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Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop – Favourites of the Season

October 27, 2018 by Mikaela Titheridge 13 Comments

A warm welcome to October’s Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop, where this month we are sharing our favourites of the season. The Seasonal Catalogue is in full swing and I can firmly say, that I have my favourites of the season.

I’m sure these girls above have fabulous inspiration to share of their favourites, so be sure to hop around.

For me, my firm favourite from the Autumn/Winter Catalogue is the First Frost Suite. The papers have really captured my eye with the dual sided frosted finish and the delicate images. These images would team well with the faux silk technique, which I’d not done for a while. I created a little note card wallet a month back, that I’d been asked the measurements of, so decided to include them here.

I love the faux silk technique. It helps give a real vintage look to a project. To create this you simply crumple up tissue paper that you then lay over your pre stamped matting layer, that has a layer of adhesive over. The most ideal being the adhesive sheets that we currently stock. The creases and folds help give that illusion of raw silk – it’s a beautiful effect.

I’ve always felt that the Pool Party ribbon colour, is a real vintage colour. I wanted a delicate lace or frill to appear on the side of this project, so punched this edging out of vellum. I liked the softness that this created.

Inside this Note Card Holder, I’ve added some coordinating note cards, complete with the same ribbon and vellum edging and faux silk finish. Really simple little cards, but ever so effective.

Note Card Wallet Tutorial

This note card wallet generated a lot of requests for measurements, which you’ll find below.

The cardstock you need measures 7 1/2″ x 8 1/4″ and is then scored at 3 7/8″ and 4 3/8″ along the 8 1/4″ side and at 5 1/4″ and 5 1/2″ on the shorter side.

You then want to measure 1″ out at the bottom from the two vertical score lines and drawing a line across the top horizontal line, join the corner to the 1″ mark and cut this section out.

You then need two smaller pieces measuring 1 1/4″ x 2″, scored at 1/2″ and 3/4″. These pieces form the sides of the note card holder.

Attach each smaller piece to the bottom edge and folding it up, secure it in place to form your pocket.

This would make a great little gift to give with your favourites of the season in and such a simple little wallet to create too.

I hope you’ve enjoyed what I’ve shared with you today and that you’ll get making your own version. You’ll now want to work your way down the Hop list to see what other inspiration there is on offer from the girls. Thanks for hopping by.

Have a great weekend.

List of Hoppers

30th Birthday Celebrations with 15% discount

October 22, 2018 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Brace yourself … Celebrations commence at 11pm local time here in the UK with a bumper sale of Stamps. Yes, Stampin’ Up! are celebrating their 30th Birthday with a selection of Stamp Sets on sale at 15% off.

Prices quoted offer a 15% discount, but what’s better is, these prices apply if you’re purchasing as part of a Starter Kit too, so your Starter Kit will give you even more for your money.

Starter Kit products of £130 for just £99

Draw up your Starter Kit of £130 worth of goods and include Stamp Sets from this amazing Birthday offering and you’ll have a bumper kit. NOW really is the best time to celebrate and join. Just imagine how much your starter kit could be worth if these stamp sets were included?

Obtain this amazing starter kit and benefit from 20% off your ongoing orders. Sign up now and you’ll benefit from pre ordering from the new Spring/Summer Catalogue before release date. A quarterly inspirational magazine will be posted out and you’ll get to join a community of crafters for support, friendships and inspiration. You’ll also receive as much help from me as you’d like.

Don’t have a wish list as long as your arm and just want one or two reduced sets? Then here’s the offering. You’ll be wise to act quickly, as I’m sure at these prices, it’s going to be a Birthday worth celebrating.

Now … What’s your favourite and what will be added to your shopping basket first?

Ordering can commence from 11pm local time here in the UK. Online shopping will end at 10.50 pm on 23rd October (local time).

Lets help Stampin’ Up! celebrate their 30th Birthday and blow out the candles at just £11.90 + p&p. These are crazy affordable prices.

30th Birthday Celebrations will be underway … lets join in and make it a birthday to remember.

Click to Shop Online and place your order for direct delivery, remembering to add my Club Code at check out on orders below £150 (NKQ9UA9B).

Day One at Crafting Live, Peterborough

October 19, 2018 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

What a truly fabulous day we’ve had today! I have been working hard these past few weeks, pulling together a Show Stand for today’s Crafting Live event at Peterborough. Today was day one, but we’ll be back there tomorrow.

I was extremely fortunate today, to have the fabulous help of both Emma and Jane, who worked their socks off at our super busy stand. We made a great team and very much welcomed our guests into our craft space.

