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Party Alphabet Card Set

Party Alphabet Card Set

October 10, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Our Party Alphabet Dies can bring about the most effective cards with minimal effort. Some Designer Series Paper, coordinating cardstock, embellishments and our Party Alphabet Dies and you can create a set of cards. I show how you can make use of both the negative and positive of each cut

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

Birthday Surprises from the Piccadilli Players

Birthday Surprises from the Piccadilli Players

September 26, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Welcome to the Piccadilli Players quarterly hop where this quarter we bring you an abundance of Birthay Surprises. I love creating tall, slender cards, so I designed a floral DL card featuring the Delightful Wishes Bundle. I started with Thick Basic White cardstock measuring 8″ x 8″, scored in half

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Filed Under: Piccadilli Players Tagged With: Birthday, Blending, Designer Series Paper, Die Cutting, Florals, Stamping

Global Design Project #GDP512 –  CASE Stesha Bloodhart Challenge

Global Design Project #GDP512 – CASE Stesha Bloodhart Challenge

September 2, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

This week’s Global Design Project challenge #GDP512 – CASE Stesha Bloodhart Challenge.     To CASE our very own Stesha Bloodhart is an honour, I love her work and I love this card. The neutrals and texture and simple colour palette sang to the natural within me. Thinking neutrals and

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Filed Under: Avid Crafter, Techniques Tagged With: Designer Series Paper, Die Cutting, Global Design Project

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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Filed Under: Techniques Tagged With: Blending, Challenges, Colour Challenge, Die Cutting, Heat Embossing

Global Design Project #GDP508 –  CASE Rose Coleman Challenge

Global Design Project #GDP508 – CASE Rose Coleman Challenge

August 6, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

This week’s Global Design Project challenge #GDP508 – is a CASE Challenge. We are CASEing one of our very own Designers, Rose Coleman this month and this is the card offering inspiration.     Taking a good look at Rose’s card, I focused on the rows of colour and the

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Filed Under: Avid Crafter, Techniques Tagged With: CASE, Die Cutting, Global Design Project, Heat Embossing

Back to school with Just a note

Back to school with Just a note

August 4, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

If you want to get ahead then you too could create some Back to School cards using Just a note. I created this card, just for fun, as I could see this oversized pencil pair nicely with the Just a note Bundle. The Rosette Die from the Around we Go

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Filed Under: Children's Cards Tagged With: Alcohol Blends, Die Cutting, DSP, Heat Embossing

Global Design Project #GDP502 – Sketch Challenge

Global Design Project #GDP502 – Sketch Challenge

June 23, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge 2 Comments

This week’s Global Design Project challenge #GDP502 – is a Sketch Challenge.   Basing our creations on this Sketch layout, this Sketch Challenge allows us to  interpret this layout in whatever way we see fit. Initially I saw a four line sentiment but turn it on it’s side and I

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Filed Under: Avid Crafter, Techniques Tagged With: Die Cutting, Dry Embossing, Global Design Project, Ink Blending, Paper Tearing

Global Design Project #GDP501 – Colour Challenge

Global Design Project #GDP501 – Colour Challenge

June 16, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge 2 Comments

This week’s Global Design Project challenge #GDP501 is a Colour Challenge.     This week’s Global Design Colour Challenge sees us designing with Lost Lagoon, Petal Pink and the new In-Color, Timid Tiger. Starting with a card base and matting layer of Petal Pink, I proceeded to emboss the mat

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Filed Under: Avid Crafter, Techniques Tagged With: Challenge, Die Cutting, Embossing, Flowers, Global Design Project, Heat Embossing, Watercolouring

Global Design Project #GDP500 – Celebration Case

Global Design Project #GDP500 – Celebration Case

June 9, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

This week’s Global Design Project challenge #GDP500 – Celebration Case.   Today we celebrate the 500th Challenge for the Global Design Project and we’ve chosen to celebrate by CASEing each other. I have the wonderful honour of Casing the fabulous Rose Coleman who’s Instagram channel makes me smile every day.

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Filed Under: Avid Crafter, Techniques Tagged With: Blending, CASEing, Die Cutting, Embossing, Glimmer Paper, Global Design Project, Ombre

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

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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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