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Creation Station have Girl Power

November 3, 2019 by Mikaela Titheridge 4 Comments

Today is all about Girl Power at the Creation Station and I for one am raising a glass or two to that.

If you’ve hopped on over from the lovely Jennifer Downey, then you’ll already be in the spirit of Girl Power. I’m about to give you yet more, as I say Sip Sip Hooray.

Girls often enjoy a cocktail to celebrate, so I turned to the fabulous new stamp set from the Autumn/Winter Seasonal Catalogue, Sip Sip Hooray. Teamed up with a bold pink in Melon Mambo and the fabulous paper from Monster Bash, I created these cards.

I stamped the glasses both on watercolour paper and vellum, before heat embossing the vellum clear. This helps to create the illusion of a real glass. I love the Monster Bash Designer Series Paper, it reminded me of the wallpaper you might find in a swanky cocktail bar.

For this second card, I thought I’d make the drink more like a frozen cocktail by using Ice Stampin’ Glitter.

We girls underestimate ourselves quite often, when in fact, we juggle a lot and achieve even more. I’ll drink to that! … as we should be celebrated.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this little share with you and that you’ll celebrate your worth today. Hop on over to one very sassy girl, as the lovely Dena Rekow shares her inspiration with us.

Enjoy and thanks for hopping by today.

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Artisan Design Team Blog Hop – Christmastime is Here

November 1, 2019 by Mikaela Titheridge 7 Comments

Christmastime is Here and the Artisan Design Team are once again showcasing this beautiful product suite today. This stunning suite of products is available from today and while stocks last, so don’t delay.

This exclusive festive offering has been available to Demonstrators to pre order for a month now. It offers coordinating creativity for Christmas and Valentines.

Earlier this month the Artisan Design Team shared a selection of creations using this suite that wowed the socks off of me. Well, they are here to do it again.

Manuela has shown us some alternative pastel colours with this set this hop, whereas I’ve stuck to the colours within the Christmastime is Here Specialty Designer Series Paper #152154.

Last month I shared three cards and an embellished Heart Wreath with you. Three beautiful cards that could have sentiments changed to make them more a Birthday or Valentines Cards. You can see more of these projects and the rest of the previous Artisan Hop HERE.

Last time I used a lot more of the Cherry Cobbler red, whereas this time, I’ve opted for the Greens within the pack and using the Dies in a slightly different way.

A very simple panel card and a very simple layout, this card showcases the detailed outline Stamped Image of the Christmas Rose. I have then used the DistINKtive Stamp to ink up the flower and leaves, before adding Gold Embossing to add lift.

I saw this die as a trellis that I wanted to fill this heart with. Repeated cutting and sticking, before die cutting the heart gave this finished effect. I notice now that the bottom tip of the heart must have fallen off in transit to be photographed (drats). Still, the focal point is the beautiful sentiment with background flourish of leaves, berries and fern.

I love this pretty little die that I’ve used to edge this card layer with. The finishing touches of the Enamal Dots are just gorgeous. These along with the Shimmery Gold Ribbon just help pull the projects together … I love them.

The Specialty Designer Series Paper in this suite is just gorgeous, offering Gold Foiling and beautiful detailing. I love them all.

You could get this entire suite of products for just £99 if you add some additional items and this to your Starter Kit. The additional benefits of doing this would mean you’d have an ongoing 20% discount on all orders, plus you’d have advanced purchasing from the upcoming Spring/Summer Catalogue and Sale-a-Bration offering. It really is a bundle worth considering.

Narelle has again been coming up with some beauties to show you, so be sure to click on over to her blog to see what she has to share.

Have a great day and enjoy the rest of the hop.

