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Team Challenge – Spring is in the Air

Team Challenge – Spring is in the Air

April 7, 2026 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Spring is in the Air with a recent Team Challenge that saw me create with the Easter Basket Bundle. Focusing mainly on the Dies, I set to creating this cheerful basket of Daffodils. Starting with a Crumb Cake cardbase, I added a postage stamp style matting layer by using the

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Team Challenge – Sending Love

Team Challenge – Sending Love

February 16, 2026 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Our current Creative Team Challenge sees us Sending Love. I turn to the Endless Love Die set and pair this with the Party Alphabet Dies for a simple contemporary card. With a Basic White card base, I added an embossed mat layer, embossed with the Lovely Stripes Embossing Folder. This

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Team Challenge – Tic Tac Toe using Delicate Pines

Team Challenge – Tic Tac Toe using Delicate Pines

October 24, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Our current Creative Team Challenge follows a fun Tic Tac Toe challenge. Having to choose a line in any direction to work with, I opted for the far right … Blue, Punch or Die cut and some Ribbon. Immediately thinking of frosty days, I turned to the Delicate Pine Bundle.

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Filed Under: Challenges Tagged With: Blending, Challenges, Die Cutting, Heat Embossing, Ink Splattering, Stampin' Blends

Joyful Days Memories and More Christmas Card Set

Joyful Days Memories and More Christmas Card Set

October 14, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Our Joyful Days Memories and More cards are the perfect way to create a batch of cards. In no time at all, you’ll have a fabulous set of cards by using a couple of colours of cardstock, some ribbon and an embossing folder. Here I show you four cards that

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Team Challenge – Sketch Challenge using Scenic Adventures

Team Challenge – Sketch Challenge using Scenic Adventures

September 20, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Our current Creative Team Challenge follows a Sketch layout, and I chose to interpret it with the Scenic Adventure Bundle. There’s something so satisfying about using scraps from your desk or leftovers from a class project. Today’s card came together entirely from those little extras. With a few pre-cut class

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Team Challenge – Birds, Butterflies and Blooms

Team Challenge – Birds, Butterflies and Blooms

September 13, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge 2 Comments

Our current Creative Team Challenge has a theme of Birds, Butterflies and Blooms. Wanting to get ahead for Christmas, I decided to make up a batch of Christmas cards using the Nests of Winter Designer Series Paper. Layering up two patterns of the Designer Series Paper, I proceeded to fussy

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Sunset Colour Challenge with Scenic Adventure

Sunset Colour Challenge with Scenic Adventure

August 7, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge 2 Comments

When presented with a colour challenge that resembles a Sunset, I couldn’t resist but rise to the challenge. Dear friend Emma Goddard gave the suggestion of these amazing colours that were inspired by the sunset she’d seen on holiday. I chose to create my own sunset over a mountainous scene.

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Team Challenge – Cool Me Down

Team Challenge – Cool Me Down

August 5, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Our current Creative Team Challenge has a fabulously fun theme of ‘Cool Me Down’. This theme screamed ice creams to me. The Everyday Arches Dies had me thinking of the shape of an old FAB Favourite which would cool me down as a kid. Three layers to this Ice Cream

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Team Challenge – Little Ones with Storybook Friends

Team Challenge – Little Ones with Storybook Friends

July 28, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Our recent Team Creative Challenge saw us creating for the Little Ones in our lives. The most perfectly fitting Designer Series Paper in my stash was the Storybook Moments pack. With cute little rabbits, it just had to be teamed with delicate white frills and detail. Embossing a white matting

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Team Challenge – By the Sea with Notes & Totes

Team Challenge – By the Sea with Notes & Totes

June 18, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Our recent Creative Challenge had us By the Sea and I pull my inspiration from Notes & Totes. Pulling scraps from my desk, I created this fun little note card. Starting with a Pool Party cardbase and matting layer, I proceeded to emboss the matting layer. Using the 3D Soft

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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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