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Creation Station – Black and White with a Pop of Colour

Creation Station – Black and White with a Pop of Colour

March 2, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge 6 Comments

Welcome to the Creation Station Blog Hop. This month we create in Black and white with a Pop of Colour. Loving Black and White photos as I do, had me thinking of traditional Polaroid photos. This shape and idea would team beautifully with the Lifelong Friends Stamp Set. Stamping the

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Filed Under: Blog Hops Tagged With: Alcohol Markers - Blends, Black and White, Blends, Creation Station, Die Cutting, Stamping

Artisan Design Team – Vellum and Paper Piecing tip

Artisan Design Team – Vellum and Paper Piecing tip

April 5, 2024 by Mikaela Titheridge 2 Comments

The Artisan Design Team bring you weekly Tips and Tricks to inspire you. Paper Piecing was my tip for this month’s share. Using the Circle Sayings Stamp Set and some Designer Series Paper, I was able to create this rainbow of cupcakes. To create my funky background, I first cut

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Filed Under: Artisan Tagged With: Alcohol Markers - Blends, Artisan Design Team, Artisan Design Team 2024, Blends, Colouring, Paper Piecing, Tips

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

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

Sweets & Treats Tri Fold and Easel card for Christmas and Birthday

Sweets & Treats Tri Fold and Easel card for Christmas and Birthday

November 17, 2021 by Mikaela Titheridge 7 Comments

For the past few month’s my In Person classes in Cambridgeshire have started back up and I’ve loved seeing everyone. These past few weeks we have been playing with the stamp set, Sweets & Treats. Last night saw the last of this bank of classes at Dunelm Mill in Huntingdon

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Filed Under: Avid Crafter, Blog Hops, Casual Crafter Tagged With: Alcohol Markers - Blends, Blends, Cambridgeshire Classes, Colouring, Die Cutting, Easel Card, Embossing, Fun Fold, Fussy Cutting, Stamping, Tri-Fold

Happy Haunting with a Cute Halloween Card

Happy Haunting with a Cute Halloween Card

October 31, 2021 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Stay safe out there and Happy Haunting with this Cute Halloween Card. This was one of a few cards that I recently created during a Facebook Live. I received this Cute Halloween Designer Series Paper as a Gift for my earning the 2021 Incentive Trip to Maui. I absolutely adore

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Filed Under: Casual Crafter, Facebook Live Tagged With: Blends, Designer Series Paper, Die Cutting, Halloween, Heat Embossing

Stampin’ Creative – Sending Thanks

Stampin’ Creative – Sending Thanks

September 30, 2021 by Mikaela Titheridge 6 Comments

Today, the Stampin’ Creative Team are Sending Thanks. Welcome to this month’s Stampin’ Creative Blog Hop where we are Sending Thanks. Christmas is a time when I’m sending Thanks, so a festive Thank you card seemed most fitting. I wanted to create a non traditional colour palette for this festive

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Filed Under: Blog Hops, Techniques Tagged With: Blends, Christmas, Die Cutting, Stampin' Creative, Stamping, Thank you Cards, Thanks

Delivering Cheer in many ways

Delivering Cheer in many ways

August 17, 2021 by Mikaela Titheridge 2 Comments

Our NEW Mini Catalogue has launched and you can certainly say it’s Delivering Cheer. I have fallen in love with this new Stamp Set. There’s so much versatility with this set that could at first be seen as a ‘one trick pony’. The FREE Sale-a-Bration Papers, Peaceful Prints and Be

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Filed Under: Avid Crafter, Christmas Tagged With: Alcohol Markers - Blends, Blends, Christmas, Die Cutting, Free Product, Heat Embossing, Sale-a-Bration 2021, Traditional Christmas

Sweet Little Stockings of Friendship

Sweet Little Stockings of Friendship

July 22, 2021 by Mikaela Titheridge 2 Comments

Pets bring us great friendship and much love, so I teamed this cute cat up with Beauty of Friendship for this fun Card. If you have a Cat, you’ll probably find this image all too familiar when it comes to Christmas. We don’t have pets but I often hear my

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Filed Under: Avid Crafter, Cards, Christmas, Techniques Tagged With: Alcohol Markers - Blends, Blends, Christmas, Die Cutting, Fussy Cutting, Stamping

Count on Me with Shark Frenzy for the Mirror Technique

Count on Me with Shark Frenzy for the Mirror Technique

July 6, 2021 by Mikaela Titheridge 4 Comments

I recently created this card for my husband for Father’s Day. I teamed up Count on Me with the now retired Shark Frenzy for this clever Mirror Technique. Die cutting the heart shape aperture first, enabled me to see where to stamp the Bear on the inside. Our Blends were

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Filed Under: Avid Crafter, Cards, Techniques Tagged With: Blends, Die Cutting, Heat Embossing, Mirroring, Stamparatus, Stamping

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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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