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Christmastime is Here Suite Bundle – #153947 £103.50
Christmas Rose Bundle – #153944 £56.50
Christmas Rose Stamp Set – #152431 £35
Rose Dies – #152144 £28
Charming Rose Bracelet – #152159 £20
Gold Shimmer Ribbon – #152156 £6.50
Gold Glitter Enamel Dots – #152155 £7.50
Christmastime is Here Specialty Designer Series Paper – #152154 £13

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Night Before Christmas Memory Keeping Cards

October 25, 2019 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

This week saw my fortnightly Dunelm Mill Class in Huntingdon and one that had us playing with The Night Before Christmas Suite.

A bold selection of colours, this suite is sure to pack a punch. With Patterned papers, coordinating beautifully with the Memories & More Card Pack, you’ll be creating some quick and simple cards in no time at all. The Night Before Christmas Memories & More Card Bases and Envelopes are perfect for simple layering. The Card layers fit beautifully and generally need no more to make for a beautiful card.

I came up with a selection of cards for my ladies to copy or use as inspiration. Some of my designs were simply Cased from the catalogue and others not so. It was wonderful to see the variety that the ladies each created and see their growing confidence transpire before their eyes.

Each card was quite simply made, pulling in alternative stamp sets were needed or fussy cutting images from the coordinating Designer Series Papers.

The Holly from the Christmas Gleaming Stamp Set has to be my most favourite Holly berries to date. The perfect size to embellish a large sentiment and great coloured in using our Stampin’ Blends. Just look at that stunning Candy Cane Ribbon. Isn’t it stunning?!

Some of the papers were so hard to cut into, but needs must. A few jingle bells and Ho, Ho, Ho, we had ourselves a fabulous selection of cards.

I really love the strength of these colours and the combination too. The night sky card, top right, was a real favourite, along with the card with the Christmas Stockings. Perhaps it’s the use of my favourite Pretty Peacock colour?

A lovely class that had the ladies all going off-piste to as much as their imagination would allow. A class with a difference, it was a lovely relaxed class.

Check out my Events tab above if you’d like to see what upcoming classes I have scheduled, but remember to pop back regularly to check out what I might add.

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Let’s Get Hopping #25 Single Layer Card

October 21, 2019 by Mikaela Titheridge 10 Comments

We are sharing inspiration for a Single Layer Card today on the Let’s Get Hopping Hop. Single Layer Cards can be difficult, for the Avid Crafter likes to use more products than just Ink and Paper. I always love this challenge, for it’s great to peel things back a little.

If you’ve hopped over from my fellow Artisan and friend, Tanya, then you’ll have already been spoilt to some amazing inspiration. Well, today I share with you a peeled back card that I offered as a Free Make & Take at a recent Craft Show.

I decided to showcase the use of the Stamparatus whilst using the stamp set, From our house to yours. A great set that’s not just for Christmas, it offers a Scandinavian vibe.

A simple little card, I wanted to show how our two platform Stamp Positioning Tool, had four plates for use. Using four colours allowed me to do this. With little open doors, these little welcoming homes gave the warmth of Christmas in one single layer card.

At the show, I had the ladies add a flash of Designer Series Paper, but here, I simply added a few Snowflake sequins.

I thought I’d step it up a little, whilst still keeping to the Single Layer Card theme. Stamping the snowflakes all around the card with Versamark, I heat embossed White. Sponging with Pool Party, I created some Emboss Resist Snowflakes that I then embellished with some twine and a few sequins.

Two very simple little cards, but two very cheerful ones. I have fallen in love with the ‘From our House to yours’ stamp set and look forward to using it again.

I hope you have liked my share with you today. Next up is Nina, who I’m sure has some wonderful inspiration for us. Take a look and enjoy the rest of the hop.

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Artisan Design Team Blog Hop – Gather Together

October 17, 2019 by Mikaela Titheridge 10 Comments

Welcome to the Artisan Design Team Blog Hop and a month where we gather together to showcase suites from the Seasonal Holiday Catalogue. Boy, are you in for a treat with today’s hop.