Our stand was really quite different to many of the others. Be it that Stampin’ Up! don’t allow us to stock and sell products, other than Kits and Retired items, it makes it harder to create a display. However, we felt that our stand was warm and welcoming, just like walking into someone’s home … complete with rug.

Yes, some call me crazy, but this stand was most definitely me and my vision.

Guests could visit our stand for a FREE Make & Take that was offered throughout the day. Tomorrow’s spaces were starting to book up as the day went on, but we’ve still slots available. It was a fabulous day, meeting lots of lovely people from many parts of the UK. Its amazing just how far people will travel for the love of crafting.

We’ve stocked up on our All Inclusive Kits that are just perfect for Christmas Presents, have the Make & Take packs ready for tomorrow and will be ready to greet yet more people tomorrow. Not only do I look forward to meeting these people, but I also really look forward to spending another fun day with Jane and Emma and sharing a good few giggles.

Thank you

To everyone who visited us today … Thank you! Thank you for sparing us your time and for allowing us to share what we love with you. I sincerely hope that we’ll get to craft together again soon at one of my up coming classes, which I’ll be adding more very soon. Remember, if you have an order that you wished you’d placed today, I’ll still be honouring you a 10% discount on orders placed over these two days, so be sure to get in contact or place your order online and I’ll reimburse you the 10%

If you’re due to visit the show tomorrow, then be sure to head over to P07 to come and say hello. Here’s to tomorrow … but first, it’s time to put our feet up and relax.

Stamp n’ Hop – Jump Start Christmas

October 12, 2018 by Mikaela Titheridge 17 Comments

Welcome to the Stamp n’ Hop blog hop, where this month we’ll Jump Start Christmas and aim to get ahead. If you’ve hopped on over from the talented Tracy, then you’ll have already been spoilt with festive inspiration to jump start Christmas.

Christmas wouldn’t be the same without the big fella himself and of course, everything happens at the North Pole in the build up.

Oh yes, he’s making his list and checking it twice, he’s sure to find out if you’re naughty or nice ….

This stamp set and framelit bundle is timeless. Characterful and timeless and suitable for all ages and all sorts of projects. The papers that coordinate are adorable too and in all Stampin’ Up! style, the Framelits die cut the images in the Designer Series Paper too.

Santa was great fun to colour in using the Blends. Finer detail with shading is possible, but here I created a quick and simple card that you could easily stamp out for mass production and colour in front of the TV.

Can you see the fine detail of the Subtle Embossing Folder that I’ve used for the matting layer? It’s adds such fine detail, but it takes a plain card and transforms the space.

I love the candy cane post with the striking red and white stripes. It reminds me of the Barber’s pole I used to see when I was a child. There are still some around, but none so fun as this.

Again, coloured in on an internal matting layer, to help disguise the bleed through that is generated when using Blends pens. This card is a simple little card, with very few elements, but a great big HO HO HO punch of happiness.

Jump start Christmas savings

A 10% saving is possible when you purchase this bundle from the Autumn/Winter Seasonal Catalogue. What you save would be 50% of the way to purchasing a Santa’s Workshop Memories & More Card Pack.

This card pack is just fabulous! Supplied in sizes that simply sit directly onto a card base, you really can pull together some great usable cards in very little time to really jump start Christmas. Several of my Customers are using this pack alone to get creative with their children this coming Half Term holiday. The images within this pack, coordinate beautifully with the Signs of Santa Stamp Set and the framelits from Santa’s Signpost.

You really can’t go wrong with this suite of products and you’ll have a LOT of fun getting creative with it.

Now if you want yet more inspiration to jump start Christmas even more so, then hop on over to one of my downline team members, Susan Simpson for yet more festive inspiration.

Thanks for hopping by and happy crafting

Others within the hop:

Vicky Wright, Karen Pearmain, Sandra Roberts, Laura Mackie, Eve Pottsova, Anastasia Radloff, Sue McDonald, Linda Handford, Pia Gerhardt, Mo Rootes, Jo Blackman, Cheryl Taylor, Jenna Watkins, Tracy Marie Lewis, Mikaela Titheridge, Susan Simpson, Andre Gordon

To purchase the supplies used:

Click on the image below to be taken to my online store and use this code at checkout: NKQ9UA9B to receive a gift from me.

Creation Station Blog Hop – Layers of Leaves

October 7, 2018 by Mikaela Titheridge 18 Comments

It’s a warm autumnal welcome from me today, as we offer you Layers of Leaves here at the Creation Station. If you’ve hopped on over from the talented Jennifer Downey, then you’ll have already been spoilt to some fabulous inspiration. I hope I will supply you with yet more.

I love the changing of the seasons and the changing of the leaves as we pass from Summer into Autumn and beyond.

