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Dino Days for a Family Party

June 23, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

I just love the Old World Paper Embossing Folder, which teams so well with Dino Days. I loved the look that it created here … almost Dino Skin like.

The Old World Paper Embossing Folder from the World of Good Suite offers the perfect Dinosaur skin texture, that I had to use it. A fun bright card for a 6 year old Dinosaur loving child, this card seemed perfect for this occasion. I teamed up Dino Days with the Family Party for this card and added Tasteful Labels for the sentiment.

Three ink colours and some brightly coloured cardstock and this card were complete. A fun textural card to help brighten a child’s day. The Family Party is a great set no matter of age or gender, it’s so versatile.

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Crafting Live for Lovely You

June 21, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

This week I was crafting Live for Lovely You. During my weekly Facebook Live this week, I inked up and played with the fabulous new stamp set, Lovely You. I adore the fonts within this set, the sentiments and the very useable little images.

At the end of what had been quite a wet and miserable day, I wanted to inject some playful colour. I’m not a Pink girl generally but wow, Magenta Madness is quite madly fabulous! Teamed up with a few other punchy colours, this card just sang to me. Distance from friends during difficult times can be hard, so I wanted something bright and cheerful.

I started my Live with this quick panel card with some playful stamping on. Ever so quick and simple it really came together ever so quickly. If you buy the Lovely You Bundle, you’ll receive the Pick a Punch double punch. This punch creates layering labels and tags, its great and perfect for the sentiments in this set.

At the end of my Live, I did a spot more random stamping by stamping all over a matting layer and adding a very quick white on black, embossed sentiment panel.

The Black and White Twine used comes from the new Playful Pets Suite.

I created two versions of this next card but I’m only sharing the one here today. I randomly stamped each image across a white matting layer in Smoky Slate Ink, working my way around a pre-stamped and die cut sentiment. Die Cutting this heart from the Stitched Be Mine Die Set, I replaced the centre of the heart with a colourful centre and edged it with a scalloped Magenta Madness trim. This was my personal favourite. I love the combination of spotlighting on the heart but continuing the pattern across the card.

A cheery Live with lots of colours to help brighten your day.

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Let’s Get Hopping #32 – Scrap it

June 15, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge 6 Comments

We’re bringing you scrap it … a Let’s Get Hopping Challenge to create something from the scraps on your craft desk.

Something I often do, for I keep a scraps tub on my desk, is create something from leftover scraps. I think we all die-cut something, stamp something or emboss and then change our minds. Well, I’m sure Shelly Wadge has shared something quite special with her leftovers. Now let me share you what I have managed to create.

This was the contents of my little dish when I set to creating for this challenge. Several sentiment panels, labels and a few leaves, shapes and words. A few things jumped out immediately to me and so I set to work.

With Father’s Day only a week away, I created a card suitable for the Worlds Best Dad. I only had to create the embossed matting layer and card base and select my sentiment. I loved how this card came together and I loved the dark sponging to the right of the world that helped highlight the left a little.

Second card

Glancing further at the pile of scraps before me, I could see the start of a second card, so had to bring you a second card.

Ironically, there was a little pile of panels that were sat nested with this pretty Grey piece sat right in front of this Subtles matting layer. This heart was the perfect size to sit in the foreground, it just needed a cluster of flowers. I had recently cut a selection of flowers from the Many Layered Blooms die that coordinates with the Blossoms in Bloom set. The sentiment for both cards came from A Good Man. Funny how it was suitable for both.

I hope you’ve liked my share today and that you’ll consider having a little scraps dish on your desk to work from time to time.

Let’s see what the lovely Nina has to share with us and see what scraps she had left on her craft desk.

Enjoy the rest of the hop and thanks for stopping by … Stay safe.

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Stampin’ Sunday – Flowers for Every Season

June 14, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge 3 Comments

The Stampin’ Sunday Team are bringing you Flowers for Every Season with their inspiration today. This fabulous new Stamp set and Punch bundle quite literally offers flowers for every season.

Loving Sunflowers as I do, I knew that I wanted to have these flowers as my focal point. The first image that I wanted to ink up however, were the flower stems. I didn’t see them as flower stems but more a stack of twigs that I wanted repeatedly stamped as a stack.

I loved the effect that the flower stems age repeatedly stamped like this and this Bumblebee Gingham Ribbon was a must for this project. The flowers were stamped with Memento Black ink and patiently coloured in using our Alcohol Marker Blends Pens. I sat and fussy cut the flowers adding a black marker edge to define the outer edge. An additional sunflower to help add further dimension was stamped and coloured in.

I made a coordinating treat pouch using some wood grain paper from the In Good Taste suite and embellished simply with a further sunflower. The contrast of dark wood and the vibrant pop of Bumblebee and yellow sang to me.

