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Christmas Classics of Mulled Wine with Sweet Citrus

November 13, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge 1 Comment

Christmas Classics bring warm mulled wine and Markets, so I got creative with Sweet Citrus to bring just that.

My 30 Day Christmas Card Making challenge card for Day 12 ‘Far to Merry’, was inspired by Mulled Wine. Warm and Merry, we wander the Christmas markets, so I wanted something rich in colour, with frosty foliage but all the elements of mulled wine.

Starting with a matting layer of Fresh Freesia, I set to work blending ink around the edges. First using Fresh Freesia, then Moody Mauve before finishing with Blackberry Bliss. Mildly diluted Whisper White craft ink was then carefully flicked all over this layer to give the illusion of distant snow.

Die cutting Pine Sprigs from Garden Green with the Noel Dies, allowed me to add Shimmery White Embossing paste for texture to form my backdrop.

Using Watercolour Paper for my Sweet Citrus Orange slices helped bring some texture whilst allowing me to add water to gently dilute the ink. The stamped image was then paired up with the Hybrid Embossing folder and die to both cut and emboss these images.

A scrap of Pecan Pie cardstock was embossed with the Timber 3D Embossing Folder before rolling into a Cinnamon stick. This was wrapped with Linen Thread before adhering to my card.

Layering up my images, I set to creating my sentiment panel.

My sentiment was heat embossed white on Lost Lagoon before die cutting with the Something Fancy Dies. A simple Linen bow and a few Iridescent Rhinestones and my card was complete.

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All Star Tutorial with All About Autumn

November 8, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge 10 Comments

The All Star Tutorial Design Team have been playing with the All About Autumn Suite.

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This month we are showcasing the All About Autumn Suite and I decided to pull from the Bundle and the embossing folder for my creation.

Starting with a Copper Clay card base and matting layer, I chose to emboss the matting layer and rough up the edges. Dabbing Versamark ink on various raised sections of the embossed panel, I heat embossed with Copper embossing powder.

Using a mixture of coloured cardstock, some inks and blending brushes or daubers, I set to creating my cluster of leaves. Each leaf was die cut and then various coloured inks were patted over the surface to give variation to the colours.

The leaves were then clustered across the matting layer, tucking in sprigs of Oxidized cardstock.

A faux bow was added behind a Copper Heat Embossed sentiment panel on Very Vanilla.

A scattering of In color Dots and my card was complete.

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Around the World on Wednesday – Colour Challenge

November 8, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge 8 Comments

Today we go Around the World on Wednesday with a Colour challenge. This colour challenge had us taking colours from the image that you see below.

I love how this colour challenge takes colours from an image of Paris. Drawing on these beautiful Fall colours, I set to creating with the fabulous Grove Dies.

Looking at this image as a Polaroid image, I wanted to recreate something similar but with the Grove Dies.

First Die cutting the Trees from Watercolour Paper, I cut this down to be the witch of my faux polaroid frame. Using a Water Painter, I was able to add colour to the trees in a variegated effect. Using the other half of the watercolour sheet as a background panel, I gave a swish of colour to a vibrant sky.

Mini Dimensionale were used to elevate the trees and the smallest Deer but the sky and largest deer were stuck flat. This helped give a wonderful feeling of depth of field.

My faux polaroid was cut from Basic White cardstock leaving the bottom section for my sentiment. This sentiment was taken from the Lasting Joy stamp set and was stamped using Pebbled Path Ink before adhering with Dimensionals to sit elevated on a Tahitian Tide Card base.

A Linen Thread Bow was added and some sequin embellishments to the trees to complete my card.

Add a layer of window sheet and this card could so easily be turned into a fabulous shaker card.

I hope you have enjoyed my share and that I’ve inspired you to get creative with the Grove Dies.

Next up on our hop around the world this Wednesday is my dear friend Annette Ball. I look forward to seeing what she has created.

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Creation Station – Vases or Containers

November 5, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge 4 Comments

Welcome to the Creation Station Blog Hop, where this month we share inspiration using Vases or Containers.

A very warm welcome to our monthly hop, which takes place on the first Sunday of the month. This month’s these has us creating with Vases or Containers. At first I wanted to step outside the box but remembered the need for a festive Anniversary Card that’s often hard to create for.

Pulling out the Earthen Dies for my Vase, I set to work. Be that this is a festive Anniversary, poinsettias from Ringed with Natured seemed most fitting. Inking them first with Poppy Parade, I added a touch of cherry Cobbler to the centres. Crushed Curry was the perfect yellow for adding stamped centres to these flowers. Carefully fussy cutting these with our Papersnips, I arranged them in a cluster to later be used.

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Taking a matting layer of Garden Green, I lay the large check mask from the Artistic Mix masks over the bop. Taking Garden Green Ink and a Blending Brush, I blended ink all over the matting layer, applying less ink to the centre. This helps to lighten up the image in the middle. To darken the sides once the mask was removed, I blended Garden Green, Pretty Peacock and Pecan Pie ink. To ad further texture and interest, the edges were roughened with the blade of some scissors.

Three sprigs of Pine were die cut from the Joy of Noel Dies and a touch of Pretty Peacock ink added to give a mottled effect. Pecan Pie was also added to the vase to hep give the illusion of curvature. Clustered to the left upon Dimensionals, I added a slim and simple white on black heat embossed sentiment before splattering my entire card front with diluted white Ink.

Colouring Iridescent Pearls with a Blends Pens, helped me add the detail to the centre of the flowers.

