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Get 15% off in our Stampin’ Up! 24 Hour Stamp Set Sale

September 23, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Get 15% off in our Stampin’ Up! 24 Hour Stamp Set Sale today. We are already several hours into this sale and I feel sure there will be something in there that will appeal to you.

Today and until 10.50 pm tonight, Stampin’ Up! have reduced the price of selected Stamp Sets by 15%. That’s a fabulous saving and I’m sure there is something in there that you’ve had your eye on.

Below I share a few images made using sets that appear in this stamp set sale. Beneath my name, you’ll also see a carousel of stamp sets included in this sale. Click on any one of these images and you’ll be in my shop to purchase directly there. Don’t forget to use my current Shopping Code to benefit further with a Gift from me and a Downloadable copy of the All Star Tutorial Bundle for this month.

Let me share with you some of my favourites. Click on any of the images to see more information on these sets.

Family Party

Waterfront

Dressed to Impress

Inspiring Iris

Under my Umbrella

Tags Tags Tags

Snowfront

Bloom & Grow

To a Wild Rose

Butterfly Gala

I hope you’ve enjoyed this little trip back down memory lane, as I share a few card creations using some of these sets.

Once this sale ends, all prices will revert back, so don’t delay, buy today!

English Sets included in the Stamp Set Sale

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September’s Starter Kit Offer:

Receive two additional Stamp Sets with your Starter Kit this September plus a card back and embellishments to get you stamping right away.

Stampin’ Fancy Friday – Two Stamp Challenge

September 19, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge 2 Comments

This month the Stampin’ Fancy Friday Team have a Two Stamp Challenge, where we pull together two stamp sets for our finished project.

Wanting to step outside of my comfort zone, I thought I’d create using an Autumnal Harvest feel. I pulled two stamp sets off of my shelves, Gather Together and Basket of Blooms. These sets worked beautifully together, allowing me to fill the basket with pumpkins and other harvest goodies.

With the basket stamped, coloured with Blends and fussy cut, I elevated it using Stampin’ Dimensional Foam pads. This helped me to slot in the fussy cut pumpkins behind and stamp the wheat to the scalloped background layer.

Harvest colours and added texture reminded me of winter woollies. The yellow scalloped border was created by cutting down a sentiment panel. This trick helps pull things together a little more.

I really hope you like my share and I hope you’ll look at how well your stamp sets coordinate with each other. Perhaps you’ll create something and share it with the Stampin’ Fancy Friday Team through our Instagram feed. We’d love to see what you might create.

Happy Crafting

Supplies used to recreate my samples

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Tag Buffet for a Jolly Christmas

September 17, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Today I am sharing a card with you that I created during last week’s Facebook Live. I used the Tag Buffet stamp set to create a Jolly Christmas in some cheerful, non-traditional colours. What will I create this week? Will you join me?

Recently for a blog hop I had created this card, where I turned the images into letters to spell out the word Joy. I loved creating this card, so wanted to create another.

Pulling in another stamp set, Sweetest Thing, I was able to create yet more letters. I had so much fun experimenting and choosing these colours.

Using the same kind of layout and base colours I set to work. I upturned the Candy Canes to create the letter L to help me spell out the word Jolly.

It was when someone tuned in to my Facebook Live passed comment that they had shocking pink baubles on their Christmas tree, that the colour for the candy canes came. I just couldn’t find the right red, so opted for Magenta Madness instead. The rest of the sentiment, embossed white on black, came from the Gnome for the Holidays stamp set.

The second card you see behind, used the Peace & Joy Bundle for an aperture for the word to show through, again using the stocking to depict the J. Such fun colourful cards, I really enjoyed creating this.

What will I create during this week’s Facebook Live? Tune in, Thursday 17th September at 8.30pm BST.

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

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Candy Hearts Blog Hop – Halloween

September 14, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge 12 Comments

Welcome to the Candy Hearts Blog Hop for September! Today we are sharing Halloween themed projects. After reading my post, I hope you will hop to the next person on the list below. Be sure to hop around to see ALL the great projects the Candy Hearts have created for you.

It is my absolute pleasure to be hopping with the Candy Hearts this month as a Guest Hopper. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Candy on a few occasions at some Stampin’ Up! events, so I was delighted when she messaged me to ask me to guest hop today.

Halloween Theme

I know that Halloween is a big thing in America, so I can’t wait to see what her Team have to share on this theme. Not owning any Halloween sets as such but I pulled my images from the Banner Years Stamp Set and was surprised with what I had managed to achieve with so little.