I just know that you’re going to love the colours that Manuela used to create her beautiful projects. She’s so talented. We were each assigned a different suite and for me, I was given the gorgeous Autumnal Gather Together Suite. Leaves and Pumpkins, I decided to home in on the leaves of this set. The idea was to step away from the colours used in the catalogue and to use something entirely different. It was quite hard not to throw in a Green, a brown or rusty colour, so immediately thought of cold Blue and White. Wanting some warmth to this colour combo, I threw in some Copper for good measure.

The detail that can be achieved from the leaf dies if spritzed with water beforehand is amazing and well worth the effort. I started these projects by simply die cutting a whole load of leaves and heat embossing white on vellum. This first sentiment being long and thin lent itself to a DL card of greater length. I wanted there to be a central focus with the sentiment and a real clustering of leaves surrounding it. Hard not to use the Designer Series Paper, but when trying to avoid the same colours I chose the more neutral of patterns and colours. The simple polka dot didn’t detract from the beauty of the leaves. and the wispiness from the heat embossing.

Of course, the Copper Leaf Embellishments worked perfectly with. this suite. It’s a shame that you can’t see the detail in the white leaves here … they are just beautiful.

Gather together some more die cut leaves to create this perfect little wreath and one I’ve used for a Get Well Card. Yes, it’s the season for coughs and colds, so I’m sure we’ll be needing a few Get Well Cards soon enough. Again, some more textured die-cutting was achieved by spritzing the paper before cutting. The impression is so deep.

It was hard to capture the Early Espresso card base here, that’s appearing more black than brown.

By opening out one of the Pillow Boxes that Stampin’ Up! sell and using it as a template, I created my own Early Espresso Pillow Box of the same size. Wrapping the Designer Series Paper around it, trimmed with yet more copper, I set to clustering some more leaves together. This sentiment was simply stamped on a tiny strip of white cardstock for a very peeled back gift tag. I couldn’t resist but attach a copper leaf to the end of each Bow tail. It’s the little details like this that I love.

Well, I hope that if this set hasn’t caught your eye because of the colours it’s been showcased in, that you have seen it in a whole new light now.

I hope you’ll enjoy the rest of the hop and all the fabulous colours and inspiration that we have on offer.

Next up is Narelle with her unusual pop of colour, which I love. I’ll say no more, for you can simply click below to take a look for yourself. She has some beautiful projects on offer.

Have a great day and enjoy the rest of the hop.

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Peaceful Boughs Papercraft Class

October 14, 2019 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Last week saw my monthly papercraft class using the Peaceful Boughs. Three fabulous classes held over different days and venues, playing with this beautiful suite of products.

I wanted to have some fun with Ink, so we did a spot of Emboss Resist with watercolour paper. First, the ladies stamped on the paper using Versamark ink and heat embossed white. Using the Aqua Painter, they added ink to create an ombré effect. A very clean and simple card, but quite an elegant card at that and one that’s very adaptable to many an occasion.

Splatter a few snowflake sequins and some frosted epoxy embellishments with a sentiment to pack a punch and it was done.

This second card was inspired by the background I achieved for another card I created recently. Having many die-cut pieces leftover from my Peaceful Boughs Wreath, I decided to make a card with a wreath on too. I love the ‘milky way’ appearance of this background … (a comment made by someone following my recent Facebook Live). It’s so true, it’s almost space-like and worked so well with the two snowflakes from the Frosted Frames Die set.

The entire card shimmers through the help of the Wink of Stella splattering all over before the sentiment was added.

Generally, we always make 2 cards and a 3D item during my classes and this month I gave the ladies lots of choices. I created this Napkin ring and place setting, which they could make into a hanging embellishment for a tree or gift bag, or a Box Topper and a Gift Tag. The choice was theirs.

ended the week with a Facebook Live, where I created two more cards, using the same techniques and materials. Two more very different cards, yet on a theme. If you didn’t see my Facebook Live, then you can still catch it by clicking HERE.

I hope your week ahead will be a good one. I’m on the count down to the half-term break whilst getting ready for Peterborough Live this coming weekend too.

