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Global Design Project #GDP563 Garden Harvest Challenge

Global Design Project #GDP563 Garden Harvest Challenge

September 2, 2026 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

This week’s Global Design Project challenge #GDP563 – Garden Harvest Challenge. Welcome to this week’s challenge that had me blend two autumnal bundles together – Painted Pumpkins and Radiant Sunflowers. Using rich autumn colours, I added texture to the card base by embossing my matting layer with the Simply Plaid

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

Creative Stamping Magazine Commission using Cutest Crew

Creative Stamping Magazine Commission using Cutest Crew

June 24, 2026 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Out NOW!! …  Creative Stamping are featuring my magazine commission using the Cutest Crew Bundle. Issue 162 of the Creative Stamping Magazine features a set of 5 cards I’ve designed using this fabulous bundle from Stampin’ Up!® – here is just one of them. Starting with a DL card base

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Filed Under: Avid Crafter Tagged With: Alcohol Markers - Blends, Colouring, Die Cutting, Dry Embossing, Embossing, Stamping

Stamping Station – Bold and Beautiful

Stamping Station – Bold and Beautiful

May 17, 2026 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

Welcome to this month’s Stamping Station hop where this month we go Bold and Beautiful. One fabulous bold colour combination is Coastal Cabana and Real Red, which had me thinking of Strawberries. Starting with a Coastal Cabana card base and mat layer, I added texture using the Ladybug Picnic 3D

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Filed Under: Blog Hops Tagged With: Die Cutting, Dry Embossing, Embossing, Stamping, Stamping Station

Global Design Project #GDP536 – Leah Dixon Case Challenge

Global Design Project #GDP536 – Leah Dixon Case Challenge

February 26, 2026 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

This week’s Global Design Project challenge #GDP536 – Leah Dixon Case Challenge   The layout for Leah’s card is a great one for using up strips of Designer Series Paper. An Old Olive cardbase and matting layer, texturised with the Simply Plaid 3D Embossing Folder, formed the base of my

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Filed Under: CASIng Tagged With: Blending, Designer Series Paper, Die Cutting, Dry Embossing, Embossing, Global Design Project

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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Filed Under: Challenges Tagged With: Challenges, Die Cutting, Dry Embossing, Embossing

Global Design Project #GDP533 – Colour Challenge

Global Design Project #GDP533 – Colour Challenge

February 4, 2026 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

This week’s Global Design Project challenge #GDP533 – Colour Challenge   Taking the palest of the three colours, Petal Pink, I created a textured background with the Eyelet Embossing Folder. Cutting Petal Pink cardstock to mat and layer each Perennial Postage label, I took a Blending Brush to add an

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Filed Under: Techniques Tagged With: Colour Challenge, Die Cutting, Dry Embossing, Embossing, Global Design Project, Ink Blending, Ombre

Global Design Project #GDP530 – Sketch Challenge

Global Design Project #GDP530 – Sketch Challenge

January 13, 2026 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

This week’s Global Design Project challenge #GDP530 – is a Sketch Challenge.   Leanting towards the Nest of Winter Designer Series Paper, I allow three fussy cut birds to resemble each circle. Fussy cutting three birds, branches and berries, I assembled them to reprepsent the circles, over a die cut

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Filed Under: Avid Crafter, Techniques Tagged With: Designer Series Paper, Dry Embossing, Embossing, Global Design Project, Heat Embossing

Global Design Project #GDP519 –  Autumn Love Challenge

Global Design Project #GDP519 – Autumn Love Challenge

October 22, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge 2 Comments

This week’s Global Design Project challenge #GDP519 – is an Autumn Love Challenge and I couldn’t resist but take part.     Since our wedding anniversary falls in early October, this theme felt perfectly fitting for the occasion. Naturally, I wanted to create a project that reflected both warmth and

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Filed Under: Avid Crafter, Techniques Tagged With: Anniversary, Autumn, Blends Alcohol Pens, Die Cutting, Dry Embossing, Embossing, Global Design Project, Heat Embossing, Stampin' Blends

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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Filed Under: Challenges Tagged With: Baby Card, Challenges, Designer Series Paper, Dry Embossing, Embossing, Heat Embossing

Global Design Project #GDP506 – Sketch Challenge

Global Design Project #GDP506 – Sketch Challenge

July 27, 2025 by Mikaela Titheridge Leave a Comment

This week’s Global Design Project challenge #GDP506 has been a Sketch Challenge.     It’s not too late to take part in this challenge if you wanted. I kept things simple by allowing the Designer Series Paper to do all the work. Starting with a Basic Beige card base, I

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Filed Under: Challenges, Techniques Tagged With: Designer Series Paper, Dry Embossing, Embossing, Global Design Project, Heat Embossing

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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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