Halloween revolves around the Treats in our village, so I just had to make a Treat Bag. I used the Magic in This Night Designer Series Paper to create the main body of the bag. My favourite of the patterns was this one with the bats on it.

This die-cut sentiment panel reminded me of a short squat tombstone. I dirtied it up a little using Smoky Slate and a sponge dauber. Backing this with a Black Glimmer Ornate panel, added some sparkle and interest. I love how you can change up the colour of our Whisper White Crinkle Ribbon using our Stampin’ Blends. The fun little images were fussy cut using our fabulous paper snips.

Coordinating Card

A coordinating card was made using the same Banner Year Stamp Set. Randomly stamping over both the Smoky Slate matting layer and the base card with cobwebs gave a link to the paper I then selected. Ruffling one corner of the matting layer and dirtying it up the edges with a sponge dauber blended better with the mock tombstone.

Again, I wanted to include some Black Glimmer paper and decided to mat and layer and edge the spider panel. By trimming the edges off of an Ornate Frame, you can edge pretty much anything you like. A few fun images and a surprise greeting inside and my card were complete.

I have enjoyed creating these two projects and I hope you like what I share. It’s been my pleasure to hop with the Hearts today and I Thank you for hopping with the Hearts also! Be sure to hop around to all the stops. You do not want to miss any of the creativity in this talented group of stampers!

It’s going to be a hauntingly wicked hop! Stay safe!

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Stampin’ Sunday – Texture Time with Embossing Folders

September 13, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge 14 Comments

It’s Texture Time with The Stampin’ Sunday Team who are sharing their inspiration using Embossing Folders.

A very warm welcome, I appreciate you stopping by to see my creativity today. We are bringing texture to our projects today and I’ve gone all out Snowflakes.

The Winter Snow Embossing Folder is by far my new favourite for the festive season right now. It offers such pretty texture and detail without being overly fussy. Embossed into two colours to create this first card, I simply layered it up and added a very simple sentiment panel. This sentiment comes from the Snowflake Wishes Stamp Set.

Don’t have a Cut & Emboss Machine?

If you were just starting out and you didn’t own a Cut & Emboss Machine, you could simply use a Rolling Pin. You don’t have to exclude these fabulously textured folders any more, you too can add texture.

Adding Detail

This next card, I took it back to just one colour and added some die cut Snowflakes to add interest. The Metallic Mesh Ribbon added texture without being overly fussy. The silver shimmer adds detail to this otherwise plain and simple card front and an element of atmosphere. A stamped sentiment in Pretty Peacock became the focal point.

You can see that Metallic Mesh Ribbon a little more in this next photo. It adds that element of crackled ice.

Stepping things up

Ironically it was this last card that I made first. I embossed a sheet of cardstock having applied Pool party Ink to one side of the Embossing Folder. Running this through the Cut & Emboss Machine, transferred the ink onto the white cardstock. Transferring the ink, this left the snowflakes white and the background Pool Party.

The simple Rectangular frame, quite literally framed these snowflakes that looked so peaceful. The greeting, therefore, had to reflect this, so I pulled this Die Cut Peace from the Peace & Joy Bundle. I’m looking forward to having a play and coming up with some other colourways with this embossing folder.

I hope you like what I’ve had to share with you today and that you’ll have a play with your embossing folders.

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Don’t forget to take a look at what the others within the team have come up with this month using Embossing Folders. Enjoy the hop and the rest of your day.

Blog Hop Participants

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OSAT – You’ve Got This with One Stamp at a Time

September 10, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

You’ve Got This with the One Stamp At A Time Blog Hop inspiration this month. This month we’re celebrating others who have quite simply got it and probably don’t realise it.

Welcome to this month’s blog hop and to my inspiration on this theme. With yesterday being Back to School day for our son, it had me thinking.

Children this year have had a rough ride with the whole Covid Lockdown. Unable to play with their friends unless virtually, it’s been a hard year. I couldn’t be any more proud of our son right now and how he has risen to the 2020 challenge. Lonely at times without a sibling to play with, he has remained upbeat and cheerful and lifted the spirits of others along the way.

I designed this card using the Pattern Play stamp set, one that I thought would be youthful. Using a rainbow of colours that represented the theme for 2020, I added this sentiment from High Tide. He is indeed our little ray of light.

Scrapbook Page

Not one for embarking on a scrapbook page, I decided to give it a go. I mean … You’ve Got It Girl !! Keeping a memory of his first day in Year 5 and highlighting our thoughts of him. Several Die sets were used to help carry the theme of the rainbow and light across from the card.

