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Stampin’ Fancy Friday – Sweet Suites Challenge

July 31, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge 2 Comments

This month the Fancy Friday Team have a Sweet Suites Challenge. We’re all making use of fabulous products from one of our new Suites and I chose Peony Garden.

With a soft palette in the Papers of this suite, I decided to opt for something a little more vibrant. Starting off with a Sahara Sand Cardbase and matting layer I layered on the colour and texture. The Tasteful Textured 3D Embossing Folder offers great texture without being overpowering. I sat this on top of a layer of Silver Foil for an element of elegance.

Peeping out from behind these vibrant flowers, you can just about see a Square Vellum Doilie, which is a beautiful new Doilie for this suite. The main Peony Flowers were initially die cut from our new In Colour, Magenta Madness before being sponged with the same colour, Poppy Parade and Mango Melody. I loved how these packed a punch.

Balanced out with Granny Apple Green leaves, I added a dramatic sentiment panel in black, that I heat embossed white. The Elegant Faceted Gems and Satin Ribbon gave that final touch of elegance.

I really hope you like my share today and that I’ve inspired you with my Sweet Suites creation.

Enjoy and see you next month.

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Stampin’ Creative – Mini Treats

July 30, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge 6 Comments

There are so many occasions when a mini treat would be welcomed, so today, the Stampin’ Creative Team are sharing Mini Treats inspiration.

A very warm welcome to the hop today, I feel sure you’re in for a treat … a mini treat.

The Annual Catalogue offers some fabulous papers and the Artistry Blooms papers are super vibrant and caught my eye. Drawn to this punchy green, I set to folding this cute Mini Treat Box with its simple tucking closure. I managed to get three boxes from one sheet of 12″ x 12″ Paper and used my Simply Scored tool to create the score lines.

I wanted to tone down the vibrancy by adding some delicate embellishment. With scraps of Watercolor Paper, I gave a simple wash of both Old Olive and Gorgeous Grape. With these colours in place and dry, I then die cut what could be passed off as sprigs of Lavender. It was nice to use something other than the sunflower from the Sunflowers Dies.

The heart comes from Stitched Be Mine and was a nice backdrop for the Lavender to sit on and a strip of the Purple Posy Linen Ribbon to nest behind.

A very simple little Thanks and an Elegant Faceted Gem and my Mini Treat Boxes were finished. A great way of using up scraps and keeping to just a sheet of paper, I enjoyed creating these.

I hope you have enjoyed my share today and I hope you’ll enjoy the rest of the hop. I can’t wait to see what the others have to offer.

Happy Crafting

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Tasteful Touches come all in Good Taste

July 29, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge 2 Comments

Today I’m sharing three cards made during a Live crafting session using the Tasteful Touches Stamp set from the In Good Taste Suite.

This set of cards started with the flower that I’d stamped and coloured and couldn’t decide how to use it. A break away from my craft desk freshed my mind and I returned to complete this card.

Neutral tones in the background allow a single coloured flower to shine. Coloured in using our Ink pads and a Blender Pen, these flowers were very therapeutic to colour.

I used the same colours for this second card, Blushing Bride and Rococo Rose and added more texture. The Tasteful Textiles 3D Embossing folder offers a subtle texture that made for a beautiful backdrop.

Four flowers overhanging the edge of the matting layer, were trimmed and adhered randomly, both flat and Dimensionaled. The sentiment for this card came from the Bloom and Grow stamp set and fitted beautifully in one of the label shapes from the Tasteful Labels Dies.

This final card had me stamping on a lighter Shimmery White matting layer for what became a Wedding Card. Some gentle detail in the background offered elegance to this softer card. The sentiment was again taken from the Bloom and Grow stamp set and is a personal favourite of mine for a Wedding Card.

Three quite different cards on a theme and all showcasing this beautiful flower.

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Stampers Showcase – Gift Packaging

July 27, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge 13 Comments

Welcome to the Stampers Showcase where today we’re wrapping you up in Gift Packaging. With so many types of gift wrappings, you’re in for a real treat with today’s offering of inspiration.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today and taking the time to see my creative inspiration. I have been excited to share some inspiration using the Forever Greenery Suite, from the Annual Catalogue. This exquisite suite of products lends itself to a Gift Packaging theme, so sit back and enjoy!

I’m sure if you’ve arrived from Wendy Lee’s blog, you’ll have enjoyed her fabulous inspiration and I hope to share yet more inspiration using the same suite. The Forever Greenery Suite offers Natures green foliage that can be teamed with so many other products. The papers in this suite on their own are just gorgeous and it was these that I wanted to showcase more so.

The Forever Greenery Designer Series Paper was used to create this darling bag. This is one of the darker pieces of 12″ x 12″ paper with an all-over repeated pattern. With no real direction to its pattern, I thought it lent itself beautifully to this bag.

The Origami fold of this is quite fantastic and was something I saw at a Stampin’ Up! Event On Stage, a few years back. Scored, folded and manipulated to form this beautiful shape, it’s surprisingly held together with just four glue dots.

