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All Star Tutorial Hop – Love you Always Suite

February 3, 2021 by Mikaela Titheridge 16 Comments

The All Star Tutorial Design Team this month are showcasing the Love you Always Suite.

Welcome to this month’s blog hop, where this month we are sharing some Love. This month we are sharing inspiration using the new Lve You Always Suite. Hearts, flowers and swishy banners there are many reasons to use this suite.

I decided to create a partial wreath from stamped, die-cut leaves and add an Anniversary Banner. Wanting to carry the leaves over into the Designer Series Paper panel, I chose the Sahara Sand Leaf pattern.

Adding texture by using the Subtle Embossing Folder gave additional interest to the white space. I adore the stitching on this Anniversary Banner. All the fine detail of this suite is beautiful.

The heart-shaped edge die is just stunning and had to be used. I chose to die cut the Rococo Rose Foil cardstock, saving a few of the tiny hearts to use as embellishments.

I hope I have inspired you with this creation and I hope you’ll now see the inspiration available from the rest of the team using this suite too.

The Team’s Inspiration

Below is a sneak peek of our projects from this months All Star Tutorial Bundle.

How to obtain this Tutorial Bundle

Twelve amazing Video Tutorials each and every month offering amazing inspiration with Stampin’ Up! Products, Bundles, Suites and Product Medleys.

January 2021 – Fine Art Floral Suite
February 2021 – Love You Always Suite
March 2021 – Hydrangea Hill Suite
April 2021 – Flowering Cactus Product Medley
May 2021 – Ice Cream Corner Suite
June 2021 – Sand and Sea Suite

Earn for FREE when purchasing products through my online store and using my Monthly Shopping Code
Receive for FREE as a gift from me. Team Members who have purchased their Starter Kit from me, receive these tutorials for Free (all while I’m on the Design Team).

I hope you have enjoyed my offering for this month and that you like the sneak peek enough to consider obtaining it.

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Hey Chick … Fancy a Birthday Chick?

February 2, 2021 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Hey Chick makes a come back but this time with Dies … but do you fancy a Birthday Chick?

During Sale-a-Bration 2017, we were blown away by how much the Hey Chick Stamp Set was loved. Stampin’ Up! have therefore decided to bring it back, along with coordinating dies and add a completely new bundle. Not only can you buy the Hey Chick Bundle but you can expand your coup with Hey Birthday Chick.

Available from 2nd February until 30th June 2021

Hey Chick Bundle

Here is the original Hey Chick Stamp Set that now has coordinating Dies. Remember this fun character? This set allows you to make such cute cards for all occasions.

Hey Birthday Chick

Expand your coup and throw a party with these cheerfully celebrating chickens. Oh yes, they certainly have something to celebrate as this bundle comes with a 10% Discount.

Here are just a few cards showcasing these sets being used. Aren’t they fun?!

These cards were all created by our fabulous concept artists at Stampin’ Up! to help us showcase these fabulous products. They certainly helped sell these sets to me. I never owned the original Hey Chick stamp set … but I do now and I can’t wait to get playing.

I’ve listed below the images to these products, to that if you’d like to purchase them, you can simply click on the images and be taken directly to my shop to place your order. Ensure you use this month’s Shopping Code at chick-out to be in line for a FREE Downloadable Tutorial PDF, Card and Gift from me.

Happy Crafting

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You Can Create it with Stampin’ Up!’s Love you Always

February 2, 2021 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

You Can Create it this month with the Papercraft kit using the Love You Always Suite.

Welcome to this months inspiration from the You Can Create It Team using our first packet for this quarter. The kit pack for this quarter offers tasters from three suites, Love You Always, Hydrangea Hill and Sand & Sea. You always receive incidental products to pull from. This month we are sharing our creations using January’s packet.

How I used January’s Packet

I decided to team my Love You Always products with the Art Gallery Bundle for some beautiful pink floral cards.

Using the Stitched Shaped Dies, I added a circle of the Love you Always Specialty Designer Series Paper to an embossed Matting Layer. A flash of the Foil cardstock at the side gave that element of glimmer to tie in with the paper.