Happy Dies created clouds, Stitched Ovals the rainbow, Playful Alphabet the Y5 marker and Stitched Stars for the Star that he is. My desk was a wash of playful fun. I got totally lost in this layout.

This Summer he most certainly did have the ability to make an ordinary moment shine. No ordinary lunch, no ordinary mowing of the lawn, he turned everyday activities into playful pleasure.

It’s been the most random of years and one I don’t think any of us will ever forget. It’s not over yet but his new school year has just started. Opportunities and excitement lay before him and I can’t wait to see how this little guy grows into the wonderful young man that he is becoming.

If you’ve never ventured into the wonderful world of Scrapbooking then perhaps now is the time. I have been putting it off for a long time but as this theme says … You’ve Got it, so go grab it … just like our son … make every moment count.

Enjoy the rest of the hop and stay safe out there.

Others in the Hop

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Around the World on Wednesday – Tag Team

September 9, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge 18 Comments

We’re going Around the World on Wednesday to bring you creative inspiration and for me a Card and Tag combo.

A warm welcome to all who’ve hopped over from my lovely friend Aurélie from France and to those starting here. We’ve got a fabulous array of inspiration on offer for you today, as we tag two sets together.

Tag Buffet

The Tag Buffet Stamp set is a set that was designed to accompany our Project Kit on page 5 of the Mini Catalogue. It offers many sentiments along with some lovely basic images.

Drawn to the colour combination of Pool Party with Blackberry Bliss and Rococo Rose, I set to work.

A simple backdrop to the focal layer helps to draw your eye to what’s important. Still wanting some detail and interest in the background I used the Winter Snow Embossing Folder. The embossed Snowflakes were just enough detail without causing fussiness.

Two layered Scalloped rectangles, one cut from Whisper White and the other Vellum, highlighted the centre.

The images were stamped using Black Memento Ink onto Shimmery White cardstock and coloured using our Alcohol Blends Pens. Two shades of each colour help give the definition as you blend.

Immediately upon seeing this set, I saw the stocking as a J and the bauble as an O so somehow needed to create my Y. My trusted sharp paper snips were used to fussy cut each image out before using Dimensional Foam pads to adhere to the card base. The card could have been left at this point but I wanted to add a continuing sentiment that I took from the Peace & Joy set. A splattering of Snowflake Adhesive-backed Embellishments and a Gold Thread bow and the card was complete.

Matching tags were easy to create by using the ‘Joy Dies’ to finish off the word ‘Joy’. This helped to simplify the images.

I really liked how these turned out, the colour combo and the fun layout. This may have you look at your images in a different light.

I do hope you’ll now join me in hopping over to the wonderful Angie McKenzie who invited me into this hop, so see what she has created.

Enjoy your day and do stay safe.

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All Star Tutorial Hop – Playful Alphabet Patterns

September 3, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge 8 Comments

The All Star Tutorial Design Team have been playing with patterns, and for me, the Playful Alphabet Dies.

Welcome to a whole new month with the All Star Tutorial Team. This month we are sharing some playful designs, as we create with the Playful Patterns Suite from the Annual catalogue. This suite offers a fun stamp set, some vibrant papers with embellishments and some fabulous Playful Alphabet Dies. These Alphabet Dies could team up with so many other stamp sets to create any sentiment and look you like.

I wanted to create a Birthday card more for a male teen today. Something that is more contemporary, young and fun.

I chose to use a vibrant paper for the background and picked out two bold colours to die cut the lettering. Foam Adhesive Sheets were used for the top layer of letters and basic Adhesive sheets for the Navy shadows. Layering them up and off setting them helped to give the appearance of a shadow.

The panel of whisper white that acts as a speech bubble was embossed using the Tasteful Textile 3D Embossing Folder. A simple card with an abundance of possibilities depending upon what wording you’d like to use.

I hope you have enjoyed my share today and I hope you’ll consider this Month’s Tutorial Bundle with all it’s additional inspiration.

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

How to obtain the Tutorial Bundle

You can purchase the tutorial for £11.50 or you can place an order with me and receive it for FREE.

Purchase monthly at £11.50
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’m looking forward to sharing the next few months of Tutorials with you and I hope you’ll stick around to enjoy them with me.

Hop Participants

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Autumn Mega Tutorial Bundle 2020 – 82 Tutorials in one, four-part Download.

£17 to purchase

Free with a purchase of any Autumnal Stamp Set, Bundle, Punch set or Paper pack.

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You Can Create it with a Mini Paper Pumpkin Box

September 2, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge 6 Comments

You Can Create it this month with a Mini Paper Pumpkin Box and some Peony Garden Papers.

