 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Spring is in the Air with a recent Team Challenge that saw me create with the Easter Basket Bundle. Focusing mainly on the Dies, I set to creating this cheerful basket of Daffodils.

Starting with a Crumb Cake cardbase, I added a postage stamp style matting layer by using the Perennial Postage Dies. A basic white matting layer sat centrally to this postage stamp, helped give dimension.

Blending a little Pool Party ink with a blending brush to the white matting layer, added a touch of blue sky to the background beyond the flowers.

Blending Crumb Cake ink onto the Crumb Cake die cut basket, helped add shadow and texture. A simple Linen Thread bow was added around the top edge.

The Made with Sweetness pack of Two-Tone cardstock offered both the Daffodil Delight yellow and Granny Apple Green that I used to die cut the flowers and grass.

Using the light Pumpkin Pie Blends pen, I changed up the colour of each flower centre, which was raised on a mini dimensional for depth.

A simple hello tag and a Gold Bee trinket and my Spring is in the Air card was complete.

This card will head off to the lucky winner of this Team challenge along with a £5 voucher. I hope you’ve enjoyed this creative share today!

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Global Design Project #GDP541 – Colour Challenge

April 1, 2026 by Mikaela Titheridge 3 Comments

This week’s Global Design Project challenge #GDP541 is a Colour Challenge. With three fabulous colours to use, I knew immediately what I wanted to create.

The new Made with Sweetness Dies offered the perfect citrus fruit segment die that would work beautifully with two of the colours. Timid Tiger and Daffodil Delight would make for two juicy slices of Oranges and Lemons.

Die cutting the layering segments from Watercolour Paper, allowed me to add an uneven wash of each colour. Liquid glue tapped over the back of the detailed top layer, helped me complete each segment. I chose to add a few small segments by cutting one larger piece down into three.

Once layered, I rolled the curved edge along the surface of the relevant ink pad to add a darker rind.

These citrus fruit slices would soon be added to a Cloud Cover card base and matting layer. To the matting layer, I stamped and heat embossed some leaves from the Fragrant Layers, white. This helped tie in nicely with the white of the fruit segments and the white flowers I later scattered across my card.

A gentle splattering of white ink and a sentiment stamped with Black Memento onto white cardstock was added. Finally some low profile sparkle dots in yellow, were added to each flower centre to pull everything together nicely.

I so hope you have enjoyed my share today, this has been my first card make in a very long time.

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Global Design Project #GDP536 – Leah Dixon Case Challenge

February 26, 2026 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

This week’s Global Design Project challenge #GDP536 – Leah Dixon Case Challenge

The layout for Leah’s card is a great one for using up strips of Designer Series Paper.

An Old Olive cardbase and matting layer, texturised with the Simply Plaid 3D Embossing Folder, formed the base of my project.

Three daisy strips and the die cut character and flowers were taken from the Cute as a Bug DSP. A large white die cut circle, cut using the Spotlight on Nature dies, had ink blended on it. Pool Party formed the sky and Lemon Lime Twist the grass.

A very simple sentiment was added using Black Memento before the die cut flowers and cute bug.

A final scattering of embellishments help to complete my CASE of Leah Dixon’s fabulous card.

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Global Design Project #GDP535 – Baby Challenge

February 18, 2026 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

This week’s Global Design Project challenge #GDP535 is a Baby Themed Challenge.

I make use of the bears from the Valentine Kisses Bundle for my baby themed card. Starting with a Crumb Cake card base. Wanting a neutral card suitable for any gender, I opted to use the Peaceful Garden Designer Series Paper. With a less fussy paper for the top, I created a matting layer to reflect a room, complete with Basic Beige skirting board.

Using basic white and the little stall dies, I cut two solid panels and one detailed curved heart shaped headboard. Layering these up with Dimensionals, I created a little baby’s crib.

A picture rail of scalloped trim was added towards to the top of the wall and some bunting and a heart to the end of the crib.

Mumma bear was stamped using Black Memento onto Crumb Cake cardstock, along with a baby bear. To add contrast, I stamped the bears noses and belly onto Basic Beige cardstock, fussy cut and added them to the full bears. Blending the edges with Crumb Cake Ink with a Blending Brush, helps simulate curvature to the bears, which I then added using Dimensional foam pads.

Crumb Cake ink was used to stamp and blend the ends of the little wooden sign that was stamped with a simple sentiment. A final Linen Thread bow completed my card.

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I hope you’ve enjoyed my inspiration and that perhaps you’ll have a go at joining in this challenge. The weekly Global Design Project challenge helps ignite your creative juices at the start of the week. I’ve enjoyed creating this and I hope you’ll seek inspiration. Follow the rest of the Global Design Project #GDP535 either over on Facebook or Instagram.

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Team Challenge – Sending Love

February 16, 2026 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Our current Creative Team Challenge sees us Sending Love.

I turn to the Endless Love Die set and pair this with the Party Alphabet Dies for a simple contemporary card.

With a Basic White card base, I added an embossed mat layer, embossed with the Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder. This gave a simple yet effective detailed textured background.

Using the Party Alphabet Dies, I die cut the letters L, V and E from Pool Party cardstock to adhere flat to my mat layer.

The Endless Love Dies offered the perfect size heart to die cut from Poppy Parade cardstock. A selection of smaller hearts were die cut from the same colour card to scatter across my card.

To add some contrast, I die cut the arrow from Pretty Peacock card to blend with the Pool Party cardstock.

A simple tag style sentiment extension was added using the Banner Sayings stamp set and Black Memento ink. A single Poppy Parade heart was added to the base and a Red and White Baker’s Twine bow to the top.

A final scattering of embellishments added that finising touch.

This card will head off to the lucky winner of this Team challenge along with a £5 voucher. I hope you’ve enjoyed this creative share today!

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Stampin’ Fancy Friday – Inspired by Water Challenge

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Stamping Station – Bold and Beautiful

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Global Design Project #GDP547 – Landscape Challenge

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Stamping Station – Simple Joys

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Global Design Project #GDP542 – Sketch Challenge

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Team Challenge – Spring is in the Air

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Global Design Project #GDP536 – Leah Dixon Case Challenge

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Global Design Project #GDP535 – Baby Challenge

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