Using the Two Step Stamping Technique, I stamped this beautiful flower using Rococo Rose and Merry Merlot. This card was designed with someone in mind who’d recently sent me some beautiful flowers and is indeed lovely. I added a scattering of Champagne Rhinestones from my stash but you could add almost any embellishment.

A similar layout to before but this time held landscape, I used an Oval shaped die for the backdrop and added a different flower. This small cluster was coloured using Stampin’ Write Markers but you could use the ink pads again.

I liked the simplicity of these designs that could be switched for pretty much any papers and focal point.

You’ll see more inspiration from the rest of the You Can Create it Team further down, which I hope will inspire you. Now … You Can Create it … use our inspiration to help you create something wonderful from the limited supplies you have in your October kit and don’t forget to share your creations with the Team, we’d love to see them.

The Kit

A variety of papers, cardstock, embellishments, packaging and other bits to get you creating and sampling a good few products. It’s just £15 including postage, which is just £5 a month for a taster of a few suites and products. Then allow us to share lots of inspiration on how you could use your kit.

A new kit is being drawn up now for January’s Quarterly pack. I’ll do a separate post about this.

Get in contact with me if you’d like to purchase your kit.

Take a look below to see what the other Designers have to share. The inspiration is here to help you see what you can create. Enjoy!

Inspiration from the Team

Anja Luft

Heike Fallwickl

Danielle Kassing

Fanny Minne

Karina Chin

Aude Barbara

Linda Stevens Cullen

Simone Bartrum

Rose Packer

Karen Hadler

Do share your creations with us, we’d love to see what you come up with using these supplies. Enjoy your day and keep crafting.

Mikaela Titheridge, UK Stampin' Up! Demonstrator, The Crafty oINK Pen. Stampin' Up! Products available through my online shop 24/7

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Snailed It with Lots of Hearts

January 31, 2021 by Mikaela Titheridge 2 Comments

During a recent Facebook Live I shared how I created these cards using the Snailed it stamp set. I also showed how to create these cute little heartshaped table favours.

I created two cards with this first one using up scraps as a collage style card. This style of card can be pulled together relatively quickly as you merge various shapes, textures and layers together with a focal point.

Starting with some random heart-shaped stamping to a matting layer, I then embossed this with the Subtle Embossing Folder. The remaining elements were cut from scraps or were already die cut.

Lots of layers, textures and interest on one card, this is a great way of merging different shapes together.

This second card I showed how you could use the centre of the speech bubble in the Snailed it Stamp set to form a Polka Dot background. Never throw away pieces, as they can often be of great use. This card has a flap that locks the card in place. It’s a fun fold that’s not complicated to create.

I started my Facebook Live with these cute table favours. Created from a piece of Designer Series Paper with nominal folding they are big enough to hold small chocolates.

If you didn’t see these projects being created live and you still wanted to, then click HERE to take a look. I had to take a week out from my Live Crafting sessions but I hope to be back this week to share some more inspiration and company.

Happy Crafting

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Stampin’ Creative – New Beginnings

January 28, 2021 by Mikaela Titheridge 8 Comments

Today, the Stampin’ Creative Team are sharing their New Beginnings. I could have chosen from our New Mini Catalogue but chose to marry up a freebie with a much loved.

When my nephew announced his Engagement to his girlfriend, I knew that their card would be perfect for this hop. A New Beginning for a young couple in love.

They moved into their new home a few months ago, right in the middle of this pandemic and threw themselves into decorating their entire new home themselves. With a decor based on shades of grey, I knew I had to include grey in their card.

I took a sheet of the Oh So Ombre paper that’s a FREE offering within the Sale-a-Bration flyer. Spend £45 and you can choose these gorgeous free papers. I wanted to use the ombre from the side rather than the top or bottom for a change and I selected Rococo Rose.

Using Black Memento Ink and a floral image from the set Bloom and Grow, I stamped a series of flowers across the paper. Using the Subtle Embossing Folder, helped give this card front some interest and texture. Tempting as it was to want to colour in the black and white flower image, I decided to leave it alone. I liked the simplicity and the singular area of colour.