August’s Papercraft Pack looks a sparse pack of a Mini Paper Pumpkin Box, some Peony Garden Paper and a few embellishments.

What could you create with this I hear you ask? Well, along with the backup packet of incidental supplies and some inspiration, I came up with this.

I wanted to turn the Paper Pumpkin Box into a Book. I added a larger front and back layer and used a sheet of the In Color DSP to create a curved spine. A flash of the Champagne Foil added an elegant touch.

The sentiment to the front was a simple sentiment from the Prized Peony Stamp Set. I used this same greeting on the Tags that I made for inside.

Using a sheet of the Gray Granite cardstock from the incidental packet, I made an internal divider. The tags fitted one side and the Linen Thread the other. To reflect the pattern on the front of the book, I stamped a simple flower in Whisper White Ink and kept the greeting simple.

I made the top of each tag to reflect that of the Book spine by using the same paper and flash of foil. I made some simple adjustments to the outside edge of the Mini Paper Pumpkin Box for an easier closure.

A Ribbon tie and my project were complete, I was amazed at how much could be made with so few supplies.

I’m delighted with this project and hope you like what inspiration I have come up with for you. I look forward to seeing what you might come up with, with August’s packet.

More inspiration is available further down.

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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

Anja Luft

Heike Fallwickl

Danielle Kassing

Fanny Minne

Karina Chin

Simone Bartrum

Anne-Marie Breurkes-Rood

Linda Stevens Cullen

Michelle Zanavich

Louise Sims

Jolan Meurs

Aude Barbara

Enjoy your day and keep crafting.

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Supplies used to recreate my samples

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Clearance Rack update and FREE Stamp Sets

September 1, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

It’s the 1st of September and what a day it is for announcements and Promotions. Our Clearance Rack has had a refresh and we’ve got a Starter Kit Promotion offering you two FREE Stamp Sets.

As the children prepare to head back to school, it’s perhaps time for a treat for Mummy. This is the time you can grab yourself some great offers available on our newly updated Clearance Rack. It really is worth checking it out.

Get & Go Starter Kit Promotion

Today sees the start of an amazing Starter Kit Promotion, Get & Go. Unlike our usual offering, this Promotion offers you card supplies and embellishments for 8 cards, plus TWO FREE Stamp Sets and all Postage Free.

All of this …. PLUS … a fully customisable Starter Kit of £130 worth of products for still just £99 and delivered to your door, Postage FREE.

Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine

What’s even better news is …. if you add the new Stampin’ cut & Emboss Machine to your Starter Kit, you’ll get it at a reduced price. Add this and choose another £18 worth of products and you’ll still only part with £99 and receive it ALL Postage Free.

I’m loving my Cut & Emboss Machine already and can’t wait for you to get using yours.

This Machine will soon have it’s very own baby with the Mini Cut & Emboss but that’s not available just yet. This Cut & Emboss is an incredible tool and if you’re like me, you’ll not want to live without your die cutting machine.

To purchase this at the BEST price possible with me, you’ll want to add it to your Starter Kit. You’ll save not only on the tool itself but also on Postage. Click on the JOIN my Team image below and add Item Code 149653 to your Starter Kit.

Additional Benefits of the Starter Kit

Purchasing a Starter Kit comes with further rewards in that anything you go on to order, will come with a 20% discount and you’ll have advanced viewing and purchasing possiblities from the next Spring/Summer Catalogue and Sale-a-Bration offering. So much extra or such a fabulous price, you’re going to love it. If you’d like to discuss the Starter kit option with me to understand it better, then please do get in contact.

Enjoy your day and happy 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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Family Party

Waterfront

Waterfront

Dressed to Impress

Inspiring Iris

Tags Tags Tags

Snowfront

Bloom & Grow

To a Wild Rose

Butterfly Gala

English Sets included in the Stamp Set Sale

September’s Starter Kit Offer:

Supplies used to recreate my samples

Supply List

More for your money

Halloween Theme

Coordinating Card

Supply List

More for your money

Don’t have a Cut & Emboss Machine?

Adding Detail

Stepping things up

Get your new Cut & Emboss Machine for just £99 – Postage FREE

Blog Hop Participants

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Scrapbook Page

Others in the Hop

Products used

Tag Buffet

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Hop Participants

More for your money

How to obtain the Tutorial Bundle

Hop Participants

Products used for this project

Want more for your money

Autumn Mega Tutorial Bundle 2020 – 82 Tutorials in one, four-part Download.

The Full Quarterly Kit

Inspiration

Supplies used to recreate my samples

Get More for your Money

Get & Go Starter Kit Promotion

Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine

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