Happy Crafting

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A Well Written Wedding Anniversary Card

October 12, 2019 by Mikaela Titheridge 2 Comments

Last week saw our 10th Wedding Anniversary that we chose to celebrate by going back to Italy. Italy had captured our hearts long before we got married, so to spend our Honeymoon there, seemed only right. Ten years on and we decided to return to the same hotel in Tuscany, for a short break.

Olive Trees and Italy are dear to us. My Maid of Honour wore Olive Green on our Wedding Day and the Reception Meal, very Tuscan. Engraved on the inside of our Wedding Bands are the wedding date and the words “Olives ewe”. This is something we have said from those early days to each other.

Yes I know, we’re mad. It was a little soft toy sheep, bought on a trip to a farm in our early months of dating that brought about the word ‘ewe’. The Olives clearly came from our love for Italy. Oh yes, we’d move there in a heartbeat, given the chance.

A clean and simple card with paper from the Garden Lane Designer Series Paper pack, that was perfectly fitting. I die cut a layer of vellum to overlay the heart, helped motel the vibrancy of the pattern. This allows the eye to focus more on the foreground.

Texture was achieved on the base matting layer, by using the Subtle Embossing Folder, that I was speckled with Mossy Meadow. A Soft Suede Branch and Olives made from the leaf punch and I was ready for a sentiment.

A Well Written Sentiment

How could I put anything but ‘Olives ewe’?, so I pulled out the Well Written Dies and started to piece together the words of my choice. Yes a lot of figuring out and cutting, but it was well worth it. He was blown away by it. Something so personally made and knowing just how busy I’d been on the build-up to us going away … made it all the more special.

Hard to see here, I added an Epoxy Heart to the Olive that sits above the sentiment, as if to give the appearance of dew.

We woud recommend the Tuscan Countryside to anyone and certainly a cookery course. We did a half day course on World Card Making Day. I thought that if I couldn’t be creative in one way, I’d be creative in another. We made Focaccia Bread, Tomato Sauce for Spinach & Ricotta Filled Ravioli, Pork Tenderloin with a Cauliflower Gratin and Biscotti to end the meal.

A truly wonderful experience to have shared with hubby and one that he too thoroughly enjoyed. In fact this weekend, we plan on recreating many of the dishes as a family to enjoy. Let’s see just how well we do this time.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this post, seeing the card I created and hearing about the fabulous experience we shared cooking in Tuscany.

Enjoy your weekend.

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You Can Create it Kit – Pressed Petals

October 3, 2019 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Today the You Can Create it Team are sharing inspiration using the Pressed Petals Suite. We share ideas for the Third packet within this Quarter’s You Can Create it Kit, that we hope you’ll like. The fabulously talented Team spreads globally and the styles and ideas offer a real variety.

Founded in the spring of 2014, Anja and Heike had the idea to offer a taster of materials with the concept to “Make something out of it”. The entire team publish ideas of how you could use the kit, along with others who have purchased it. We have global Teams from the Netherlands and Austria to the USA, Canada, Australia and the UK.

September Kit Pack for You Can Create it by Artisan Design Team Member 2019, Mikaela Titheridge, UK Independent Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, The Crafty oINK Pen. Supplies available through my online store 24/7

The Team design from a pre-selected Quarterly Kit chosen by the Team and comprises of a mini kit for each month within that quarter, plus some additional items. Then each month you check back here for inspiration for each kit packet. You’ll get ideas not only from the Team but from others who have purchased and played with the kit themselves. You can also submit ideas to me, made from your kit, to have posted to my blog post. It’s the perfect, ‘try before you buy’ way to have a taster of each collection of the products.

What does it cost?

For just £15.00 you will receive a Quarterly kit consisting of 3 different kits plus some additional items that’s inclusive of P&P to UK addresses.
Inspiration can be obtained each month from me and the You Can Create it, Team. You can also submit photographs of your creations using that month’s kit, to have posted to my blog, to share even more inspiration.