This sentiment has to be one of my favourites for a Wedding or Engagement. Stamped on Basic Grey cardstock, I heat embossed it white.

A simple but elegant card that’s unfussy and perfectly fitting to the couple it was sent to. I look forward to us being able to celebrate their engagement when time and restrictions allow. We couldn’t be happier for them and their new beginning.

I’ve enjoyed sharing my creativity with you today and hope you’ll enjoy the rest of the hop. I’m sure the team have a lot more inspiration to share.

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Stampers Showcase are all about the Love Baby

January 25, 2021 by Mikaela Titheridge 17 Comments

Welcome to the Stampers Showcase where today we are sharing a little Love.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. If you’ve hopped over from Annette, then I’m sure she’s shared some fabulous inspiration. I share my inspiration using the new Darling Donkey’s Stamp set that’s a FREE set during Sale-a-Bration.

Immediately, thinking of the theme Love, I pulled out my Many Hearts Dies. These dies coordinate beautifully with a Stamp Set from the new Mini Catalogue called Lots of Heart. Drawn towards this continual loopy heart that I cut from some scraps of whisper white, I cut several to size. Creating a white matting layer embossed using the Subtle Embossing Folder, gave texture behind the adhered loopy hearts. Using adhesive sheets made sticking these hearts down much easier.

Stamping the Darling Donkey’s with Black Memento Ink, a water-based ink, I coloured them in using our Alcohol Pens. Shades of Crumb Cake and Soft Suede enabled me to colour these characters in using nominal colours. Of course, the rose needed some additional colour though.

Some fussy cutting and layering of these characters enabled them to snuggle in closer. The addition of a simple sentiment, some Resin Hearts and white ribbon and twine banner completed the front of my card. The same loopy heart die gave an unfussy addition to the inside of this card.

A cheerful little card to the best Love there is ….

I hope you love this stamp set as much as I do and that you’ll consider adding it to your shopping cart for FREE. To qualify here in the UK Market, you earn one FREE Sale-a-Bration product with every £45 you spend. Spend £90 and you get to choose either two products or one Level Two product.

Let’s now head over to see what Rochelle Laird-Smith has to share. I’m sure there will be lots more love over on her blog.

Happy Crafting and stay safe

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OSAT – One Stamp at a Time – Say Hello to …

January 14, 2021 by Mikaela Titheridge 6 Comments

The One Stamp At A Time Blog Hop team asks you to Say Hello to something new. The Snailed It stamp set from the New Mini Catalogue offers some fun images of snails and toadstools.

Welcome to this month’s hop where we ask you to Say Hello to …

I picked out this cute little snail from the Snailed It Bundle and created a card and treat holder. With Valentines Day only a month away, I thought I’d focus on the little snail mail he’s aiming to deliver and hearts.

Say Hello to this cute little fella. Stamped with Early Espresso and coloured in using Blends Alcohol Pens in Light Crumb Cake, Pool Party and Real Red.

This cute treat holder was made from the Real Red paper from the Designer Series Paper from this suite. Just a small 10cm x 15cm piece was enough and it would take two mini chocolate treats for a table setting or a secret gift for someone.

Thinking of the hearts, I pulled in more from a new Die set called Many Hearts. I cut one large Red skinny heart and the line of hugs and kisses.

I created this fun opening card, where the cute little envelope created from a Die, flaps open. You open the flap, to open the card.

The envelope is locked in place by the little envelope seen here on the card base that’s raised on a Dimensional.

Here he is again, that cute little snail on the inside waiting to greet and share his message with you. You could add a sentiment inside or leave it blank for your secret message.

I hope you’ve enjoyed saying hello to this cute little snail and enjoyed my inspiration. The list of others taking part in today’s hop can be found below … Do take a look and enjoy the rest of the hop. Thanks for stopping by today.

Others in the Hop

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Around the World on Wednesday – Where Inspiration strikes

January 13, 2021 by Mikaela Titheridge 13 Comments

We’re going Around the World on Wednesday to share where Inspiration strikes.