If it were possible to create an even larger one in leather of this print, It would be the perfect bag for me, I just love it. Leather stitching had me turn to the Stitched Basic Shape Dies to create the gift tag and magnetic closure flap.

The ribbon, gold thread and the gorgeous gold foil laser cut foliage are all from the same suite of products and coordinate with such elegance.

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The dark Garden Green cardstock teamed beautifully with this pattern and makes for a great box base and bag closure.

Quite a sizable box that would be perfect for a beauty product, it hinges to open on a diagonal. The sentiment used on both bag and box came from the Forever Fern Stamp Set within this suite.

Very Vanilla cardstock was the best match for this paper and ribbon with some subtle embellishment behind the label to finish it off.

Projects like these are perfect for showcasing both sides of the papers in a subtle way.

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Let’s Get Hopping #33 – Christmas in July

July 20, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge 5 Comments

The Let’s Get Hopping Team are today bringing you Christmas in July, so a very warm welcome to this spot of warmth and cheer.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today and taking the time to see my creative inspiration. I have been super excited to share some new products with you from the soon to launch, Seasonal Mini Catalogue. Tracy Bish, has I’m sure delighted you with some fabulous inspiration and I hope to do the same.

The new catalogue had me immediately drawn to the Dove of Hope Bundle. A stamp set and die bundle that will have you creating the most stunning of Doves. For me though, I saw Angels … the wings of Angels. Team this with my favourite Christmas sentiment set, For Unto Us and I was singing carols in July.

I couldn’t resist but create this cute little hanging Christmas ornament. Our own perfect little angel. The Paper is from the Snowflake Splendor suite and the Foil, our new super shiny Brass foil. A very simple shape for an angel, with no fussiness, it came together quite quickly.

It was quite easy to echo the look of this angel in a card with some simple shapes. I predominantly wanted a soft palette, so chose to team Watercolour paper with White and Vellum. The woodgrain paper used for the head came from the In Good Taste suite of papers. I so love this sentiment, which screamed to be heat embossed gold.

The Dove Wings beautifully framed the base of the sentiment, so I decided to have them raised than lowered.
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I hope you have enjoyed my little share with you today and that you’ve enjoyed a spot of Christmas in July. Do remember to hop on over to see what Shelly Wadge has in store for us.

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

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Ornamental Envelope with Beautiful Autumn

July 19, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge 4 Comments

Last week’s Facebook Live saw me create with two new Stamp Sets, Ornamental Envelope and Beautiful Autumn. Two fabulous sets that I couldn’t wait to get creative with.

This first card was inspired by a card visible in the new catalogue and a bundle that you can obtain coordinating dies to help you decorate your envelopes.

Stamping with Blocks, this wreath came together ever so quickly. A delicate little wreath with white detail and red flowers. The Tasteful Textured Embossing Folder was used for detail and a layer of Gold Foil gave a touch of elegance to this pretty little card.

This Thank you card was made using the Beautiful Autumn set, whilst using the spots from the Ornamental Envelope to add ageing to the edges. I had fun making the gorgeous Copper Acorn Embellishments two-tone by heat embossing the base, gold. A new Gold Cord helped to keep them in place at the top of this tent card.

Finally, we stepped into Christmas with this final card. Heat Embossing the ornamental baubles Gold, I sponged the red card to help create some drama before cutting around the side of the baubles. Dry embossing a Gold Foil panel with a gorgeous new Embossing Folder called Evergreen Forest gave a wonderful backdrop. A dramatic black embossed sentiment panel seemed the best choice. This sentiment came from the Beautiful Autumn set.

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Enjoy your day and keep crafting.

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All Things Fabulous for some Stamparatus Thank You Cards

July 13, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Last week’s Facebook Live saw me create my Thank Cards using All Things Fabulous and the Stamparatus. When you’ve been spoilt with an abundance of cards, gifts and flowers, a stack of Thank you cards are needed. The Stamparatus, our stamp positioning tool, is fantastic for duplicated image stamping.

With the ability to rotate each of the two platforms, you’re able to set each side up with different colours. This is also perfect for lining up three-step stamping, where you layer up images to create one with more depth.

This large flower was stamped using Rococo Rose, a beautiful dusky pink and layered with Merry Merlot, a colour I seldom use. All Things Fabulous is a stamp set that has Dies to coordinate and can be purchased with a 10% discount as a bundle. I used the dies to help add height and fill out the floral cluster a little more.

I also die cut the sentiment from So Sentimental using the coordinating Stitched So Sweetly Dies. These form the So Sentimental Bundle. The main stamped panel, minus the sentiment was dry embossed using the Tasteful Textured Embossing Folder. This gave fabulous texture to the rest of the white space that I otherwise filled with smaller flowers, leaves and gems. I love how you can see the darkness of the Blackberry Bliss cardstock peeping through from behind the sentiment panel.

I made a couple of variations on this card, adding a smaller flower to the bottom corner and one without the embossing. This was the final card layout that I made a batch of cards to send. I was delighted with them and enjoyed being creative with my Stamparatus.