The Kit and September’s Packet

September’s Packet has us playing with the pretty Pressed Petals Suite and comes with two random sheets of Designer Series Paper from this suite. The reverse side of this floral piece of Designer Series Paper is a fabulous Wood Grain. Dark and rich, it was a perfect accompaniment to the Soft Suede cardstock.

For my first card, I wanted to create an aperture with the sentiment appearing on the inside of the card. This beautifully detailed die worked so well for achieving this. Small enough without being overbearing, but with plenty of space to take this joyful sentiment. I die cut each layer as I went. I didn’t want to force the die through too many layers.

Using the edge of a ribbon is a great way of adding a flash of something without showing too much. The edge of this Roccoco Rose Ribbon is just perfect for this. I chose a piece of Very Vanilla for the insert.

There is something quite therapeutic about fussy cutting, which I’ve done a lot for these two cards. Don’t you just love this woodgrain paper? Its just so rich and earthy. Loving wood as I do, I didn’t want to cover it up any more, but allow the beauty of the wood to shine through. I think I achieved that.

I carefully coloured the pearls in with the Dark Daffodil Delight Blends Pen and stamped the sentiments with Mossy Meadow ink.

I’m very pleased with how these two cards worked out and I hope you like them. Below you’ll find some more ideas using September’s kit from the rest of the Design Team, so do take a look.

Message me If you’d like to purchase a kit and/or submit a photo to be published. You can also simply click on the BUY Button further up this post. Let’s see what you can create with it and share in the fun!

Next Quarterly Kit Box

Next week I will share with you the kit for this next Quarter, so look out for that post. I’ll be sharing a bonus project for you using the supplies from this quarters kit.

Pressed Petals Inspiration

Anja Luft

Heike Fallwickl

Hélène Den Breejen

Fanny Minne

Karina Chin

Simone Bartrum

Ann-Marie Breurkes

Linda Stevens Cullen

Michelle Iriyni

Jolan Meurs

July’s Bird Ballad Inspiration

August’s Sailing Home Inspiration

I hope you have enjoyed the inspiration that we have all shared with you today and that you’ll head back here at the beginning of November to see what we create using October’s kit.

Until then, You Can Create it …

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Artisan Design Team Blog Hop – Christmastime is Here

October 1, 2019 by Mikaela Titheridge 2 Comments

Christmas is coming early this year, as the Artisan Design Team share inspiration about a Brand New Suite called, Christmastime is Here. Yes, Christmastime really is here, as Demonstrators are able to pre-order these beautiful new products from today. You too could if you were to buy a starter kit that included it.

This exclusive, limited time collect of festive, floral coordinating products has everything you need to share love, joy and creativity this festive season.

Manuela has already shared some beautiful inspiration and you’ll be spoilt to even more as you progress around the hop. Before you leave me though, take a look at what I have to share with you today.

There is so much in this new suite that the Avid Crafter has plenty to creative with. The coordination and versatility meets with the Stampin’ Up! ethos of easy coordination. The Stamp Sets layer and the Dies cut out the stamped image and also the flowers within the patterned papers. I had a wonderful play with this suite when designing what I have to share with you today.

It was the sentiment you see here, that had me leaning towards using this Heart. I found it in a local shop and decided to dress it up with some paper flowers. Once I started to die cut the Christmastime is Here Specialty Designer Series Paper #152154, I couldn’t stop. I felt compelled to layer the flower up by creating a decoupage style floral cluster fussy cutting with my Paper snips, various layers. Some layers just offer leaves and others the rose petals. This helped to create depth and interest to the flower that I anchored with Hot Glue over a loop of the beautiful Gold Shimmer Ribbon #152156.

I wanted something suitable for a couple who might be celebrating their Wedding Anniversary during this time of the year. A card perhaps suitable to send your partner, wife or husband. With red being the colour of love, the richness of the Cherry Cobbler found throughout this suite, seemed the perfect base colour for my first card.