A warm welcome to all who’ve hopped over from my lovely friend Aurélie from France and to all who have started their trip here. We are sharing where inspiration strikes and for me, it’s from many sources. Nature around us, fabrics, wallpapers, clothing but also from fellow card makers. This includes those cards sent to me that, dare I say it, have been shop bought. I often keep a handful that give me inspiration or that I’d love to recreate using Stampin’ Up! Products.

A Mum at school recently celebrated her 40th and I decided to create something that reminded me of some vibrant tattoos that I know she has. This card that I received for my 50th offered te perfect solution.

Vibrant and punchy in colour I used the Back to Back Blooms to add big bold flowers. I used the reverse side of the stamps to stamp solid leaves and pulled in a die from the Fabulous florals for some Gold Foil leaves.

The Playful Alphabet allows you to add a personalised sentiment but with the space I had left, 40 was sufficient. The white dots throughout the background were achieved by using the White Chalk Marker on the Smoky Slate cardstock.

I was really pleased with how this card turned out and I hope the recipient liked it too.

I hope you’ve enjoyed my offering of Inspiration and that you’ll hop over to see what Tina Zinck has in store for us. Enjoy the rest of the hop as we hop around the world on Wednesday.

You can hop on over the sea to be inspired further by clicking on the daisy.

Thank you for hopping by today …. Enjoy the rest of the hop.

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Stamping Sunday – Sale-a-Bration Favourites

January 10, 2021 by Mikaela Titheridge 6 Comments

Welcome to the Stamping Sunday Blog Hop where this month we are sharing our Sale-a-Bration favourites.

I am loving pretty much everything in the Sale-a-Bration flyer, so it was quite easy for me to get designing. It was restricting myself to just a few items, that was hard, but these are certainly my personal favourites.

I decided to ink up a FREE stamp set called A Touch of Ink and focus on the florals within the set. This set beautifully demonstrates the two-step stamping technique. I pulled out my favourite pink … and for those who know me, you’ll know I’m not a pink girl. Rococo Rose is a beautiful dusky pink that I teamed with a slightly more vibrant, Granny Apple Green.

I kept this first card peeled back with a black matting layer on Blackberry Bliss and very simply kept the stamping to the top.

Two-Step Stamping

Two-Step Stamping is where you Stamp two images to create the finished look. Here, I stamped the first in Black Memento Ink which offered the lined drawing. The second image was the watercolour wash of colour. This was a solid image that covers the lined image in a random kind of fashion.

The stamp set offers some simple but useable sentiments, which I used here.

Embossing

This second card had me bring in some Embossing, both Dry and Heat Embossing, techniques that are my favourites. I changed up the orientation of the card before stamping a cluster of flowers and leaves. It’s helpful when you only ink up the section you want to stamp and twist the block as you go. Once I’d stamped the flower cluster,

Dry Embossing: Sandwiching the matting layer within the Embossing folder, I ran the entire panel through the Cut & Emboss Machine. The Subtle Embossing Folder gives a beautiful impression of texture to the cardstock of gentle ridges. Hard to see here, it almost makes the card look like it was made of fabric.

Heat Embossing: I love Heat Embossing. It was one of the first techniques I learnt and it wowed me way back then and still wows me to this day. To watch the Embossing Powder melt before my eyes and a glossy image or sentiment be left behind is like magic. Using an Embossing Buddy, I first neutralised a piece of Black Cardstock before stamping my sentiment with Versamark Ink, a highly sticky ink. At this point, you sprinkle over your Embossing Powder of choice … here I chose White. You then add Heat and watch it melt … it’s so satisfying.

Die Cutting and Paper Piecing

This final card had me change out the Dry Embossing for some simple Die-Cutting. A wonderful new Die that’s very easily overlooked in the new Mini Catalogue. The Stitched with Whimsy doesn’t cut out an image but more cuts into the cardstock leaving the wiggly stitching around the edge of the card. I achieved this by adding the Die to the card and running it through the Cut and Emboss Machine. This gave a nice frame to work with that I stamped some leaves within, using Basic Grey Ink.