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Stampin’ Sunday – Peony Garden Suite

July 12, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge 12 Comments

The Stampin’ Sunday Team are sharing their inspiration using the stunning Peony Garden Suite with you. I decided to create three cards, stepping up with each new card.

A very warm welcome to you for stopping by to see my inspiration.

Setting up the Stamparatus, I stamped the Prized Peony image with Memento Black Ink on the White Card base. Lining up the Gray Granite matting layer, I then stamped the same image in the same place, so that the image looks complete with the matting layer in place. A very simple skinny cut sentiment and the first card was complete.

Starting off this second card in exactly the same way, I proceeded to colour in the Peony on the Gray Granite with Watercolour Pencils. Putting down a white layer first, allows the colours to appear more vibrant. The Tasteful Texture Embossing Folder gives exactly the right amount of texture to this second card. An additional matting layer of Gold Foil adds an element of richness.

The Peony Garden Suite is certainly known for its amazing Die-cut Peony shown in this final card. I stepped up the matting layer by adding a panel of Designer Series paper as a back drop to the Peony.

This Peony had Rich Razzleberry sponging to a Melon Mambo base The sentiment was heat embossed white onto a skinny panel of Melon Mambo to tie in.

Three cards on the theme of the Peony Garden Suite but each stepped up a little more than the last.

I hope you have liked my share with you today and that you feel inspired to either keep things simple or step them up a little.

Thanks for hopping by and do enjoy the rest of your weekend and indeed the rest of the hop. Happy Crafting.

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Around the World on Wednesday – Casing

July 8, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge 23 Comments

We’re going Around the World on Wednesday and Casing another Around the World Team Member.

A warm welcome from those who have hopped over from my lovely friend Aurélie from France and a warm welcome to those starting this hop around the world here. You’re in for a treat today, as we’ve some special guests that you’ll discover as you hop Around the World on Wednesday.

Who am I CASing?

Cheryl Hamilton’s blog is packed with inspiration and I have the honour of CASing her work today. What is it to CASE? To Case is to Copy And Share Everything … or to Copy And Selectively Edit giving credit to the originator.

I discovered this beauty on Cheryl’s blog and felt inspired to get creative.

The layout and the colours inspired me, as they wouldn’t have naturally been colours I’d have been drawn to. Loving a challenge, I was determined to create with them and I’m pleased I did.

Using the entire All Things Fabulous Bundle, I used this gorgeous detailed Die Cut piece for my backing before adding my floral cluster. This cluster is packed with detailed two and three-step stamped flowers.

Highland Heather, Gorgeous Grape, Crushed Curry, Bumblebee and Old Olive were the inks that I used. Some flowers were stamped directly onto the card and some onto white cardstock and die cut. A very simple sentiment panel was added on Dimensionals that peeped out from this cluster.

These colours worked beautifully with this three-step stamping set. The depth created is so detailed. I loved the little Bumblebee flower popping out at the top.

Not colours I would have naturally been drawn to, I absolutely love how this has turned out. Thank you, Cheryl, for allowing me to step outside of my comfort zone and use your beautiful work to inspire me.

Now let us see who has inspired Tina, who is next up in the hop around the world.

Enjoy your day and do stay safe.

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Creation Station – In Colour Combo

July 5, 2020 by Mikaela Titheridge 2 Comments

Welcome to the Creation Station Blog Hop where today we are sharing In Colour Combinations. With a restriction to the Five new In Colors and just white, we are bringing some inspiration to you.

Sara Levin always brings some great colour combos, so I’m sure if you’ve hopped on over from her, she’ll have delighted you. I have opted for three cards to share, stepping up with each card.

This first one had me using lengths of the card stock adhered into different heights. Prior to sticking, I had stamped a subtle image using Blossoms in Bloom and Versamark to create this background.

A very simple Get Well card but an effective one that you could recreate in any colour combo. Super quick to bring together and a great one for using up scraps of cardstock or even patterned paper.

Again, using up strips of cardstock, I took inspiration for this from my son’s T-shirt. With its diagonal Retro feel stripes, I added some delicate die cut flowers with a very simple sentiment. A tiny piece of ribbon hanging beyond the matting layer, this added texture and movement.

Taking yet more strips and adhering to a matting layer, I ran this striped layer through with this fabulous new embossing folder. The subtle texture added greater interest to the background that would have otherwise been very flat.

This amazing die cut piece from the Blossoms in Bloom Bundle gave instant decoration and impact to this striped layer. The sentiments within this bundle are so useable that you really can’t go wrong with it.

Three very simple, yet effective cards that you could create very quickly and from any colour combination. I absolutely love these five new In Colours and think they work really well together.

I hope you have liked my offering of ideas today and I hope you’ll continue the hop by heading over to see what the lovely Kathy Kartak has to offer.

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

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Stampin’ Fancy Friday – Sweet Suites Challenge

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Stampin’ Creative – Mini Treats

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Tasteful Touches come all in Good Taste

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Stampers Showcase – Gift Packaging

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Let’s Get Hopping #33 – Christmas in July

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Ornamental Envelope with Beautiful Autumn

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All Things Fabulous for some Stamparatus Thank You Cards

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Stampin’ Sunday – Peony Garden Suite

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