The little gold spots were created using the berry image to stamp and heat emboss, whilst the flowers were fussy cut from the Designer Series Paper. This trellis work looks so beautiful that it had to be used as a background layer for detail cut from Gold Foil.

With such beautiful Designer Series Paper, it’s hard to not keep using it. Again, I fussy cut one of the Rose clusters you see on this first sheet below, to act as a backdrop to the sentiment panel. I adore the Gold Foil touches to these papers, which you can see in my samples.

The Gold Foil detail you can see either side of the Sentiment layer, is made from one of the beautiful Dies that come in this Die set.

My third and final card took me again, back to a heart shaped sentiment panel and one found in the Die set, Stitched Be Mine.

This card was very simple. A base layer of Designer Series Paper a strip of Shimmery Gold Ribbon, a Gold Foil Trellis layer before a heart shaped sentiment panel. I just love this little Pinecone and Pine sprig. Such an understated card, with enough detail and texture to excite the senses.

This beautiful Christmastime is Here suite is avaialble today to all Demonstrators where preorder limits apply. One per Demonstrator for non consumable items (such as the Christmas Rose Stamp Set, Charming Rose Bracelet etc). Consumable items like the Gold Shimmer Ribbon, Gold Glitter Enamel Dots and Specialty Designer Series Paper, have a limit of 2 per Demonstrator. This suite will be available to customers to purcahse from 1st November, however, if you’d like it now, then you could add this to your Starter Kit.

You could get this entire suite of products for just £99 if you add some additional items and this to your Starter Kit. The additional benefits of doing this would mean you’d have an ongoing 20% discount on all orders, plus you’d have advanced purchasing from the up coming Spring/Summer Catalogue and Sale-a-Bration offering. You can either follow the link in the image above or click on the Join my Team link further down this page, but be sure to check out what Narelle has in store for you with this fabulous suite.

Have a great day and enjoy the rest of the hop.

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Stampin’ Up! Products Used:

Christmastime is Here Suite Bundle – #153947 £103.50
Christmas Rose Bundle – #153944 £56.50
Christmas Rose Stamp Set – #152431 £35
Rose Dies – #152144 £28
Charming Rose Bracelet – #152159 £20
Gold Shimmer Ribbon – #152156 £6.50
Gold Glitter Enamel Dots – #152155 £7.50
Christmastime is Here Specialty Designer Series Paper – #152154 £13

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Stampin Creative Birthday Bonanza

September 26, 2019 by Mikaela Titheridge 6 Comments

It’s Birthday Bonanza time here at the Stampin’ Creative, as we celebrate Birthdeays.

Today’s post is about sending Happy Wishes to a wild rose and what better way than with scraps.

If you often find yourself discarding pieces that you’ve stamped and/or Die-cut that were just not right for that project, then STOP. What do you do with your scraps and discarded pieces? Well, this year I have set up a little dish that I keep on my desk.

From time to time, I upturn the dish to see what’s in there and what I could make use of to create something new.

I had stamped extra flowers from another project where I had some leftover. Layering the flowers up onto an embossed matting layer, I could see a card coming together. I adore this new Hammered Metal Embossing Folder. Wanting a certain richness to this card, I decided to add a Gold Glimmer layer, which I think worked really well with the Navy.

This sentiment said it all and was the perfect finish with some twine and a few tiny dots of Gold Glimmer paper to tie in with the edging.

All of this from offcuts and discarded pieces from other projects. It really does go to show what we can create with leftovers. A simple card, but one that’s quite effective and super frugal.

FRUGAL TIP for FRUGAL CRAFTING

Select yourself a small dish or tub to keep on your craft desk
Add all your unwanted die-cut pieces, stamped images, sentiments and ribbon offcuts.
Work from this dish when designing or simply design an entire project from these leftovers.

I hope you’ve enjoyed my share with you today. I’m sure the other girls will have some amazing Birthday shares for you. Do head down the list and see what inspiration they too share. Thanks for stopping by.

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