The rustic appearance that these pieces bring absolutely ticked the box for me. I love all things rustic and I feel I’ve achieved exactly that feel.

I hope you like my offering today and that I’ve made you look at the flower stems in a whole new light. Do take yourself off around the rest of the hop to see what the others have to offer. I’m sure the inspiration will be incredible.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend and stay safe.

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New Catalogue Review with One Stamp at a Time OSAT

June 11, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge 3 Comments

The One Stamp At A Time Blog Hop team are bringing you their review of the New Catalogue. With an abundance of fabulous new products, we’ve each picked something out to showcase.

Welcome to this month’s hop and for me, Forever Greenery. This was the first Suite of product that jumped out and captured my heart. Crisp white and green with the elegance of nature and the luxury of gold.

Picking out one of the gorgeous papers, I made this card showing a flash down one side allowing the other to showcase the new Slim Greenery Embossing Folders. This sentiment was stamped in Pretty Peacock into a scalloped frame from Stitched So Sweetly. I shortened the width to better fit the sentiment, which worked well.

This gorgeous paper screamed out to be made into a treat holder, which I made from a 6″x6″ Square. A little candy holder embellished again with a Stitched So Sweetly sentiment panel and some flourishes from the Forever Flourishing Dies. Touches of textural ribbons and a gold leaf help add interest to both of these projects.

Oh, I so enjoyed creating this showcase for you. It’s such a beautiful suite.

I hope you’ll continue around the hop to see what other inspiration is shared one stamp at a time today. There’s so much to enjoy in this new catalogue and right now a fabulous joining offer that could have you gaining this bundle for Free. More details about that further down.

Enjoy the hop and stay safe out there.

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Around the World on Wednesday – New Annual Catalogue

June 10, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge 11 Comments

We’re going Around the World on Wednesday for some global inspiration from the New Annual Catalogue. I’ve picked out Birds & Branches for my share.

If you’ve hopped on over from France and my wonderfully talented friend, Aurélie Fabre, then you’ll have already been spoilt to great inspiration. I hope to share more inspiration for you here.

In need of a card to celebrate a New Home, this set seemed so appropriate. I added a subtle hue of colour to the birds to depict a male and a female setting up nest. Moving home is indeed Time for a New Adventure, which was why I selected this sentiment from the Well Said stamp set.

Wanting to add something to the inside, I decided upon more branches and leaves to edge the card.

I do love a scalloped edge, stitched die, which is where this card base started. Clean and fresh, I think this card is appropriate no matter what age.

I hope you’ve enjoyed my simple share with you and I hope you’ll now hop on over to see what Annette Ball has in store for us. I love seeing what others have fallen in love with upon the launch of a new catalogue, so enjoy!

Enjoy your day and do stay safe.

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Creation Station – Man after my own Heart

June 7, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge 1 Comment

The Creation Station Design Team are going manly today with a “Man after my own Heart” theme. I turned to the fabulous new In Good Taste Suite to inspire my offering.

I feel certain that Dena Rekow will have already inspired us with her masculine project and I hope to also.

Taking the new Tasteful Touches stamp set I wanted to see what masculine cards I could come up with. At first, it’s easy to see the pretty script, the flower and leaves but I was drawn to the geometric image. My colour palette was governed by the man in my life who loves Blue.

Randomly stamping a geometric image down the side, in Smoky Slate, gave a fun and simple border for a simple Hello. Stampin’ Write Markers help to pick out part of a sentiment, which is what I did for this first card.

The papers in this suite are incredibly versatile. Suitable for both masculine and feminine cards, it’s very gender-neutral. I decided to die cut some random panels from various coloured cardstock to layer up a collage around the sentiment. This technique is great or using up scraps.

This last card had me using the geometric image again and randomly stamping over a navy panel. I then took the word ‘son’ from our Family Party stamp set and repeatedly stamped it to create a border. Being slightly more special, I felt this needed some silver heat embossing, which I did for both the sentiment and over the wood elements. A final splattering of Wink of Stella just added that final, subtle touch.

I really hope you liked my share with you today and that you’ll continue the hop back across the pond to my friend Elizabeth Price. She’s a talented lady who will have something incredible for us.

Thanks for hopping by today. Stay safe and happy crafting.

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Blossoms in Bloom Watercolour Stripes

June 5, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge 1 Comment

I can’t get enough of the new Blossoms in Bloom stamp set from the New Annual Catalogue. Used it last night during my Facebook Live, I showed it teamed with some fun Watercolour Stripes.

I have used this fabulous stamp set a lot lately and decided to merge some designs to create a new one. With no idea really where it was taking me or if it would work, I set to work to enjoy the journey.

I took some Stampin’ Write Markers and drew lines onto a sheet of dampened down watercolour paper. Bleeding this out with an Aqua Painter helped create this ombre effect of each stripe. Oh, the possibilities of what colours to use.

