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Stampin’ Fancy Friday – Sketch Challenge

Stampin’ Fancy Friday – Sketch Challenge

August 26, 2022 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

The Stampin’ Fancy Friday share a Sketch Challenge this month. Welcome to the Stampin’ Fancy Friday Team Challenge, where this month we work from a Sketch. I interpreted this layout with images in place of each of the circles. Working with the Fond of Autumn Stamp set and the flowers,

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Filed Under: Artisan, Cards, Challenges, Techniques Tagged With: Cards, Die Cutting, Flowers, Heat Embossing, Sketch Challenge, Stampin' Fancy Friday, Watercolouring

Stampin’ Fancy Friday – Catalogue Inspired

Stampin’ Fancy Friday – Catalogue Inspired

June 6, 2022 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

The Stampin’ Fancy Friday Challenge this month has us seeking inspiration from the Catalogue for our Catalogue inspired creations. Welcome to the Stampin’ Fancy Friday Team Challenge and one that saw me inspired by the fresh colours of a card on page 72. Wanting to team up the flowers from

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Filed Under: Artisan, Cards, Challenges, Techniques Tagged With: Cards, Die Cutting, Flowers, Heat Embossing, Stampin' Fancy Friday, Watercolouring

Cactus Cuties Flower Note card

Cactus Cuties Flower Note card

April 14, 2022 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Love to get versatility from your stamp sets? Well, the Cactus Cuties isn’t just for Cactus building. I show here how you can use the images to create a Cactus Cuties Flower. Making the card base colour teamed with the flower helped bring a coherent feel. Repeated stamping of the

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Filed Under: Cards, Challenges, Techniques Tagged With: Cards, Die Cutting, Dry Embossing, Embossing, Fussy Cutting, Heat Embossing, Punching

Stampin’ Fancy Friday – CASE a Fancy Friday

Stampin’ Fancy Friday – CASE a Fancy Friday

April 7, 2022 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

The Stampin’ Fancy Friday Challenge this month had us CASING another Fancy Friday Team Member. I love a good CASE and what an honour it is to be able to CASE a fellow Fancy Friday Team Member. All ex or current serving Artisan Design Team members, it’s always a pleasure

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Filed Under: Artisan, Cards, Challenges, Techniques Tagged With: Cards, CASEing, Die Cutting, Dry Embossing, Flowers, Heat Embossing, Sponging, Stampin' Fancy Friday

Every Chapter of a Friendship

Every Chapter of a Friendship

April 7, 2022 by Mikaela Titheridge 2 Comments

This line drawn Every Chapter image by Stampin’ Up! was the perfect image for me. I don’t enjoy reading but I do adore colouring. Where some would read, others will Watercolour and this image offered the perfect combination for me. Stamped with Black Memento Ink onto Basic White Cardstock, I

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Filed Under: Casual Crafter, Challenges, Techniques Tagged With: Stamping, Stamping Through the Catalogue, Techniques, Watercolour, Watercolour Pencils

Stampin’ Fancy Friday – Artfully Composed Rainbow

Stampin’ Fancy Friday – Artfully Composed Rainbow

March 28, 2022 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

The Stampin’ Fancy Friday Mini Challenge this month had us creating with our favourite Mini Catalogue Products. Projects using Stampin’ Up! Products from the Mini Catalogue that we love and for me, I worked with Artfully Composed and Rainbow of Happiness.     Both of these Bundles offer some amazing

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Stampin’ Fancy Friday – Sketch Challenge

Stampin’ Fancy Friday – Sketch Challenge

February 14, 2022 by Mikaela Titheridge 2 Comments

The Stampin’ Fancy Friday Challenge this month had us creating with a Sketch Challenge. There is nothing quite like a Sketch Challenge to help trigger your inspiration. I so love a layout for a starting point. This fabulous layout was provided by the wonderful Jennifer Frost and from there, we