Autum/Winter Anniversaries

We’ve a few Wedding Anniversaries in the family that fall through the festive period so I picked up the Stamp Set, Floral Phrases. It came to me … “May your love grow stronger, Deeper, and more beautiful with every passing year”. Our leaves indeed change with every passing year, so why not couple this sentiment with this project.

This sentiment is so fitting, that I wanted to use it subtly on the front of the card. Lightly stamped using Gray Granite, I combined it within the Gold Heat Embossed Holly Leaves. You can’t exactly read the entire phrase in one, until you open the card.

I wanted the central panel to be the focal point of colour but with a splattering of colour as if spilling off. The open lines of the leaves embossing in Gold, allow for additional watercolouring to be added to the base case. Layers of leaves in various stages of colour, from none, through a little, to the centre being fully coloured.

This card turned out just how I had hoped for and believe it perfectly fitting for a festive Anniversary.

Who says that Holly can’t appear on an Anniversary card? and who over looked this Holly image available in the Timeless Tidings Stamp Set? I often like the stamp sets that accompany our Card Kits.

Next up in the hop is Tanya Bell and I’m sure she will have something rather beautiful to share.

Enjoy and thanks for hopping by.

Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop – Non Traditional Festive

September 29, 2018 by Mikaela Titheridge 9 Comments

A warm welcome to the Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop where we’re sharing non traditional festive makes this month.

If you get fed up of seeing Red, Gold and Green, then this is the hop for you. Loaded with inspiration, you’re in for a treat.

What is your Non Traditional Festive Colour Palette?

Do you have a colour palette at Christmas that you warm to? Last year hubby and I decided to change the colours on our Christmas Tree. For many years we had used Red and Gold ornaments, but last year we hung frosted snowflakes of generally white or neutral colours. It has made for quite a difference that we loved.

Having used Peaceful Noel stamp set this week during my monthly class, I pulled upon it again for this project. I loved randomly stamping on one of the quick and simple cards during class, so switched up the colours a little.

The aperture is edged with silver foil, that has been duplicated with little Silver Embossed berries. I love the soft, subtle colours of this.

I did wonder if Blueberry Bushel would be a good alternative to Night of Navy.

This photo shows the little embossed berries clearer. You could say that I’m totally addicted to the stitched basic shape framelits? They’re probably my most used dies of all time.

I hope you’ve enjoyed today’s hop and the inspiration that we’ve all offered. Do make sure you hop around the blogs of the others. We’d love to know what you think and what your traditional colours would be.

Have a great weekend

Sprig Punch Christmas Wreath with Tutorial

September 24, 2018 by Mikaela Titheridge 6 Comments

Yesterday I hosted a Home Decor Craft Day at Kettering Park Hotel & Spa, where we made this beautiful Christmas Wreath.

The new Sprig Punch, released in the Autumn/Winter Seasonal Catalogue, prompted this creation. Plenty of punching makes this a relatively simple project to make. A variation of green hues gave depth of colour and with a little fluffing, lots of texture.

I love the delicate wispy little flourishes you see dotted around this wreath, made from the Frosted Bouquet Thinlits. The silver maple leaf and the twigs are from the Seasonal Layers set, a set I’ve not nearly used enough. You can achieve the embossed effect of the Poinsettia petals, using Nature’s Roots Thinlits and the new Big Shot Embossing Mats. They are just fabulous for adding delicate texture.

Which do you prefer? A red Poinsettia or a white one? I thought the white poinsettia would blend well with most decor palettes and allowed the stunning ribbon to sing.

Adding the woodgrain to the middle of the flower and you’ll add depth to the project and a moody feel when illuminated, especially if you choose a dark woodgrain. This is when this project comes to life and shines.

This wreath is approximately 8″ wide with a string of LED lights running around it.

Those who know me well, know that I’m not a lover of Poinsettias, but I find this project just beautiful and I want to make yet more now. It’s just as stunning with the lights on, as it does without.

Get your Tutorial

I have received many requests for a Tutorial on this project and so for the first time, I am offering you the opportunity to purchase just that.

Option 1: Tutorial Only £10

(Emailed out within 24hrs)

Option 2: FREE Tutorial with Sprig Punch £17

Purchase your Sprig Punch through my online store and obtain your tutorial for FREE

Option 3: FREE Tutorial with All but the Frame £39

(available to those who live in the UK)

All but the Frame Bundle includes:

Sprig Punch
6 sheets of A4 Cardstock in the colours needed
1/4 pack of Wood Textures Designer Series Paper
1/2 Metre of Merry Merlot & Copper Reversible Ribbon
Pack of Basic Pearls
Granny Apple Green Blends Pen
Set of Lights
All the Die Cut pieces to create the Poinsettia and leaf flourish focal point
Tracked Postage to your door

All you need to supply is:

IKEA Box Frame
Liquid Adhesive
Paper Trimmer
Hot Glue Gun

Please note: I do not hold stock of these items and will have to purchase in for you from our European Warehouse. Once received your Bundle will be posted out to you and your tutorial emailed.

