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Global Design Project #GDP486 – Sketch Challenge

Global Design Project #GDP486 – Sketch Challenge

March 3, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

This week’s Global Design Project challenge #GDP486 is a Sketch challenge. With this sketch in mind, we can interpret the sketch as we like.   Choosing to represent the focal circle of this Sketch Challenge with a butterfly, I decided to Heat Emboss Black the Beautiful Butterfly. Coloured with Stampin’

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Filed Under: Avid Crafter, Techniques Tagged With: Alcohol Blends, Blends Pens, Dry Embossing, Global Design Project, Heat Embossing, Sketch Challenge

Around the World on Wednesday – Sketch Challenge

Around the World on Wednesday – Sketch Challenge

January 10, 2024 by Mikaela Titheridge 17 Comments

Today we go Around the World on Wednesday with a Sketch Challenge. I love a Sketch Challenge and I’m sure if you’ve hopped over from Aurélie Fabre then you’ll have enjoyed her share. This is the sketch that the Team are all working with. It doesn’t have to be square

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Filed Under: Artisan, Blog Hops Tagged With: Alcohol Blends, Around the World on Wednesday, Blends Pens, Die Cutting, Heat Embossing, Sketch Challenge

Creation Station – Fuzzy and Furry

Creation Station – Fuzzy and Furry

January 7, 2024 by Mikaela Titheridge 4 Comments

Welcome to the Creation Station Blog Hop, where this month we start the year with all things Fuzzy and Furry. If you’ve arrived here from my dear friend Yvonne Spikmans then you’ll have already been spoilt to some fantastic inspiration. I turned to the Zoo Crew Designer Series Paper for inspiration,

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Filed Under: Blog Hops, Techniques Tagged With: Alcohol Markers - Blends, Blends Pens, Creation Station, Die Cutting, Heat Embossing

Team Birthday Challenge with Circle Sayings

Team Birthday Challenge with Circle Sayings

July 8, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Our latest Team Challenge is all about Birthdays and with male cards being the most difficult, I set to work on this. I’d wanted to team up the Earthen Elegance Designer Series Paper with the Circle Sayings bundle since I received it. The beautiful ombre paper screamed ‘Beach vibe’ to

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Filed Under: Birthday, Techniques Tagged With: Blends Alcohol Pens, Blends Pens, Designer Series Paper, Die Cutting, Masculine Cards, Punching, Techniques

Monthly Papercrafting with Sea Turtle

Monthly Papercrafting with Sea Turtle

May 4, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge 6 Comments

Last week we were creating with the wonderful Sea Turtle Stamp Set. Thankfully carried over to the new catalogue, we paired this set with die cut pieces from Seaside Bay. This class was hosted both in person at Dunelm Mill, Huntingdon and Virtually via Zoom. Reversible Stamps Making one last

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Filed Under: Classes, Techniques Tagged With: Blends Alcohol Pens, Blends Pens, Die Cutting, Masculine Cards, Reversible Stamps, Second Generation Stamping

Monthly Papercrafting with Taco Fiesta

Monthly Papercrafting with Taco Fiesta

April 28, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge 2 Comments

This month’s class saw us having a Taco Fiesta time. Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Guacamole and spinning piñatas, it was fun. Wanting to spice things up a little, we started off with a simple and peeled back card. Starting with a standard white cardbase, we added a stamped and die

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Filed Under: Classes, Techniques Tagged With: Blends Alcohol Pens, Blends Pens, Die Cutting, Heat Embossing

Stamping Sunday – From Little Seeds

Stamping Sunday – From Little Seeds

April 9, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge 5 Comments

Welcome to our Stamping Sunday blog hop where this month we share inspiration from Little Seeds. With this month’s theme stemming from seeds, I couldn’t help but plant up a whole field of flowers. Making use of the Rays of Light Background Stamp, I inked it up and stamped in

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Filed Under: Blog Hops Tagged With: Alcohol Markers - Blends, Blends Pens, Die Cutting, Stamping Sunday

Monthly Papercrafting Rain or Shine

Monthly Papercrafting Rain or Shine

March 16, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

These past few weeks, we have been creating with the Rain or Shine Suite within my monthly papercraft classes. If fun and cute images is what you fancy creating with then this is the suite for you. The Fox from the Designer Series Paper was the perfect image for a

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Filed Under: Classes, Techniques Tagged With: Blends Alcohol Pens, Blends Pens, Designer Series Paper, Die Cutting, Embossing, Heat Embossing

Stamping Sunday – Cracking Good Time

Stamping Sunday – Cracking Good Time

March 12, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge 4 Comments

Welcome to our Stamping Sunday blog hop where this month we’re having a Cracking Good Time. With Easter on the horizon, our hop this month is everything Easter … so we’re having a Cracking Good Time. For the first time, I ink up the beautiful Easter Bunny Stamp Set to

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Filed Under: Blog Hops Tagged With: Alcohol Markers - Blends, Blends Pens, Die Cutting, Easter, Heat Embossing, Stamping Sunday

A Warm Welcome for some Adorable Owls

A Warm Welcome for some Adorable Owls

January 24, 2023 by Mikaela Titheridge 4 Comments

This wonderful sentiment from a Warm Welcome set seemed only right and fitting to pair with the Adorable Owls set. Created using the Give it a Whirl Die set, blended White and Sahara Sand Ink, helped create these clouds. The Stitched with Whimsy die set offers pretty stitched detailing to

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Filed Under: FREE Products, Techniques Tagged With: Alcohol Markers, Blends Pens, Die Cutting, Free Product, Fussy Cutting, Sale-a-Bration 2023

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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. 

Next up in the hop is the fabulous Bree @craftsomnia who I know will have something quite amazing to share. Be sure to show her some love before heading over to the rest of the team and those taking part today. Enjoy!

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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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