You could say it’s somewhat punchy in colour and it’s not always my first choice to opt for something so vibrant but on a dreary day, it was so welcome to see a sunny card. You certainly can’t deny the sunshine feel of Mango Melody.

This second card I alternated the stripes and switched up the flower colour to be that of Melon Mambo. I wasn’t so sure about this one until I walked into the room this morning and saw it singing right back at me. Oh so bright and cheerful.

The options are endless when you have a pack of our Marker Pens and an Aqua Painter. This could almost become addictive, just like this stamp set. Oh … did I say it’s only £20 and a must-have with all the Go To Sentiments that it offers? Seriously, check it out on page 51 of the New Catalogue and if you don’t have one … then get in contact and I’ll be happy to sort you out.

I hope you like my share today of what I created last night with your company. It was such fun and to those who tuned in Live or afterwards, thank you.

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All Star Tutorial Bundle – World of Good

June 4, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge 2 Comments

Welcome to this month’s All Star Tutorial Bundle Blog Hop. This month we are sharing inspiration using the World of Good Suite. A fabulous suite for those who travel or for scrapbookers.

Our Tutorial Bundle offers twelve fabulous tutorial projects for you to follow along with and recreate. This month we are focusing our attention on the World of Good Suite.

I love the texture that the Old World Paper Embossing Folder offers. Use it on a darker brown and you could mistake the look for crinkled leather. I loved how when I cut the sheet of Designer Paper of the world map, I noticed that Vancouver was showing. An area of the world that I love and one that’s often part of an Alaskan Cruise. Alaska has by far been my best holiday and Adventure really did await us on that trip.

The blue cardstock has a certain hazy look to it. It’s our new In Color, Misty Moonlight and I think it’s perfectly named. Coupled with a strip of Cinnamon Cider, Crumb Cake and the Brass stand, it really offers that vintage feel … with a twist.

Hard to really see here but the Brass Foil Cardstock is SO shiny it’s like a mirror. The white heat embossed sentiment was done onto Early Espresso cardstock, I felt this was a softer option to Black.

I’m really looking forward to doing a spot of Scrapbooking with this suite but for now, I hope you’ve enjoyed my share with you today. If you like this and you’d like to see more from the All Star Tutorial Team, then you can continue the hop today and purchase the Tutorials below. You can head back to purchase Bundles from previous months or buy this month’s Tutorial.

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The Tutorial Bundle

Each Tutorial Bundle contains 12 tutorials compiled into a fabulous PDF which is filled with some amazing projects. Based on current Stampin’ Up! products, the All Star Tutorial Bundle offers both metric and imperial measurements. The projects designed are exclusive and not shared on our blogs or social media. Each month we will be focusing on a suite of products to bring you a fabulous bundle of tutorials and a whole heap of inspiration.

FEBRUARY – Painted Poppies Suite
MARCH – Parisian Blossoms Suite
APRIL – Botanical Prints Product Medley

(comes with TWELVE EXCLUSIVE VIDEOS TUTORIALS)

MAY – Best Dressed Suite
JUNE – World of Good

Here is June’s sneak peek for you to feast your eyes on, using the World of Good Suite

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Welcome to the New Annual Catalogue

June 3, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Excitement has been killing me but the time has come to give a warm welcome to the New Annual Catalogue.

Today the 2020-2021 New Annual Catalogue launches and it’s packed with quality paper crafting products. 192 pages of Stamp Sets, Punches, Dies, Inks, Papers, Ribbons and embellishments, this catalogue has it all. Bang on-trend, we’ve five new In-Colors to freshen up our colour palette and bring us right up to date.

Well, finally I can show you inside the catalogue and share more with you.

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This catalogue has something inside that no other has offered me … an abundance of patterned papers that I love!

For once I have been truly captured by the patterned papers on offer and already need replacements. If you take a look and you’re wanting it all, then you’ll want to take advantage of one of my Product Shares.

This year I am offering a Mini Paper Share, one that has you enjoying a sample of each new patterned paper that this catalogue has to offer for just £20/£23 posted. Add a Ribbon Share to compliment this at £22.

Want the less patterned papers papers that our Colour Family Collections or In Colors offer? Well, again, I’m offering you the chance to have a share in these also. Already my VIP Customers from my Catalogue Launch have started to place their orders for these Shares, so why don’t you join them.

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I’m delighted to finally be able to share more of this catalogue with you.

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Dino Days for a Family Party

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Crafting Live for Lovely You

Missed my Live?

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Let’s Get Hopping #32 – Scrap it

Second card

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Stampin’ Sunday – Flowers for Every Season

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New Catalogue Review with One Stamp at a Time OSAT

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Around the World on Wednesday – New Annual Catalogue

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Creation Station – Man after my own Heart

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