Email me if you would like this option

I do hope you like this project that I’m sharing with you today. Thanks for stopping by and taking a look and for any messages that you might like to leave.

More for your money with the Clearance Rack update

September 17, 2018 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

WOW … Stampin’ Up! have overnight published an unexpected Clearance Rack update. This means more for your money when you shop through my online Buy One, Get One FREE Sale.

Yesterday I announced a September Craft Room Clear out and my online Buy One, Get One FREE Sale, today you can choose your FREE products not only from the Annual and Seasonal Catalogues, but also from a larger offering on the Clearance Rack at knock down prices.

How does my sale work? All of my sale items, pre loved or Brand New are priced at their original sale price, meaning you have more FREE items to choose. You match the value of what you have chosen from my sale, with Brand New Items. It’s an amazing offer and by purchasing from me now, you secure yourself a copy of the next catalogue too.

Do you have something you wish you’d bought I might have? Do you want to come and get yourself some retired products to earn yourself some fabulous FREE ones? Then get yourself over to my specially set up Facebook Group today and get drawing up your shopping list.

You’ll find Stamp Sets, Bundles, Dies, Punches, Inks, Paper, Designer Series Paper, Embellishments and Ribbons, Planner and Memory Keeping cards. There is something for everyone, even if you’re not a paper crafter.

My Buy One, Get One FREE Sale ends at midnight on Wednesday 19th September.

My Craft Room Clear out has been a job in much need of doing, but also I’m currently on the final furlong to achieving the next Incentive Trip.

Each year Stampin’ Up! offer us the chance to work towards various trips and last year you helped me and my family earn a fabulous trip to Alaska. I am now in the final furlong to earning this trip, so felt this clear out and Sale would help both you, me and my craft room all in one.

come and take a look and grab yourself some bargains in the process. I’d love for you to share in my excitement as I get ever closer.

Enter my Online Sale Here

Come join my Online Buy One, Get One FREE Sale

September 16, 2018 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

In an hours time, I shall be opening up my Online Buy one, Get one FREE Sale online through Facebook. Do you fancy grabbing some bargains?

A recent, much needed clear out of my summerhouse has prompted an additional Buy One, Get One FREE Sale. I usually host one of these at my Catalogue Launch Party every summer, but this year, I am adding this additional Online version.

If you’d like to help me rid my craft room of some pre loved (some Brand New) Stampin’ Up! Products, then hop on over to my specially set up Facebook Group. I shall be opening up the Sale in about an hour and it will close at midnight on Wednesday 19th September.

Come and take a look and then get the opportunity to purchase new items to the same value, from the Autumn/Winter Seasonal Catalogue and Annual Catalogue. All the information, rules and instructions on how to purchase and pay are listed in detail over in the group.

Make sure you get over to the party. There are lots of goodies to be had.

JOIN THE FACEBOOK GROUP

Let’s Get Hopping, #13 Stylish Christmas Circle Card

September 6, 2018 by Mikaela Titheridge 9 Comments

Welcome to the Let’s Get Hopping #13 Blog Hop, where this month we are showcasing unusual shaped cards. We often recreate standard shaped/sized cards for ease and value, but this month we share something different. For me, I really am sharing a Stylish Christmas Card.

Firstly, if you have joined me from Nina’s blog, then I’m sure you’ll have already enjoyed the inspiration she has given. You’ll want to continue hopping around after having seen what I have to share. The link to the next hop can be found at the bottom of this post.

For me, I thought about all sorts of different shapes, but came back to this circular card made using the Circle Stitched Framelits – my favourites! I didn’t want the card to simply be circular, but to have protruding elements from the base circle. This card measures approximately 3″ x 4″ and could very easily have a hand made envelope making from a coordinating piece of 6″ square paper.

Poinsettia’s are not my most favourite of flowers, but for some reason, I have been drawn to this beautiful flower in this Stylish Christmas set. The bottom two petals help stabilise the card, which would otherwise fall over. There are no framelits for this set, but it really isn’t that difficult to fussy cut and is well worth the effort.

I love the contrast of the black sentiment panel across the otherwise less bold colours. I actually love how this little card has worked out and think it will look quite striking on a mantlepiece.

Well, I hope you have enjoyed my share with you today and that you’ll now hop on over to see what Tracy has in store for you. Enjoy the rest of the hop.