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Filed Under: Artisan, Cards, Challenges, Techniques Tagged With: Alcohol Markers - Blends, Blends, Cards, Die Cutting, Heat Embossing, Stampin' Fancy Friday

Stampin’ Fancy Friday – Birthday Challenge

Stampin’ Fancy Friday – Birthday Challenge

January 22, 2022 by Mikaela Titheridge 6 Comments

The Stampin’ Fancy Friday Challenge this month had us creating for a Birthday Challenge. With a Birthday Challenge I turned my hand to flowers, since I absolutely love flowers as a gift. I decided to go for a serene no-line image to colour from the Daisy Garden Stamp. Stamping the

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Filed Under: Artisan, Cards, Challenges, Techniques Tagged With: Cards, No-line, Stampin' Fancy Friday, Watercolour Pencils

Stamping Sunday – SAB Driving By

Stamping Sunday – SAB Driving By

January 9, 2022 by Mikaela Titheridge 12 Comments

Welcome to the Stamping Sunday Blog Hop where this month we share inspiration from the Sale-a-Bration offering. I make use of the Driving By Stamp Set. Welcome to our Blog Hop today and to a month where we share inspiration using products from the Sale-a-Bration Promotion. My absolute favourite is

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Filed Under: Blog Hops, Challenges, Techniques Tagged With: Alcohol Markers - Blends, Blends, Die Cutting, Faux Embossing, Sale-a-bration, Stamping Sunday

A Birthday In The Wild

A Birthday In The Wild

December 24, 2021 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Today I share a masculine Birthday card using In the Wild Designer Series Papers. Inspired by a card on Pinterest, I couldn’t resist but recreate. When you’re not a lover of the animal side of the In The Wild papers, use the other side. Double sided papers allow us the

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Filed Under: Blog Hops, Challenges Tagged With: Die Cutting

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This quarter's Piccadilli Players hop is all about This quarter's Piccadilli Players hop is all about Seasons from around the globe. 

For me I share the beautiful rich colours of Autumn through the wonders of @stampinupofficial Radiant Sunflowers and rich Cajun Craze. Bright popping sunflowers, warm rich colour palette, autumn is a season of great change and one I love. 

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Today I share a Monochomatic contemporary card tha Today I share a Monochomatic contemporary card that's Black and White and designed for the Stamping Fancy Friday Challenge this month. 

Created using the Spooktacular Designer Series Paper, Extraordinary Life and Fern & Flora Dies from @stampinupofficial  Layering up elements for a contemporary collage, helped create this Anniversary Card. 

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I share a Timemless Design that's Elegant and Vint I share a Timemless Design that's Elegant and Vintage as part of today's Stamping Station Hop. 

Designed using the beautifully vintage Bloom Bouquet Designer Series Paper from @stampinupofficial along with their Bordered in Beauty Dies. A delicate little card with flowers created from the Fern & Flora Dies in Hydrangea Hue. 

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I may have been quieter than normal with my crafti I may have been quieter than normal with my crafting but I recently designed a series of cards for Die Cutting Essentials Magazine using the Fern & Flora Bundle by Stampin' Up!

I adore the botanical feel of these dies and what you can create with them. This wreath card screams whispy fresh air combined with richness, I just loved creating it. Would you welcome a botanical card like this for your birthday?

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This week's Global Design Project #GDP563 is a Gar This week's Global Design Project #GDP563 is a Garden Harvest Challenge. 

Pairing up two new bundles from @stampinupofficial Radiant Sunflowers and Painted Pumpkins for this autumn themed card. Rich autumn colours and autumn themed images for a card of gratitude. 

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This week's Global Design Project #GDP562 is a Ske This week's Global Design Project #GDP562 is a Sketch Challenge. 

From this sketch layout I could see a layering hillside that I recreated using torn Moonlight Flora Designer Series Paper from @stampinupofficial With this I teamed it up with a wholesome house from the Welcome Noel Die Set that I coloured with Stampin' Blends. 

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