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Team Challenge – Stamps, Ink and Paper

Team Challenge – Stamps, Ink and Paper

May 31, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Our current Creative Challenge has us peeling things back to just Stamps, Ink and Paper. I had my first play with the Party Piggy that I coloured with Watercolour Pencils. Selecting Flirty Flamingo, I proceeded to colour my stamped Party Piggy image. The combination of our smooth Basic White cardstock

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Filed Under: Techniques Tagged With: Challenges, Stamping, Watercolouring

Team Challenge – Critters – Nests of Winter

Team Challenge – Critters – Nests of Winter

May 30, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Our recent Creative Team Challenge was all about Critters and I turned to Designer Series Paper for mine. Would you consider birds as critters though? I did. Starting with the Nest of Winter Designer Series Paper pack, I proceeded to do a spot of therapeutic fussy cutting. Stampin’ Up! Paper

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Filed Under: Techniques Tagged With: Challenges, Designer Series Paper, Die Cutting, DSP, Stamping

Sending Love with Lily Pond Lane and Wildflower Designs

Sending Love with Lily Pond Lane and Wildflower Designs

February 9, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

This week’s Team Creative Challenge is based around Sending Love and for me, I turned to using Designer Series Paper. All too often, I’ve a huge stack of unused Designer Series Paper sitting around for months on end. For this challenge, I decided to make use of the Lily Pond

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Sale-a-Bration Heart Shaped Bundle

Sale-a-Bration Heart Shaped Bundle

February 8, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge 1 Comment

Last week’s Creative Team Challenge was based around florals and I decided to make use of the Heart Shaped bundle for my share. Working with a delicate Soft Sea Foam card base and matting layer, I added texture by using an Embossing Folder. The Starstruck Embossing Folder is a Sale-a-Bration

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Linked Together with Meandering Meadow

Linked Together with Meandering Meadow

January 28, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

A recent Team Challenge saw us mixing the old, with the new. For me, I knew I wanted to use the new Linked Together Dies. This beautiful trellis die was screaming out for a simple scene to be placed in the background. With left over Meandering Meadow Designer Series Paper,

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Last Chance for a Little Latte and Latte Love

Last Chance for a Little Latte and Latte Love

January 26, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

A recent Team Challenge saw us sharing inspiration using retiring products. With my Latte Love Bundle having hardly been used, I was sad to see it on our Last Chance list. Both the Little Latte Designer Series Paper and the Latte Love Stamp Set are now only available While Stocks

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Around it all with Mixed Media Florals

Around it all with Mixed Media Florals

January 23, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Sympathy cards can often be one of the hardest cards to create. I wanted something that had depth and mood and drew you in. Using the Around it all Die Set, I wanted something that was thought provoking. I set to die cutting the Mixed Media Florals Designer Series Paper

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Filed Under: Challenges, Uncategorized Tagged With: Blending, Challenges, Die Cutting, Stampin' Through the Catalog, Stamping, Tips & Techniques

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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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