I hope you have enjoyed my share today and that I’ve inspired you to create festive Anniversary and Birthday cards using a vase of Poinsettias. Let’s now hop over to see what Sara Nell Langland has in store for us.

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You Can Create it with Joy of Christmas

November 2, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

You Can Create it this month with our Papercraft kit and the Joy of Christmas Designer Series Paper.

Our October 2023 packet furnished us with papers from the Joy of Christmas Suite.

I took the Deckled Rectangle Dies to my sheet of Red Check paper, gutting the middle to form a frame. Using the full sheet, I added a mat layer to a white card base and covered the gutted middle with a white embossed panel. The Merry Melody 3D Embossing Folder, gave some beautiful festive detail to this layer.

Elevating my red checked frame on Dimensionals, I decided to sit an Old Olive Wreath over the top. The Nature’s Print Dies offer the perfect die for this. From the size piece of cardstock that I had, I was able to die cut one full shape and a couple of half or part wreaths. You’d not notice there were any gaps, for the bow covers one space and a Rhinestone another. It’s amazing what you can cut from a small scrap when you need to.

Completed with a simple sentiment and a Black Gingham Bow, plus a scattering of Red Rhinestones around my wreath.

My second card used a scrap from that Red Check paper as a side detail to this beautiful panel of Designer Series Paper.

Using the Versamark that I was using for my sentiments, I randomly stamped the Fir Sprigs image to the Pecan Pie card front. A simple way of adding detail that doesn’t over take. Leaving this sheet as a whole, I decided to add a simple sentiment panel with the rest of my ribbon.

Heat Embossing Gold on white gives a certain kind of elegance and these sentiments came from the Christmas Classics Stamp Set.

I still had a sheet of Real Red Cardstock and the centre of my checked frame left. These would make for the perfect Gift Tag if I needed one.

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Sending Smiles with Abundant Beauty

November 1, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Today I’m sending smiles with Abundant Beauty as we say hello to November.

Using the amazing Abundant Beauty Masks and a few simple ink colours, enabled this card with ease. Starting with the largest mask of the sunflowers, I blended Crushed Curry Ink, darkening towards the centre.

Inking extra flowers up on a scrap of white cardstock, allowed me to add flowers and leaves with Dimension.

The centre of my flowers was inked with both Pecan Pie and Early Espresso, which gave a wonderful depth of colour.

To bring two tone colour to my leaves, I used both Pretty Peacock and Old Olive ink. Matting and layering this inked panel onto an Early Espresso matting layer, helped pull together the dark flower centres with the card base. To coordinate this further, I die cut the backing of my Die cut sentiment using Early Espresso and topped it with Oxidized Gold Foil.

This sentiment came from the Sending Smiles Bundle, which has some wonderful sentiment extensions.

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October 31, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

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Contemporary Christmas with Abundant Beauty

October 30, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Are Contemporary Christmas cards more to your liking? … I share one today made using the Abundant Beauty masks.

It’s easy to look at these masks and only see flowers but the set also offers Dogtooth Check, Autumn Leaves and Snowflakes. It is the Snowflakes mask that I used for this project I share today.

Sitting the mask over a basic white panel, I blended ink in an ombre across the mask. This gave bright punching snowflakes. Wanting to tone down the vast white contrast of the background, I added an ombre of ink across the entire panel to blend this in.

Mat and layered onto Black cardstock, I teamed this with a white on black, heat embossed sentiment panel. With bold black and white, the black and white gingham ribbon seemed only right and fitting for this card.

Finally, a back layer of Snowfall Sky 3D Embossing helped bring some texture to this card.

Iridescent Rhinestones perfectly pick up whatever colour they sit upon. A simple little card but bright, bold and contemporary and made using the Abundant Beauty Masks.

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Fragrant Forest Sunrise

October 29, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge 3 Comments

Today I share a Fragrant Forest Sunrise created from an element of the Fragrant Forest Background Stamp.

Background stamps can often be looked at as just that … the whole background but wouldn’t it be great to get more for your money by picking a section out? That’s exactly what I did here. Masking off a section, I was able to ink up just what I wanted with Black Memento Ink.

Crushed Curry and a Finger Dauber then helped generate the sunrise background. Mottled down with touches of Black Memento and detailed with a White Watercolour Pencil this image had a certain moody vibe about it.

Layered onto a Black matting layer, I stacked this upon a Tree Rings 3D Embossing Folder matting layer. The log slices worked so well with the images of trees.

A Gold Heat Embossed sentiment on Cajun Craze was added over a loopy Gold Elegant Trim bow.

A masculine feel about this card, which would make for the perfect Retirement card or Sympathy card, which I hope you like.

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Fragrant Forest Christmas Mountain

October 28, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge 4 Comments

Fragrant Forest Christmas Mountain. Snow capped mountains and crisp green trees against the dark blue of sky. I couldn’t resist but create this card with a good helping of snow splattering.

This week’s class had us creating with the Fragrant Forest Background Stamp. Here we inked up the stamp with one colour and added a darker green before fussy cutting just two layers of trees out.

The trees were then added to a layer that we’d inked up using Night of Navy with a Blending Brush. Making it darker at the top and slowly easing off in pressure towards the bottom gave a wonderful ombre effect.

Neutralising the sky with an Embossing Buddy, we were able to stamp our sentiment and Heat Emboss it Gold before adding our snow.

Diluting White Craft Ink with water, we were able to gently splatter speckles across the entire inked layer (trees included). It’s important to now let this dry before adhering to your cardbase.

A wonderful contrast of vibrant colours, it was a lovely card to share.

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Christmas Classics of Mulled Wine with Sweet Citrus

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