Paper Piecing

Paper Piecing is when you stamp directly onto Designer Series paper and either Die-cut or Fussy Cut. This method is like colouring in the image with the patterns from the Designer Series Paper. Using the FREE Oh So Ombre Papers, my firm favourite from Sale-a-Bration 2021, I stamped the flowers and leaves using Black Memento. Some relaxing fussy cutting and it was then all down to flower arranging my cluster. I loved how the Ombre papers gave me the variation in colour for both flowers and leaves.

I added an Embossed sentiment before adding the final touches of a Twine Bow and a scattering of sequins from the Artistry Blooms Suite.

Earning these products for FREE:

Hard to believe that these two products, the Papers and Stamp Set are each FREE with a £45 order. They seem too good to be Free but that’s the beauty of Sale-a-Bration. We earn some fabulous Freebies during this Promotion, which lasts until the end of February and these are certainly my favourites. For every £45 you spend before postage, you earn another Freebie, so a £90 order would earn you both of these products for Free or your favourites.

Spend £99 on a Starter Kit and choose £130 worth of products. You’ll not only receive your kit Postage Free but you’ll also receive 5 packs of 6″ x 6″ Designer Series Paper Packs during Sale-a-Bration. Then every order you place through your account during this promotion, you’ll continue to earn FREE Sale-a-Bration Products. Mine were earned for free by ordering the Dies and general Cardstock and Adhesives.

I hope you have enjoyed sharing in both my favourite Sale-a-Bration products and some of my favourite techniques too. I hope you’ll now enjoy viewing what the others within the team have created and hop around to see.

Enjoy and Happy Stamping

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Stamping INKSpirations – Something New

January 9, 2021 by Mikaela Titheridge 21 Comments

Today, I and the Stamping INKSpirations Team are here to bring you Something New.

A very warm welcome to this fabulous new hop, the Stamping Inkspirations where this month we are bringing you Something New. Something new in that this hop is new and something new from the new Mini Catalogue.

You may have arrived here from my dear friend Aurélie Fabre, who will have already spoilt you to some amazing inspiration. Either way, arrived here directly or not …. Welcome. I hope to bring you Something New and exciting.

This month not only sees us with a New Mini Catalogue but also a fabulous new Sale-a-Bration Promotion. I created these striking cards using the FREE Ombre Paper from Sale-a-Bration with the Potted Succulents Dies. Both are indeed something new and utterly gorgeous.

I created these cards to send a little smile to a few people who would appreciate one right now. The fabulous contrast between the coloured Ombre Papers and the Black Cardstock is so striking.

Four fabulous colours, Blackberry Bliss, Bermuda Bag, Rococo Rose and Granny Apple Green with Basic Black. Leftover Black Glimmer Paper leftover, from the out-going July-December 2020 Mini Catalogue, was added beneath the sentiment. A subtle shimmer.

It’s wonderful being able to play with something new and I am currently really enjoying the transition from Christmas. What’s better about these cards? Buy the Simply Succulents Bundle and you can choose the Oh So Ombre Papers for FREE as part of the Sale-a-Bration Promotion. For every £45 you spend before postage, you get to choose an additional item.

I hope you have enjoyed my simple, yet striking cards today and I hope you’ll enjoy the rest of the hop. Next up we have Alejandra Gomez, so do hop on over and see some more fabulous inspiration.

Blog Hop Participants

Angie McKenzie ● Jo Blackman ● Jan Musselman

Tricia Butts ● Shel Anderson ● Libby Fens

Gez Carpenter ● Sue Allen ● Karen Henderson

Elaine de Montmorency ● Leonie Stuart ● Mo Rootes

Linda Moore ● Annette Ball ● Jill Chapman

Ann Krucek ● Susan Webster ● JoAnn Pollock

Narelle Fasulo ● Terry Hamilton ● Rebecca-Jo Unwin

Susan Simpson ● Danielle Kassing ● Sharon Hashimoto Burkert

Cheryll Miller ● Rochelle Laird-Smith

Teri West ● Chris Smith ● Melissa Gifford

Vicki Milyard ● Anne Marie Hile ● Aurélie Fabre

Mikaela Titheridge ● Alejandra Gomez

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